Sorry I haven’t been writing on the blog regularly. Between AFAR gigs and Easter events that I’ve had to prepare and play for, my time has been limited. But I’m back!… and there’s nothing better to bring me back than the good ol’ N Word!!! A lot has been said in the last couple of Days about Imus’ comments on the Rutgers University team, which I’ll speak my own comments in a later post, but something is slowly creeping through the cracks and no one is saying anything about it:
What does this say about how they view current and potential customers???
The word Nigga or Nigger (the only difference in those words is that one has proper spelling and one has a adapted spelling) from it’s inception has never been meant to be used as a term of endearment. I don’t understand why we get so upset when other races use these words but could care less if our own brothers or sisters use these words. The truth is that no one should tolerate use of these words. If everyone altogether stopped using the words, I’m sure that about 7% of America’s Race issues would be eradicated.
Check out the Links Below:
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Link to The General Website
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Here is a petition to stop the site
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In Addition to the petition, you can follow these steps to help the site get taken down.
Self Destruction… We’re headed for Self Destruction…
A great singer once said, “I think you need to call Tyrone…”
Someone, if not myself, could call Tyrone. Even if he’s not the same man who thought Erykah Badu was a “cheap thrill”, someone still needs to call him.
The Tyrone I’m talking about created the website niggaspace.com.
You can tell by the name, it’s intended to be a black version of myspace.com
In explaining the idea behind the name of the website Tyrone says, “Part of my intention for this site is for the word nigga to embody images of brotherhood, and fraternity rather than images of ignorance and hate.”
Tyrone…
Can I call you Ty?
Listen.
Why spend time turning a word with a multi-century old reputation of hate, which you clearly stated on your website, into a word of love or brotherhood as you say?
There are non-offensive words in the English language, that have existed longer than the n-word, that embody images of brotherhood and so on.
If this is the true reason behind the name of your page, why not use “brotherspace.com” or “homiespace.com”
I’ve heard Tyrone’s arguement about the n-word a number of times. As I’m sure people like Tyrone have heard my arguement a number of times as well.
Which brings me to my point on this issue.
I doubt we (meaning black people) will ever come to a consensus on the n-word and its place in society.
Should it be restricted to historical content or morphed into a term of endearment?
I’ve gotten to the point where I no longer beleive black people as whole will choose one or the other.
I mean… come on.
Do you hear Jews trying to re-invent “himey”?
What about Hispanics reversing the meaning of “wetback”?
It’s all just wasted energy to me.
Part of me feels like a wasted time even talking about this website.
I don’t know.
On second thought, don’t call Tyrone. There’s probably a better way to use your anytime minutes.
-C
I wonder what AD company was responsible for this ad being shown here?