Slog - Comments on The End of the N Word in NYC? http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1 As the BBC reports, the New York City Council has passed a resolution banning the use of the word "nigger": The resolution to ban the so-called "N-word" is largely symbolic as it carries no weight in law and those who use the word would face no punishment. But it reflects a growing unease that the racial slur is now part of everyday conversation and that the taboo against its usage has been swept away....The New York City resolution was sponsored by Councilman Leroy Comrie, who says the "N-word" was derived solely out of hate and anger and that its meaning... Copyright 2008 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:11:12 -0800 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 21:19:28 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Eric Grandy But "blipster" is still fine, right? What about "nipster" or "Nipper"?

]]> Eric Grandy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1#c653435 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1#c653435 Life Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:23:40 -0800 Comment by David Schmader There cannot be enough mockery of "blipsters." Adding "bluh" to the beginning of a word to connote blackness is fucking ridiculous. (See Blacula, Blackenstein, and the Blunchblack of Blotre Blame.)

]]> David Schmader http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1#c653442 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1#c653442 Life Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:31:11 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO F-in New York liberals! Next thing you know, they'll be outlawin' "kike," "spic," & "chink."

I thought this was America!

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1#c653477 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1#c653477 Life Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:01:22 -0800 Comment by JEWCY I was recently shocked, while watching Kill Bill 2 by Quentin Tarantino, to hear the word Jew used as a verb. Imagine! Jew-as-verb in a major American feature film! Maybe Harvey Weinstein allowed it because Spike Lee had recently complained that Weinstein would never let “kike” be used in his films as he does “nigger.”

-Joey Kurtzman (jewcy.com)

]]> JEWCY http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1#c653521 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1#c653521 Life Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:47:13 -0800 Comment by buffalo So that means that black people can't say it anymore either? What about the whole 'retaking words of hate' thing? What about the recording industry - do BadBoy/DefJam/WuTang/etc have to move all of their recording studios to New Jersey to avoid running afoul of the law?

I realize it's only symbolic, but it just sounds... pandering? weak? Are they going to re-ban Huck Finn? I don't get politics sometimes.

]]> buffalo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1#c653523 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1#c653523 Life Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:48:38 -0800 Comment by Fnarf The N word is not derived solely out of hate and anger; that's ridiculous. It derived out of the Spanish word for "black". Councilman Comrie doesn't know what the D-word ("derive") means.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1#c653530 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1#c653530 Life Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:50:10 -0800 Comment by Neil Why would it feel ok to them to write a resolution that blatantly violates the first amendment, even if it's merely a "symbolic gesture"... then it's a symbolic bird flipped at the first amendment.

]]> Neil http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1#c653558 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1#c653558 Life Fri, 02 Mar 2007 13:09:56 -0800 Comment by him With respect to allowing people to speak freely, does anyone else think the NYC Council is acting a little niggardly?

]]> him http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1#c653816 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1#c653816 Life Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:37:50 -0800 Comment by kerri harrop i heard this report while driving in my car and was really surprised to hear the BBC news reporter actually say the n-word. shocked, actually.

]]> kerri harrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1#c653952 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1#c653952 Life Fri, 02 Mar 2007 18:35:45 -0800 Comment by pyrofly70 The constitution says you can say any old racist douchebag thing you want.

]]> pyrofly70 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1#c654051 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1#c654051 Life Fri, 02 Mar 2007 20:58:36 -0800 Comment by Neil I can't believe our newspeople don't say it.

Not specifically "nigger", but any word that, within quotation marks, is a part of a news story.

]]> Neil http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1#c654077 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1#c654077 Life Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:49:37 -0800 Comment by joe shoom Spike Lee had recently complained that Weinstein would never let “kike” be used in his films as he does “nigger.”

really? I know that no major record label would be involved with artists that talk about black men the way some rappers talk about women, gays, asains, jews, etc.
Selling women is allowed to be glamorized, but not selling black people. Does this bother Spike Lee too?

]]> joe shoom http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1#c654082 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1#c654082 Life Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:14:47 -0800 Comment by kerri harrop neil @11: i totally agree. i think that's why i was so shocked to hear it on the beeb.

]]> kerri harrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1#c654122 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1#c654122 Life Fri, 02 Mar 2007 23:30:45 -0800 Comment by Jesse Nigga, please.

]]> Jesse http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1#c654236 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1#c654236 Life Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:14:58 -0800 Comment by croydonfacelift Scene: Rap concert, New York City, New York

Players: New York City; Rapper

Scene 1:

Rapper: "Something something nigger, something nigger, something, nigger."

NYC: "You can't say that."

Rapper: "Can't say what?"

NYC: "The 'N' word."

Rapper: "Whatchou gone do bout it?"

NYC: "Nothing, I guess."

Rapper: "Then suck this, nigger!"

Carry on.

]]> croydonfacelift http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1#c654843 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/the_end_of_the_n_word_in_nyc_1#c654843 Life Sat, 03 Mar 2007 21:19:28 -0800