• D6fer said on Apr 14, 2007....

  Blazing Saddles just got a spot in the smithsonian for the "bean scene"
   
  I think the "N" word has become a political tool to garner power

• curmudgeon said on Apr 14, 2007....

  Yeah - Blazing Saddles would never be made today - or if it was, they would expunge the n-word the way they excised Buutermaker's heavy drinking in the "Bad News Bears" remake.
   
  There's a huge double standard in the appropriate use of language when it comes to the races and Imus got caught in the middle of it.

• AlisonMarie19 said on Apr 14, 2007....

  I don't like that movie and never have. I don't really care for the word much either.
   
                   ^-^ ali m.

• CamDaMan20 said on Apr 14, 2007....

  Do you date inter-racially Alison ?

• hunter_boyce_chandler said on Apr 14, 2007....

  There is a great deal of hate baggage that comes with the use of the N word by a white person.  We should have enough grace and kindness in our hearts to recognize that it is a greater sin for a white to use this word, because of this baggage.   

  HBC

• MsBradford07 said on Apr 15, 2007....

  The "N" word came from British people calling people from India that word and to blacks. I think that saying that word to someone means that person is ignorant. I don't think anyone should say.

• TinSoldier said on Apr 15, 2007....

  So, is it more offensive than the F word? I think it is. I've been known to drop an F bomb once in awhile but I almost always use the other word only for quoting or illustration.
  
  Then I go back to the movie Blazing Saddles. You know, I used to think it was a very funny movie. Both for its actual humor as well as for its shock value. But now it's painful to watch it in some ways because of the changes in our society.
  
  Yeah, the movie was making fun of racial divisions in the seventies. It was satire, and I think it was very good at being satirical. I still find it somewhat funny, just not so much.
  
  I remember reading about a politician several years ago who used the word "niggardly", which has no relation to the other N word, and he was lambasted for it because people thought he was being racist. The word has become so ugly that it has spread to other words that sound similar.
  
  You know, growing up I'd always heard brazil nuts referred to as "nigger-toes". My in-laws still use this term but it grates on me almost intolerably. I've tried to change that but that's not happening. I just can't express to them some of the connotations behind that word.
  
  MsBradford -- you are correct. No one should use that word. Not that the word itself is any more offensive than any other word, but because of all of the painful history that the word brings to mind. I think that it has become the most hateful word in all of human history.
  

• TinSoldier said on Apr 15, 2007....

  I forgot to mention:
  
  I read a newspaper article several months ago discussing the use of the N word among African Americans. Many of them agreed that the word has such a hateful history and can bring forth such painful emotions and memories that no one should ever use it.
  
  Some younger people though took pride in taking ownership of the word; taking ownership of the word empowered them in a way. It gave them power over the past that the word represents.
  

• silverwhisper said on Apr 15, 2007....

  honestly, i think that calling someone "nigger" is worse than saying "fuck", and that's b/c of what's being communicated: the former is a word that expresses hate; the latter just expresses having no class.
  
  ed

• AlisonMarie19 said on Apr 15, 2007....

  Cam- why would you ask me that?? I'd like to see your answer before I respond to the question asked.
                   (=^-^=) ali m.

• CamDaMan20 said on Apr 15, 2007....

  The N-word and the F-word are both alive,well and used every day here in  America and elsewhere in the world.  So to are C_ _ _  S _ _ _ er, Mother F-er, White Trash
  (a term used no less than the N word), Dyke, ect.....
  
  These words are just that, words, and not everyone lives in a rose garden.
  
  These words or terms are used because they fit...they work, they are very descriptive and to the point, they leave little room to misunderstand.
  
  Misused and misapplied, ofcourse.  But so to is the need (requirement) to address all Judges as your "Honor", yet, very few deserve the word Honor mentioned when addressing them.
  
  Like integrity and politics....two words that should never share a domain simultaneously.
  
  I think rappers should be able to use the N-word, I think gays should be able to use the word F_ _ _ _ t. 
  
  Words that are exactingly to the point should not be shunned by anyone simply because the words will never die, but self censoring in their use(s)?  Yea, self-censoring, something all people wish others would practice, but wish away.
  
  People will always need something to bitch about, this week it was nappy headed ho's utterance by Imus.  Next week something else.   The girls knew they weren't what the words implied, yet they were not the first to complain, rather jumping on the train once they had support, otherwise, I do not think you would have heard from the girls as I am sure none of them wake up to Imus in the morning shows, nor really cared after all what he had ever said (evidenced by each girl's ignorance as to who'  Imus was, or even what "platform" he spoke from).
  
  As long as people exist, someone is going to offend someone, somewhere, somehow.
  
  As long as the word exist, someone, somewhere, somehow, is going to use it.
  
  Cam
   
  

• AlisonMarie19 said on Apr 15, 2007....

  Was that my reply?? Sorry, I'm confused.
   
     =(^-^)= ali m.

• CamDaMan20 said on Apr 15, 2007....

  Alison : It was in reply to the post, just more exacting than my previous comment.
  
  As to the question I put to you.......
  
  It was a question put to you by me in order that I may understand your position(s) taken upon the subject matter of any given post, specifically addressing racial post as above, I thought any insight to your personal social dating habits may shed light on your opinions.
  
  Just interested in a little bit more of "you" and not necessarily the post at hand, nonetheless it would tend to aid in understanding your thoughts more clearly by knowing from which platform you speak.
  
  Cam.
  

• AlisonMarie19 said on Apr 15, 2007....

  Ok. That's fair. I have only had one interracial relationship. The others have been of my same race. But, to be fair, I've always lived in places with a low population of ethnicities. I find a great deal of black men to be attractive, as well as some Latinos. I haven't come across any hot Asian guys though, I don't know why. I'll give anyone a second look if their cute. Skin color doesn't really matter to me much, I just end up being attracted to white guys.
   
  As far as that affecting my opinions and postings, I don't know.
   
             =(^-^)= ali m.

• CamDaMan20 said on Apr 16, 2007....

  In all fairness, I believe that would affect how you respond to a post or an opinion.
  
  Just as my living with two women affects how I respond to Bi-Sexual girls and akin subject matter.
  
  You would be less likely to side with inter-racial dating or couples if you were prejudice, rather than curious, as it appears you were.
  
  I have this feeling in my gut, that irregardless of how you put it, I think you ended up with a white guy so that those you care about and matters to you, would accept your choice, rather than say, your curiosity.
  
  Cam.
  
  
  

• hunter_boyce_chandler said on Apr 16, 2007....

  Simple,

  Don't ever say the N word again as long as you live you numb nut!!!

  It is a very bad insult that carries baggage from slave days.  If you are so stupid that you think you can use this word.  I hope a group of aboriginal people skin you alive and use your carcass for toilet paper.

  HBC

   

• uniquely-ironic said on Apr 16, 2007....

  I think using any word that is a slang insult to any  ethnicity is wrong.  The people who use them are just showing their ignorance.  The F word has lost it's shock value on people.  It's still vulgar, but somehow our tolerance to vulgar language is much higher than our tolerance to racist language.

• AlisonMarie19 said on Apr 17, 2007....

  Cam-
  Who I choose to date doesn't affect how I respond to things. I have my own brain and I think how I wish, regardless of who is in my life.
  
  You would be less likely to side with inter-racial dating or couples if you were prejudice, rather than curious, as it appears you were.
          What?? I have no idea what this means.
   
  I didn't "end up" with a white guy. I don't have an SO right now, and I don't ever "end up" with anyone. You think I'm curious to date a person of a different skin color than my own? Why do you say that?  Where do you get off making judgements about why I date who I date? Do you really think that I care what my family thinks? They haven't liked a lot of my ex's. My parents want me to be happy. If a person of a different race makes me happy, so be it.
   
  Just interested in a little bit more of "you" and not necessarily the post at hand, nonetheless it would tend to aid in understanding your thoughts more clearly by knowing from which platform you speak.

  I don't think that you need to understand my thoughts any more clearly that I put them. I'm not some muddled thinker. My posts and comments are well thought out and well written. I don't have a platform. I speak from my heart. And right now, it's a little pissed off about the judgement being made.

          =(^-^)=  ali m.

  
  

• majodah said on Apr 21, 2007....

     people with little pigmentation need to learn to stop judging indians, asians and blacks.

• hunter_boyce_chandler said on Apr 21, 2007....

  Just stop using the word people.  My mother would have beat me sensless if she heard me say it as a child.  My kids know better than to even think the word.  What is your problem?

  HBC

• TinSoldier said on Apr 21, 2007....

  HBC -- How do you delete a word? How do you not think it once it exists and is given a meaning? Remember the cartoon Recess where they made up the word "womp" and all the grownups thought it was something really bad but it really didn't mean anything.
  
  Admittedly, "womp" doesn't have a charged historical meaning. But still.
  

• CamDaMan20 said on May 01, 2007....

  Not a judgment at all, I just reached an informed conclusion with the data you provided.  I do not think you are pissed off, I think you are reflecting embarrassment  in your writing.  
  
  Date who you wish, but if you think others do not judge you for the company you keep...wake up and smell the coffee.
   
  Skin color doesn't really matter to me much, I just end up being attracted to white guys.  Your words...not mine.
  
  Don't blame me for your antics or dating habits and sometimes, the truth hurts.
  
  
  Cam.
  

• MsBradford07 said on May 01, 2007....

  Cam, you are just a racist or just uneducated to other cultures. I think that you shouldn't say anything about minorities 'cause you don't understand nor fathom what people of other races go through. Shut up!

• CamDaMan20 said on May 01, 2007....

  I am an American Indian you dumb shit...do you truly believe your way is the only way MsBraqdford ? No one's opinion other than yours matters ?
  
  At least I made an "informed" decision, you simply jumped on the race card and I do not think its your first time.  But thats your choice and I do not recall telling you to shut up...
  
  Perhaps this race thing is more personal to you simply because you are in fact a racist and coin others as such when they do not support your views.
  
  Thats an opinion, not a judgment...and I am entitled to mine as is all others, not just lil MsBradford.
  
  Cam.
  
  

• AlisonMarie19 said on May 01, 2007....

  Well, your conclusion is your opinion, not fact. I'm not embarrassed at all. Why should I be? If people judge me for who I date, I don't really care too much. If they are that ignorant, they should just not talk to me.

                 =(^-^)=   ali m.

• hunter_boyce_chandler said on May 01, 2007....

  To all of those above who are still making excuses for bigotry.

  The word is a weapon that hurts innocent people. Don't use it and teach your kids to never use it and after a while it will not even pop into your head anymore.

  You wouldnt go around with a hammer hitting perfect strangers on the head unless you were a sociopath unfit for society.  Why can you not understand this simple concept?  Using a word to hurt people is just evil.

  HBC

• CamDaMan20 said on May 01, 2007....

  And "killing them for their land isn't" ?  As an American Indian I have been called a "Red N-word" and because I am half white I have been called white trash...if you are out to drop a word....because of a single race...that is bigoted in and of itself and a prejudice to others not of the race the N-Word is more often than not directed.
  
  The word will never die.
  
  Cam. 

• hunter_boyce_chandler said on May 01, 2007....

  I'm sorry friend Cam...

  One atrocity is no better than another my friend. When whites first arrived here there were more than 16 million native americans.  Within a few years that had fallen to a couple of hundred thousand through disease and war. 

  It is unfair to assume that that act of genocide was and better or worse than the enslavement of 10 million people. They are two seperate crimes.

  My father was a mixed-blood but he refused to talk about it.

  Kill the word.  Then go on to the next one that hurts innocent people and kill it. 

  HBC

• CamDaMan20 said on May 01, 2007....

  Fantastic idea HBC....unfortunately we only enjoy a single lifetime.
  
  Cam.
  

• TheKinkyCupcake said on Aug 18, 2007....

  I hate the word more than anything. I am currently dating a mixed guy (1/2 black/white) 2 yrs ago my mom called me a N**** loving whore because I was involved with him. It completely crushed me. I tried to move on but couldn't and so I am with him again. My parents don't know and I don't know how/when they will. I wish people would see how stupid racism makes them look.
  

• CamDaMan20 said on Aug 29, 2007....

  Well, you have no respect for your parents, you obviously have none for yourself, you lie to those who gave you life for a dick, ....lol...what a fucking lowlife and looser .  At least you know how they feel and they are not a two faced looser cunt like yourself, leave your parents some respect....just go away.  lol
  
  Cam.
  

• silverwhisper said on Aug 30, 2007....

  what an idiot.
  
  ed

• TheKinkyCupcake said on Aug 31, 2007....

  Cam~ As far as I'm concerned, racists don't deserve respect. I have plenty of respect for myself. I don't see how me dating a black guy makes me a lowlife. I fell for that guy the moment I saw him when I was 16. I'm 19 now. Color doesn't matter and the fact that some people can't grasp that says nothing about who I am. My dad is also 1/2 Native American-1/2 white. He was never called racial names.
  
   It is wonderful to know I have more class than you ever will. Just because people treat you badly doesn't mean you have to come here and trash talk others. Maybe That is why people call you trash. Because you act like something I've stepped in. 

• CamDaMan20 said on Aug 31, 2007....

  Hey cupcake, re-read what I said , slowly this time......nothing racial ever said.....
  
  notice that this second read through ?
  
  My point was obviously way over your overly defensive head.   The point was, your parents gave you life, you repay them with them less than honesty.  I care not the color of the staff you wrap your thighs around in heat.  It changes not a moment in my life, except for these current few.
  
  Whether they enjoy the information you deliver to them or not, at least it will be honest, despite their given opinions, you owe them nothing more but rather, at least that. 
  
  Grow up and do not do things that cause you to be overly defensive, it shall surely impair the quality of your life and happiness and add even more confusion to an already overburdened mind.
  
  Cam. 
  
  
  

• TheKinkyCupcake said on Aug 31, 2007....

  How dare you sit there and act like you did nothing. Whether I'm honest or not with my parents doesn't concern you. Don't pass judgement on me or tell me to grow up. You are the one calling strangers "fucking lowlife losers" and a "two faced loser cunt." By the way, if you want to insult, spell correctly. If you knew anything about my parents you would know why I don't tell them certain things. Some things are better left unsaid in my family.
  

• CamDaMan20 said on Aug 31, 2007....

  Different lifestyles obviously, we were raised to honor our parents.  I would concern myself with obtaining peace of mind rather than a piece of ass. Because that is what you have reduced him to when you hide him, he is a hidden piece of ass you like to call your own, and anonymously so for fear of what others think of you rather than what you think of him.
  
  Now you've gone and succeeded in looking like the ass you articulate yourself to be.
  
  Cam.
  

• TheKinkyCupcake said on Aug 31, 2007....

  Honor my parents? For what? Making my life miserable because I have to keep something from them? My ass. If I told my dad about my relationship he would probably try to kill the guy and disown me. You call that deserving of respect? Willing to toss your child away because of a view?
  
  I have peace of mind. I don't care what their views are. I LOVE whoever my heart desires. If I wanted ass I'd walk up the street. Maybe one day you'll pull your head out of your ass long enough to grasp that.
  

• CamDaMan20 said on Aug 31, 2007....

  Don't worry, I'll take care to cover my own ass, and its best you concentrate more exclusively on yours and do try to keep it from roaming up the street, tough as that may be.
  
  Lets face it, you have known how your parents felt all your life ?  I am sure their beliefs on inter-racial couples comes as no surprise, you've know about it clearly for 19 years.
  
  What you might ask yourself, are you using this young man as a tool to pay your parents back for a perceived wrong and you know full well that this is one exclusive matter that will ignite a wildfire and create a pain in them unmatched by your selfish acts with an inter-racial relationship engineered with a specific and self gratifying feat to pay them back and make them crawl through the dirt like they deserve.
  
  Theres always the likelihood your parents will one day wake free of racial restrains, but the odds are until they do, you'll go on with your secret pet hidden away .  Hark...is that the jiggle of toys in the attic I hear ?   No, .....just fucking bats in your Belfry. 
  
  Enjoy your life, mine is calling.
  
  Cam.
  
  
  

• TheKinkyCupcake said on Aug 31, 2007....

  You truly are a dumbass. Contrary to your belief I am not a slut. I would never sleep with someone I didn't care about. I have loved this man for THREE years. I don't need sex from him or anyone else. I am not using him as a tool. If I wanted to get back at my parents I wouldn't have stuck to this ONE black man. I could have ran around the whole damn town screwing every black, latino, asian guy I found. This guy means the world to me and after all the shit I have been through with him, he will continue to be my world.
  
  As I said before, I don't give a shit about their views. As I said before, they don't know. If I had no intention of telling them how on earth could I be getting them back for anything? And I'd love to know how wanting ME to be happy is a selfish act. It's MY life not theirs.
  
  If you had a life you wouldn't be trying to screw with everyone elses.
  

• CamDaMan20 said on Aug 31, 2007....

  This guy means the world to me and after all the shit I have been through with him, he will continue to be my world.
  
  Cupcake, those are your words above.  I believe you mean them, but as a man, I can tell you it would not have taken 3 years to get my own job, my own home/apartment/condo, somefriggingthang, to be with my woman and FTW.
  
  Best part is, your young and perhaps you should go up the street after all, who knows what awaits you, perhaps a relationship that you can openly share together.  Continue to hide, and you'll never actual ever know.
  
  Now, just enjoy your life as you see fit.
  
  Cam.
  
  Cam. 
  

• TinSoldier said on Aug 31, 2007....

  I agree with honoring one's parents, but at some point an individual grows up and realizes that while they may share some of their parents' values they don't necessarily share all of them. And sometimes the child's morality becomes different than their parents. There's a word for this -- when coupled with adulthood then it's called "growth".
  
  It doesn't mean that you love your parents any less. It just means that you have become a free-thinking person of your own.
  
  At some point, you realize that your parents are imperfect human beings just like you are, with strengths and weaknesses of their own. There is both good and bad to that. On the one hand, you don't worship them like you did when you were young -- a loss of innocence. On the other hand you discover that you can relate to them on a whole different level which is a gaining maturity.
  
  
  

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