Hello there!

This is absolutely outrageous!

Thank you for blowing your trumpet!

Peace, blessings and DUNAMIS!
Lisa

I've added my post. This issue is just too important for us to ignore!

Thanks for joining in and supporting the effort SJP, and I'm glad you enjoyed those post of mine.

:D

Lisa & NBW, we have to do everything we can to draw attention to this kind of crap when and wherever possible! The struggle continues.
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Yobachi - much obliged for stopping by. Figured I couldn't say it better - your info was way to good to just paraphrase :>).

SjP

I would absolutely love to be shocked at this. Unfortunately in 2008 we still EXPECT bull like this to occur. It's part of the American fixture.

To be honest with you, he was never really off the air---not for an appreciable amount of time. He went on a PR campaign to save his butt and was accepted into several black communities.

I posted about this when it was first reported that the show had gone into production.
One of the things that amazes me about this that it took an audio tape for people to see his racism. If you had viewed even five minutes of his show, his treatment of native Hawaiians makes it more than clear that he has as problem with POC. We need to start the fight against racism even before we are the center of it. His racist behavior towards native Hawaiians should have been enough for people to be up in arms.

The fight although overwhelming is winnable because we have an army of advocates willing and able to draw out the "ism"s of this world when and wherever they appear.

SjP

You know what upsets me almost as much as what he said? The fact that he got a black preacher to stand up and say that he wasn't a racist. The preacher went on and on about Dog's service to the community. Sometimes even our own people sell us out.

Is it just that white (or non black) people can't say the n-word and get paid or NO ONE can do it? We see our comedians and musicians doing it all the time and they get paid plenty.
...I'm just putting it out there.

Renee - if he's not racist then what is he? Just because he does community service (sure its not court ordered) doesn't mean that he's not racist. Oh well...
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Missy - point well taken. I suspect that our continued use of the n-word will remain an issue for us. But, to me it like "I can talk about my man but you can't". Maybe its not the usage but the intent of the user. For me, there in lies the difference.

I think that's just an excuse that we use to justify bad behavior. It's also the reason that we won't ever be able to completely eradicate the offensive use of the word. Intent has little to no affect on impact. If you accidentally step on my foot, it doesn't just any less because you say you didn't mean to hurt me. Fact is, it hurts the exact same.

Missy - If I accidentally step on your foot and ask for your forgiveness in doing so, then I would hope that you would do just that - forgive. If I am truly sorry for doing so, I will also do whatever it took to help make that pain easier for you. If, however, on the other hand, I step on your foot with the full intention of causing you pain - then my apology means absolutely nothing. Because my intent WAS to do you harm.

I continue to struggle with the right or wrong with us using the n-word. I just know from experience that when "others" have used the n-word when referring to or at me, their intentions where to cause much, much more than the sting of an accidental step on the foot.

Much obliged for your comment...you've given me more food for thought on this issue.

SjP