Outrage Over "Nigger Brown" Couch

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Yay. Let's throw in another scenario in the machine that creates situations for black people to get offended over. The last good one I remember is the jackass from Seinfeld verbally assaulting the black dudes at the nightclub.

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In order for something to come into the country, don't they read it first? Doesn't the manufacturer? The supplier?

Is she really serious here or is she looking for who, if not all of these people, to get money from?

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What's wrong with her eyes? That's the real issue here.

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Originally Posted by whinehurst

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa...whoa. Hold the phone. Just noticed something here. Is this chick Canadian? Cause, the story's from Toronto. Now, I'm no expert, but the Canadians didn't have slaves. So, like, that whole, "Nigger" issue, I'm thinking, you know, since it's really from the American South, can it really be a big deal for a Canadian black person? Does it have the same connotations? Do English black people, like black people in Britain, get offended by the word "Nigger"? Really?

That's an interesting angle on it. I'd think they'd only be offended by it from a "that word's an insult; why the fuck are you throwing it at me?" point. Unless, of course, they want to cash in anyway like this woman is doing. Also, I really doubt the blacks here in Guatemala (there are quite a few on the Atlantic coast) would give a fuck about that word.

Originally Posted by Sonic 3

Hmm. Do I type a furious reply and say how many people here don't seem to 'get' racism? Like how they think theres really nothing wrong with the word nigger, it's just a word, a damn word that black people been plugging for years anyway, damn coons they use it themselves? (even though the spelling is with an a)

This is like the tenth time that I know of that this topic's come up. I'm sure most people understand the horrible meaning the word carried originally and the fact that when races outside of a black one use it the word is empowered in almost the same way. Unlike when our friendly black represenatives on BET say "nigga please," which is cool.

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How people seem to think that every (although some do admitedly) black person who gets offended is just looking for attention and 'overreacting' just 'over a silly little word that school kids and thugs use in the playground'?

You know, me personally, it's not until I start hearing about these fuckers suing (or things of that nature) for "recompensation" that I get irritated. I think she had the right to be angered... How is something like that overlooked by so many people for so many years? But damn, these fuckers are fixing the mistake yet she probably just ignored that fact.

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How if the story was about a woman getting money over the use of the word bitch, they'd be more sympathetic?

Have their actually been cases like that?

I just wish other races in the world had words with that sort of meaning you could use to insult them. Far worse shit has happened to people around the world than African slavery, yet they never seem to be able to cash in because they don't have a word for themselves as powerful as "nigger."

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

You don't have to explain yourself, this is Merv Burger we're talking about here. The sort of character that throws that random cuntpunch (thanks Elixir) to start a riot before running away, leaving the mess he left for someone else to handle. You should see this guys picture; a real master with racial issues.

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Midna, I don't think Sass wants to make the word acceptable. Just less of a shocker.

Originally Posted by Shaolin Samurai

Meanwhile, we have a Hot Pockets ad campaign with featuring an "old Asian man" caricature and nobody bats an eye. Casual, perhaps subconscious racism against other minority groups and even whites persists, but once there's anything that even remotely involves blacks, the media and Al Sharpton are all over it like lawyers chasing after an ambulance.

I guess most other races don't have the abundance of characters that are willing to make a media circus out of things like this. I like to think most people realize that you can't change the world by force and realize that human beings are inherently fucked up like this and things like this will never stop or change. Knowing that gives me a great peace because I realize that things are how they are and there's not really much we can do.

Devo's right, though I don't think the word has the same power anywhere else as in the states. Probably because of the freedom of expression. Though it really doesn't seem like the word was a big deal until after the Civil Rights movement.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Sonic, Devo was being sarcastic towards whinehurst. I doubt she'd take that stance.

Originally Posted by Sassafrass

I am pretty sure you're joking? I hope? Because wasting court time on a frivilous lawsuit is kind of not good.

I assure you the Judge, attorneys, and every other part of that system wouldn't mind.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

While you're here: What exactly did the Germans misunderstand about our humanitarian Hitler?

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Or just get a good laugh from it and let the boys know they need to settle the fuck down.

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Is he wearing boxers that big?

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