But you never hear someone say that of a white athlete at least that I can think of.

 

I disagree. I have heard and in fact spoken about Tim Tebow that way in the last several weeks. I think he is an extremely articulate and well spoken individual.

When I was in college, some of my friends on the dorm floor made fun of my lack of dancing ability.

 

They were nice guys though and taught me a few "moves" to use to impress the ladies.

 

Those were the good old days when we were just friends and never really thought anything about race. Just hanging out and being friends.

As mentioned a few times prior in this thread I think it is great for kids of different races that play together on the same sports teams, especially in the old days, because a lot of them become almost like families since they saw each other every day...These are the people that were able to bring our country to where it is even today because there have been great strides....One great example of this is Remember the Titans which was based off of a true story. :thumb:

My wife did her job for 8 years. While in Louisville the state chose her for a random auditing. She did such a good job with her records they asked if they could use her stuff to model around the state. We moved to Lexington and with 7 years experience she applied for the same job there. She was denied the job in three different schools and every one of those jobs were given to a black girl with zero experience in her field.

Personally I have a lot of black friends but feel like I have been beaten in the ground and am supposed to be ashamed to be a white man even though I wasn't even born when there were slaves. I've been around a lot of folks growing up that were white that were racist toward blacks and I've been around a lot of people from college on that were black and racist towards whites. I think it works pretty bad both ways but only one really gets looked at. I also think times are MUCH better than they were when I was younger. Personally I've helped a lot of black/white/hispanic etc kids hopefully be better people.

What I heard a couple of times during the runup to the election was something along the lines of, "I don't think I can bring myself to vote a Black man into the White House." This from long-time, never were anything else Democrats.

 

I think that during this election season, we as a country probably became more aware of things that were said. I also think those who are racist probably had more of a reason to say certian things.

 

I live in an (except for me and my bi-racial child) all white neighborhood. I think that I may be the only black face in a two mile radius. I love my neighbors, and after this event, they provided a great deal of support. I know that it bothered them much more than it bothered me. I recieved some racist literature attatched to my front door one Satruday morning. I just happened to come home from Satruday morning film and started to talk to a neighbor, who happens to be a Lexington Police Officer, and we both noticed this attatched to my front door. We made copies of it, and he treated it as a threat. The Neigborhood Association was alerted, and the support poured in.

 

I have shown this to Guru, and it has been deemed innapropriate to post respectfully on this great site.

^ Sorry about the idiot or idiots that felt it necesary to do such a thing.

Is that not a personal experience that is a result of racism??

 

Why would you think that?

I don't see any thing wrong with the "N word" as people like to say I have and have had black friends that use the word all the time.

I don't see any thing wrong with the "N word" as people like to say I have and have had black friends that use the word all the time.

You are joking, right?

One thing I've never understood, and most likely never will, is why is it okay for African-American's to use the "N-word" in their everyday language and not for others? I don't use the word, but have never understood the double standard involved around it.

One thing I've never understood, and most likely never will, is why is it okay for African-American's to use the "N-word" in their everyday language and not for others? I don't use the word, but have never understood the double standard involved around it.

The younger generation of African-Americans believe they can take the sting or change the meaning of the word by putting the letter "a" at the end of the word instead of the letter "r". I will never condone the use of the word in either form.

One thing I've never understood, and most likely never will, is why is it okay for African-American's to use the "N-word" in their everyday language and not for others? I don't use the word, but have never understood the double standard involved around it.

 

A prevailing theory is that it is a concerted effort to basically "appropriate", or "hijack" the word in an effort to eventually remove the negative connotations of the word. In other words, if enough people use the word enough times as a "term of endearment", the historical meaning and use of the word will no longer be.

The younger generation of African-Americans believe they can take the sting or change the meaning of the word by putting the letter "a" at the end of the word instead of the letter "r". I will never condone the use of the word in either form.

 

I've heard that as well from an African-American friend, he actually said it was OK for a white person to say it if they ended it with an "a". It was an awkward moment (for me at least) and I certainly refrained from saying it.

I've heard that as well from an African-American friend, he actually said it was OK for a white person to say it if they ended it with an "a". It was an awkward moment (for me at least) and I certainly refrained from saying it.

 

I've had that experience too. The way I see it is that if the word is derrogatory, it's derrogatory to all, therefore should be taboo for everyone. If it's okay for one group to use, then it should be okay for all people. JMO.

The younger generation of African-Americans believe they can take the sting or change the meaning of the word by putting the letter "a" at the end of the word instead of the letter "r". I will never condone the use of the word in either form.

 

A prevailing theory is that it is a concerted effort to basically "appropriate", or "hijack" the word in an effort to eventually remove the negative connotations of the word. In other words, if enough people use the word enough times as a "term of endearment", the historical meaning and use of the word will no longer be.

 

Thank you for your responses! I'm truly trying to gain an understanding of the context of the word.