Los Angeles, CA., Author H. Lewis Smith has written a thought provoking, culturally divided book that will not only spark heated conversation, but can also bring about real change. The N-word is often used in the African American community amongst each other and is generally not a problem when spoken by another African American. However, once the word is used by a Caucasian person, it brings on other effects. The question is “who can use the word and why?” Smith believes it is a word that should be BURIED!!!!

The book is written in a manner that all can understand. The points are well-taken and the wording is easy to follow. There are quotes from great people in our history including Martin Luther King, Jr., Harriet Tubman, James Baldwin and many, many others. Smith has mixed history with honesty, love with life, education with effects. This is a great book for educators, parents, managers, professionals, newsmen, and anyone else wanting an in-depth look at the N-word, the effects and the solutions. A MUST READ!!!!

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Yeah, that’s one articulate ______

The reason you have that Howard Stern tag is because many of your posts that include that tag are for pieces where you wrote about Free Speech. And as most people know, that inalienable right is there for troublesome words, not safe ones.

When we have freedom of choice we can experience life-changing events like Pryor deciding for himself to no longer use the n word after returning from Africa.

As a Black man I’m all in favor of people of all colors using the n word all they want, but I’m also in favor of people beating the piss out of non-blacks who use the word poorly, as in the case of Kramer.

To me the n word is like lsd, semi-automatic weapons, and unprotected sex. In the wrong hands and in the wrong situations it could be a bad trip. But when used properly it can be a positive, life changing tool.

Pryor used the n word powerfully almost every time he used it, but no more so than when he said, “When I went to Africa I didn’t see any niggers.”

Likewise N.W.A also used the n word powerfully in their albums. At the time they were criticized for being reckless and worthless, but Dr. Dre and Ice Cube have spun off and created even more powerful music and movies that wouldn’t have seen the light of day if they hadn’t gotten their start with the inflammatory rap group.

So Paul Mooney has taken his journey with the word and reached a new conclusion about it, but to try to prevent others from taking a similar journey, I believe is selfish and foolish.

Coffee kicked in before the meds.

Cheers.

Oh, please, must you really go there? I’m sure it’s a gas to be America’s minister of blogginess to the brilliant Brits, but I’m sure you would call bullshit on anyone else who engaged in such lame and easy stereotyping.

Since I’m just a Murkin I’m probably wrong, but it seems to me that Pryor and Lenny Bruce (I’m not as familiar with Mooney although I’ve seen his act once) were being more than ironic, they were being genuinely subversive. They were using a comic crowbar to pry open the minds of audiences that needed to confront their own prejudices. When your act gets you arrested, that’s more than irony. It’s civil disobedience.