Comments | warrior__poet: An interesting take on the Michael Richards incident

warrior__poet

An interesting take on the Michael Richards incident

Dec 01, 2006 22:34

I found this on ESPN.com, and I thought it was pretty interesting.

Type your cut contents here.A Word With Consequences
By LZ Granderson
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If you visit the iTunes Web site right now and preview the first five tracks from The Game's new CD, "Doctor's Advocate," you will hear the n-word about 15 times in a 2½ minute span.

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warrior__poet December 2 2006, 11:56:55 UTC

I agree with you. I liked the example of how the word "octoroon" isn't popular anymore. I have never even heard of that word. So I guess derogatory words really can fall by the wayside. Out of curiosity, I just Wikipedia'd it and found that Mariah Carey would be an example of an octoroon.

I think that the next great battle for over-political correctness in this country is going to be against Islam.