Jesse Jackson Uses the "N" Word!!
 

Is JJ a racist? Didn't he demand a public apology from Michael Richards of "Steinfield" for saying the word during a comedy routine?

Is it fair for African Americans to use the "N" word as a term of endearment to each other, then turn around and lambaste a person from any other ethnic group that says it?

Re: Jesse Jackson Uses the "N" Word!!
 

It's all in how ya say it, Pianoman.

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You are right. Goes to show you that with in a persons own race they can say what they want too and never get into trouble. I hear my black friend call each other the 'N' word. No problems. I don't call my wife friends 'cracker'. I guess it is like one mexican saying 'buey' to another mexican? Not that the words mean the same, but me a white guy would not be safe saying buey to just any mexican similar to if I said the 'N' word to a black person. buey=ox, but in very negitive spin on it. Am I right?

Re: Jesse Jackson Uses the "N" Word!!
 

al sharpton said that is not the jesse we all know and love, puke, dt

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That also was not the Michael Richards we all know and love from "Seinfelt"! Somehow it didn't matter then!

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So it's OK to say it, if you say it in an endearing way?

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In all fairness, the content and tone of what Richards said went way beyond the use of the "N word". He could have made the statements about lynching, etc and not even used the word and still been as offensive. However, using the word in the context of everything else he was saying was very offensive to many people and has changed their perception of the Kramer they "knew".
Jesse Jackson should have known better than to use that word in that setting as well, but there is a BIG difference.

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i agree tstew it is diff, but still no excuse for jesse the bigot

Re: Jesse Jackson Uses the "N" Word!!
 

Depends on who you are, how you use it, and how well you know the people you are using it around.

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I think that if he had used the word during a "comedy routine" the response would have been vastly different. I have heard White comedians use the word during their regular routine and there is no outcry. What occurred with Richards was clearly not a part of a comedy routine, but a moment of real-life exposure. He stopped his comedy routine to start the exchange.