Earlier this week on ABC’s The View, one of the topics of discussion was the controversy involving Rick Perry, a potential Republican presidential candidate. The 61-year-old Texas governor took much criticism over the weekend for a rock outside the Texas hunting camp that his family once leased. It was discovered that the rock had the word “N***erhead” painted on it. When asked about the rock sitting at the entrance of the camp, Perry’s initial response was:
“When my Dad joined the lease in 1983, he took the first opportunity he had to paint over the offensive word on the rock during the 4th of July holiday. It is my understanding that the rock was eventually turned over to further obscure what was originally written on it.” [Source]
Nonetheless, while the ladies of The View were discussing the issue, Whoopi Goldberg initially used the actual N-word while reporting the story to the audience and viewers, in an effort to point out how useless it is to pretend that the racial term doesn’t exist. As she was pointing out the fact that opposing candidate Herman Cain didn’t hesitate to use the real N-word in his critcism of Perry, Barbara Walters jumped in and elaborated on the story and allowed the real word to slip out of her mouth. Once Sherri Shepherd heard Barbara say the racial word, she immediately took offense and addressed Walters:
When I heard you [Whoopi] say it, it was fine. You said it a different way. When I heard you [Barbara] say it, I didn’t like the way you said it. Because when you say it, you say n****er. And I don’t like n***er. You [Whoopi] didn’t say n***er…It’s a semantics thing. It’s something that goes through my body. It’s nothing on you, Barbara. It’s something about hearing you say it. I don’t like it when you use the word. Now I have used it with my friends and family. I don’t say it like you. When you say it it’s a different connotation.
A confused Walters didn’t quite understand where Shepherd was coming from and apologized, “Forgive me if I didn’t say it the right way. I mean I’m repeating what was on the rock.” You can watch the clip below.
What are your thoughts on using the N-word? Why is it still considered okay for those within the black (even hispanic) community to use the watered down version of the racial slang?
Sherri trying to lose that good job! Nuff people out of work and you want to talk back, LOL! Shut up Dumbass!
Sherri Sheppard is an idiot ,AND A ASSHOLE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR FU#KING (Attention ) !!!! SHE BLOCKED THE WHOLE CONVERSATION …..WITH HER FAKE BULL .
@ Taino. Are you serious? You want her to keep her mouth shut because of a JOB? So she should “Shut Up” and stay in her place. That’s the message I am getting from you and that’s appalling. No one should lower their dignity to keep a job. The days of “Massa” still exist today SMH.
no shes not tyring to lose her job if she feels uncomfortable with the word. she is entilted to her opinion. Barbra already knows the background of the word and im sure has done plenty of stories on racism acts.
There was no reason for babwa to repeat the name of the camp….Whoopi had already said the name and hearing babwa keep repeating it would have pissed me off too. Don’t get me wrong Sherri is an idiot but babwa’s actions was uncalled for. Ole racist hag
No, she shouldn’t lose her job for this, but for all the other ignorant things she’s said on the show. She’s just not a good fit. Her or Elizabeth. They annoy the hell out of me.
Barbara was using it in context. Sherri needs to come down.
Agreed. Sometimes I feel like we put too much emphasis on this word instead of worrying about the real problem that maybe at hand.
Sherri Sheppard is an idiot…I still don’t understand why she’s on the show. She’s the least politically informed and articulate panelist. I mean her segments consist of a focus on her man, her son, her wig, sex, her religious views…she is unnecessary on this show. She can’t even articulate what is wrong with Barbara saying the word…just say “Barb man, I know u using it in the context of this convo but u white It still don’t sit right with me!” point blank…no need to drag the issue on beyond that and make this whole inarticulate hub bub over the way the word was said…just admit its cuz she’s white, thus, she has no place using the word in any context!
Agreed. It wasn’t like she was saying it to be saying it.
barbra sit yo old white ass down she knew exactly what she was doing when she said it. Sherri wasnt telling her what to say she was telling her it was offensive. Im with sherri on this one! even the other white chicks didnt say it barbra said NIGGER like 3 times thats not using a word in context! barb just dont like being told what to do im glad sherri stood her ground!
I agree! Sherri is ignorant. I’ve never been fond of the word used in either context (both the same to me, but apparently some believe the “a” takes power from it). I see whoopi trying to understand why people around my age group and the younger generation use it, but really, no one should be using it. Unfortunately, that can’t be because people use it SO much. It makes me sad.
That out of the way, I disagree with black people that feel we should be allowed to use it and others can’t. You can say it all day around them, but they’re overstepping their boundaries if they say it?
I strongly don’t believe that Barbara was trying to offend anyone, she just doesn’t understand. Sherri did get really sensitive..but at the same time she says she uses the word with her family and friends.
Barbara probably say it in private also like the way she said it on the show, and it probably resonnated to Sherri because of the way Barbara said it. Doesnt sound like Barbara never used the word in like years, probably sounded like Barbara has spoken it before recently or occasionally in private, but not in the way Sherri or Whoopi may say it with family friends. You do have to watch white folk, especially those around Barbara’s age, they will slip nigger out because they use it in private but forgot and it slipped. They will try to say nigger sneakingly and act like they were just kidding or they are cool, but not when they say it amongst other whites. I think that may be along the lines of what Sherri was trying to say.
Kinda the same way they sneak comments like baby momma or try to touch your hair or ask how often do you wash your hair….Probably felt Barbara was too eager to say it when the other whites at the table didn’t, like here is my chance to get away with saying it now that Whoopi said it, I will just piggyback and say it too, finally in the presents of blacks when she only said it behind close doors. Because Barb made the comment that Herman cain saying it was interesting and she asked did Whoopi think it was great. Barbara appeared to say it twice, like she wanted to say it and was glad to have the opportunity. I think Sherri felt that vibe.
Caramelapple hit the nail on the nose. That’s exactly how I feel. Why did Barbara feel the need to say it when the 2 other white women at the table didn’t? She was hella eager to say it not once but TWICE. If she would’ve said it once than yeah I would’ve believed that her saying it was for the sake of the story but than she said it again which led me to believe that she had been waiting for this opportunity. I think if Sherri would’ve explained herself better than Barbara may have understood but than again she is the boss so she figure she can say whatever.
Thanks Caramelapple and Katina!!!
I totally agree. I believe neither race should use the word IF it is so offensive. If it truly is, then it would be offensive from anyone that spoke the word. Second I do not believe that Walters is prejudice, if you read her book she had a affair with a black gentleman for a long time.
I can see the dislike in Sherri towards Walter’s now, you will see dirty looks that she gives to Walters every now and then, it’s too bad.
imma need ms shepard not to be so damn ignorant … they were discussing a story about the word nigger, but she expects the barb, who is a journalist, not to use the word … because it ‘sounds’ different when she says it … that is the asinine thing i have ever heard .. of course she is gonna say it differently, she has a east coast dialect, a slight speech impediment and she’s white … white folks generally sound a little different than black folks … oy vey … sherri needs to go back to school for real
I don’t think Sherri was telling Barbara not to say it… I think she was just letting her know that she did not like HOW it sounded when she said it. Black people have a way of saying it real cool and it probably has something to do with how comfortable we are using it. Other folks make it sound so harsh, which is very alarming to our ears and spirits.
What the hell are you smoking??? Read what you wrote out loud to yourself and watch the clip again… You make absolutely no sense at all???
To “I gotsta tell it how it is” I think that you are absolutely right” It is about how our spirits feel… whoever asked what you were smoking is obviously lost! They don’t get it. For hundreds of years our people were oppressed. THe language that was used than was filled with hatred towards us…. we were not even considered whole human beings. That word is a reminisce of that time. I would have been upset that Barbara used that word too! We couldn’t have 40acres or a mule can we at least have a little dignity & respect! Can white people not act like they dont know the history of that word. the history of lynchings & burnt churches. If you can understand that. than maybe you can see why you shouldn’t say that word!
soo i think either walters had said it before or sherri feels like walters treats her like a nigg@$ because she took it to another level
She obviously said it before, Sherri said “I don’t like when you say it”, indicating it was said previously.
“I don’t like when you say it” all of a sudden refers to past tense; a previous event??? When did English stop being English? Please think before you speak!!!
It really doesn’t matter if she said it before, she shouldn’t of said it PERIOD. I stand by my statement, if you don’t like it, oh well.
To tell the haters to shut up
Then stop using that damn word!!!! What the hell, it is so freaken simple!!! My son-in-law is black he will not let anyone use that word to him, you know why, because he is educated, there is no reason to use that word. Why the hell do I want someone coming up to me and calling me cracker, oh it’s ok for the whites to call me that, BUt HELL no if it’s a black person? I am not goiing to take offense to it, because they say it a different way, they don’t say it cool or what ever, how about we just get smart and stop saying it!!! My Black Grandchildren are not that word and will never be, and it pisses me off that people think because they are a certain color they can use it, well I say BULLSHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Barbara think she slick, can’t stand that old lady.
This is irrelevant to the issue at hand, the real issue is that there is a potentially racist candidate running to become the next president and you and everyone else can’t seem to wrap their head around the fact that Barbara Walters said the word Nigger in a non-offensive reporting of the facts way… get back on the right track and examine Rick Perry’s reasons for still have that rock almost 20 years later after his family bought the place
I can relate to Sherry there’s something about someone from a different race saying it even though I choose to not use it myself. Just the other day I was out with my co-workers (I’m the only African-American in the group)and one of them called 2 black men “homeboys”…I quickly took offense. I felt like well why are they “homeboys” and not young men? Later in the evening she went on to make a comment about the area we were in (which was predonminantly black) being a bad neighborhood…so I asked her why do you think it’s a bad neighborhood? It was funny because any other time she is not at a loss for words but this time she was, but finally came up with an explanation that there were alot of homeless people around. I still wasn’t happy with her remarks and have completely disassociated myself and will not partake in anymore after work functions for now it is strictly business. I can’t deal with ignorance.
you better tell it !!! and I don’t blame you one bit…
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First of all, i have to include myself among the masses who in the past have blatantly used this word as an “empowering” one. That being said, there is one fact we all need to know; Blacks are the only racial group to have turned a racist derogatory term into a term of endearment. You don’t see Latinos calling each other “wetbacks” or “beaners”, you don’t see polish people calling each other “polocks”, nor do you see asians calling each other “chingchong” or “chinamen”. Why by God do we have to pretend that we empowered a word that has such a profound and painful history? How easy do we forget how the whisper of this word was once in sync with the sound of whips slaying the backs of our ancestors? The problem does not reside in whether or not we should act as if the word no longer exists, the true issue resides in the fact that we have made this word relevant in our times.Our generation has fallen into the abyss of materialism and pop culture obsession; the pursuit for intellectual freedom and the sense duty towards our community have long escaped our minds and i fear everyday for what will become of us all. I suddenly remember the words of Bob Marley and i say to myself “the pirates have found modern ways to rob us and sell us to the merchant ship and we have yet to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery”.
My point exactly. It begins with us, then maybe the “other” people will finally begin to understand.
you said it all…thank you…my family never used that word, thank God, nor do we curse at each other…it’s ignorant & uncouth to use negative words towards those you love point blank
we have to educate the uneducated, we’re as strong as our weakest link and from the looks of it, the weak ones within our Diaspora are esculating out of control…
smh
AMEN , AMEN THANK YOU !!!!
Actaully, mexicans call each other cholos so we are not the only racial group to have turned a racist derogatory term into a term of endearment. And outside of race, women call each other bitch in an affectionate way. Just saying.
Rich, WTF are you talking about? More women call each other “bitch” out of spite and gender-on-gender assault vs. affection. The same goes for Mexicans calling another Mexican “cholo” sans the “papi.” Have a seat with that crap. If it’s isn’t a social stereotype like blacks using the n-word affectionately, that ish is not on the same level nor significantly relevant. Have a seat with those horrible examples, dear.
I’m not sure why ppl are acting like Sherri Shepherd made a big deal out of this. If you watch both parts, You will see that Barbara Walters was the one who kept bringing it up. Sherri wasnt ignorant in her expressing her uncomfort in Barbara Using the word. Please, white ppl always try to paint the picture that “BLACK PPL” are too sensitive about the “NWORD” just dont use it. If you are a long time fan of “The View”, you will notice that Barbara has always been lowkey innapropriate when it comes to racial convos. Yes, Barbara Walter is Legendary and paid her dues in the industry but she is not above being Checked.
Would should not allow anyone to use the word. Sherri sounds so uneducated.
Barbra said it under her breath almost , Sherri got mad cause it sounded like that the why Barbra been saying it. under her breathe to other blacks as in a racist way , that why she caught feelings and i agree with her
I feel it’s the same story being repeated with a different cast..
Interestingly, The View has not been talked about in a while, so they obviously ran out of things to say? hopefully not so, for their sake!
Cause who will they fire next just to save a sinking ship, if that is so..or maybe just get better subjects..
I don’t think we would still be having this issue, at least not as constant as we do now, if us African Americans as a whole stop using it ourselves. It’s like we are confusing white people, with them knowing they made the word up, was originally fought against in the civil rights movement, only to be revived by none other than our own race as a new slang. It’s in music, it’s in our daily language. Whites pay attention to that stuff and may think it’s ok to use it-it a “cool” way at least, but then we shut them down and put a wall up. I stopped using the term years ago so I would seem like a hypocite about it with my white friends. Had an issue with an old co-worker about this, broke it down to him, he was ignorant though and didn’t get it, but it’s not all his fault, cause he claimed he had other black friends who use the word, and he thinks it is ok. That is where we must fix that black people. Malcom and Martin didn’t fight as hard as they did to see our race embrace that term that we once all hated.
BRAVOOOO….exactly !!!
Excuse my typos from earlier-REPOST-I don’t think we would still be having this issue, at least not as constant as we do now, if us African Americans as a whole stop using it ourselves. It’s like we are confusing white people, with them knowing they made the word up, was originally fought against in the civil rights movement, only to be revived by none other than our own race as a new slang. It’s in music, it’s in our daily language. Whites pay attention to that stuff and may think it’s ok to use it-IN a “cool” way at least, but then we shut them down and put a wall up. I stopped using the term years ago so I WOULDN’T seem like a hypocite about it with my white friends. Had an issue with an old co-worker about this, broke it down to him, he was ignorant though and didn’t get it, but it’s not all his fault, cause he claimed he had other black friends who use the word, and he thinks it is ok. That is where we must fix that black people. Malcolm and Martin didn’t fight as hard as they did to see our race embrace that term that we once all hated.
I AGREE.
@BEN
Nigga please.
Sherri needs to calm down. Barbara was just using the word in context. Sherri uses the word with her friends and family and now she wants to say something when a white person says it. I think the slang version used today and the original version mean the same thing and shouldn’t be used at ALL. I personally have never used that word and never will.
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Sherri gurl sit yo ass DOWN! You just made yourself look like a damn FOOL on National TV! Thanks for taking us back some decades! Barbara was “REPORTING” news and informing the audience aboout what the damn stone read. Sherri’s explanation of why she was offended by Barbara saying the word was just plain STUPID! I mean come on! Barbara was obviously NOT trying to offend anymore nor was she calling anyone the word, she was REPORTING. Even Whoopi knew that Sherri made no damn sense. And it just made Sherri look even more simple when she then publicly reports that she also uses the word with her family and friends….really? WTF? Girl you are a hotmess.com SMH
Damn! I’m pissed at how ignorant Sherri is, I mean SERIOUSLY!
I concur wholeheartedly she really is a dumb ass!
Lol this is actually so stupid it’s funny. We as black people(not all but you know what I mean) continue to use this word and expect white people not to say it also? Sherri just made herself look real stupid, saying she uses that word with her friends and family but getting mad at barbara for using the word in context of the topic being discussed lol sherri go back to sleep!
Sherri did that for effect and a warpped sense of urban “politically correctedness”. If you are in America and have half a brain, you can tell reporters and news journalist who are intelligent beings discussing an offensive word. Whoopi explained it well. Only ignorant niggers and their racist counterparts perpetuate the word and give it steam. The rest of us are busy living and creating new revenue streams.
I can guarantee that if you were on that show, you would’ve made a certified a$$ of yourself trying to sound intelligent, but in reality trying to justify Barbara Walters lol. If you’re busy “creating new revenue streams”, then you should be working for Obama because the economy of America, and the world at large, is sinking faster than the Titanic. You negroes kill me with your “it’s not about black or white, it’s about the money” rhetoric lol…..
@Judah,
I simply think from a different perspective. If I am Chinese, Gay, Irish or recently Muslim, I would have an issue at some point at some time in someone’s history. Yes racism does exist and it is still a problem in a country founded on racism. But Barbara Walters just saying the “word” in context? If just mentioning the word is a problem and on national TV!! So you think either Barbara says it regularly behind closed doors, or you would rather she DID say it out of your ear shot? The only meaning words have are the meaning you give it. Answer this for me. Why do some black people get so offended by this one word that we own and people are afraid to say around us. But on our own block are children are not afraid to kill one another or us and they remain so proportionately under par academically. You think “they” do it to us, solely? Our pride, resilience and ability to withstand history’s atrocities thrown at us begin with us, not with a “word” being used in a politically correct manner now that it has been created and abused.
@BAKUNZI
No you do not think from a “different perspective” lol. The majority of black people, particularly “educated black women” think like you (not assuming that you’re a “woman”, you just seem to think like one). I do not care where or when Barbara Walters uses the word because I am not silly enough to have conversations on “race” (or any conversation not regarding business) with caucasians, because I understand how they think very well. Sherri Shepherd is in the position where she is paid to have “serious conversations” with Barbara Walters, so she is entitled to give her stance on an issue. The real source of Shepherd’s offence is that, like most black women and effeminate black men, she wants to be “accepted” into mainstream white society. Please do not give me any metaphysics lol. Words are much more than the meaning “given to them”. Words have an actual meaning (definition) and etymology (derivation). That is how you deal with reality sir. You acknowledge it. That is the first step to changing it. The children conduct themselves the way that they do because they are not being educated properly, nor raised properly by their parents. You black people implicitly trust your oppressors’ (the caucasians’) system to benefit your child and then wonder why it doesn’t. A zookeeper will only give you enough food to keep you alive, not to make you free. In the same vain, that same zookeeper will tranquilize you in order to deter escape. Every judgment is rendered according to time and season. The judgment of America and the world at large will soon be rendered.
True Barbara could have just said the N word instead of saying n****r but she wasnt calling Sherri or anyone that she was talking about the story.I guess Sherri needed some attention
thank you
Barbara said it twice and it wasnt necessary and the second time she said it, she knew Sherri didnt like it but dared to say it again anyway. Sherri isnt ignorant, she just could not get out how she felt in the right words, it has happended to all of us. At least Sherri brought attention to it as opposed to Whoopi who thinks its no big deal…. remember the blackface she did with Ted Danson. But Ted blackfaced and got away from her, his family didnt want him with a black woman. Sherri speaks for people that share her opinions as in the comments here, some think its no big deal like Whoppi and others do like Sherri. Barbara got too much in the moment and was glad to be able to say it. Glad Sherri expressed her discontentment with Barbara saying it because whites everywhere would copy Barbara and Sherri was like wait a minute.
First off, yall know dang well that Sherri is not the only person you have heard say that they use the word with family and friends, but do not appreciate hearing it fron a white person. N—er has the same meaning now as it did back then, but N—a is being used as a term of endearment in the black community (As stated above) There is a difference now in how that deragatory word is being used. Same meaning, Different reasons for using it. Ni–er-White people, Ni–a-Black people. When a white person say it you can bet its a libation to there tongue. I dont think Barbara meant any harm when saying the word, nor do i think Sherry was out of line with her feelings. Also dont think for one minute that white folks get confused when they hear blacks using it and think its ok. They are very aware that there may be some backlash. The word should be abolished, but it wont me. It is inprinted on minds of americans, Here to stay
Sherri isn’t necessarily an idiot, but she is a perfect example of millions of African-Americans who are hung up on the actual saying of the word, and not the meaning of the word. The word itself is not where the problem lies, but in the negative meaning. Sherri was wrong because The View’s purpose is to speak on such social issues and Barbara was only providing her opinion not using the word to offend or disrespect her black counterparts.
Once again Sherri Shepherd manages to bring black people back ten years with her stupidity. The way it was is irrelevant to the issue at hand and rather than addressing the legitimate controversy as to why Rick Perry allowed the rock to exist for such a long period of time we are all now focusing on the fact that Barbara Walters said the word Nigger not to Sherri Shepherds liking. So thank you Sherri for once again for making your ineptitude for intelligent conversation blatantly evident! -_-
No one should use the word. Barbara loosely uses the word often but dates black men hmmmm. Sherri and Whoopi if they had any sense should ban the word from being repeated on the show or out of their mouths. Rick Perry is George Bush in disguise. Herman Cain is a danger to the African-American race and a straight up coon.
I watched the full interview and I don’t understand how Sherri could support Whoopi’s statement about it being a problem that young people have disassociated the n-word from its origin. As long as they have adults like Sherri in their lives–black men and women who only get upset when the n-word is said by a white person–they aren’t going to change. Adults have to set the example that the word is wrong PERIOD.
I don’t understand what is so hard for white people to understand- do.not.say.it and stop making lame excuses like “but black people use it as a term of endearment”. Yes, that may be true, but are YOU black? If not, then you may run into some problems. You can almost see the fervor in their faces when they ask, “Can I say it too?…When can I saw it?…Is it OK to say if…? What if I say it with the -a at the end? Is it OK with the -er at the end?” The obsession they have with learning the correct “protocol” for saying nigger/nigga is absolutely ridiculous and dubious at best. And I don’t buy Bab’s even lamer excuse of “but I was simply reporting what was on the rock”. You don’t have to give graphic details in order to maintain journalistic integrity. If there is a sexual assault, a reporter doesn’t have to say whether it was vaginal, anal, or oral, in the name of being accurate and telling the whole story. Bab’s just wanted to say it and get a reaction. Which is exactly what happened, and you can see the disbelief in Sherri’s face when Babs said she didn’t think Sherri felt the way she did. Sherri was like, “Wow…really?” as if to say Babs DID know. Then she has the nerve to tell Sherri something like (and I’m paraphrasing)- if only you can say it and I can’t, then that just causes more distance between [her voice trails off]. Yes Babs, nothing says togetherness more than sharing a racial slur. I watch the View and when Babs is on, she is mostly an insufferable witch, but I’m surprised she stooped so low just to “make sparks”. And Sherri…she struggles to express herself most of the time and usually ends up saying something totally dumb or contradictory, so her verbal diarrhea didn’t help her get her point across. She should’ve simply said, “Since Whoopi already said the word, there was no reason for you to repeat it as we all know what was on the rock now. I find the continued use offensive.”
Well i beleive , barbara walters like so many white people, is a racist! Will she ever admit to being a racist women “NO”, Has she ever had a black person in her home probably not , would she ever allow her children, grandchildren, or god children to date an african american NO!!! What she will do is higher The likes of whoopi goldberg, and sherri shepard,or star jones..and invite black people on her show, that clearly has, and will, widen her popularity and initially bring more money in her pockets!She is undercover,like so many whites are!its just that now, its beginning to show! I’ve said it before and i will say it again…A person can only be fake but for so long!!! sherri felt the harshness of the word when barbara said it, only because it was coming from a harsh place inside of Barbara Walters!
DAMN ALOT OF YOU BLACK PPL,that said that sherri needs to sit her ass down got that white daddy syndrome,always trying to stick up for white ppl,sherri had every right to be upset,barbara knew what the fuck she was doing,do you guys really think if we stop saying the word nigga other people is gonna stop saying it lol thats BS,that word has to much history in it,why is it that us black ppl have to stop saying the word for others to stop saying it,to me that a sign of WEAKNESS,as crazy as it sound are ancestors took the word nigger and flip it to nigga as a sign of endearment in slavery we use to call each other my honorary
nigga,same reason we use to call each other man “hey man” “wusup man” we called each other man,because during the jim crow era we was so use to white ppl calling us boy, we called each other men to remind are self that we were men not boys,alot of black ppl have that slave mentality and are comfortable with that,and are trying please whites,were the only fucking race that wants to be accepted from others races not knowing that the only reason that other races are even existing is because of black ppl,we were the first ones on this planet,and we achieve so much especially before slavery,black ppl need to FUCKING WAKE UP
@FRESH87
Well said sir. Thank you lol. I was debating on whether or not I was going to comment seriously on this topic because of the multitude of house negroes that are on here acting as if they’re “enlightened”. Black people, for the most part, have a slave mentality and believe that the goal that should be reached is fellowship with the people who hate them, so they bristle whenever a black person does not think that way. The white man is a bully and a liar by nature, and you cannot talk things out with a bully. Bullies only respect power. One can best believe that Barbara Walters does not feel negatively about using the word “n*gger”. She’s used it to describe all blacks millions of times I’m sure, and will continue to do so. Let me also say that the black people who find themselves “trying to explain to whites why them using the word ‘n*gger’ is wrong” for hours, themselves NEVER even know what the word “n*gger” means or it’s etymology lol. The word “n*gger” simply means “black”. It does not mean “ignorant” or whatever other connotation that these silly, simple-minded house negroes want to take as denotation.
Thank you!!!!!
@Fresh87
I in no way will ever try to take up for barbara walters (as I particularly do not like her) but on the whole, Sherri was wrong and reality tv is a very scripted version of “reality”. But come on. How can we attack those who oppress us when we do the most oppressing to ourselves. This has always been the basis of my perspective. I am black African and Carribean parents and have had more abuse culturally from people with my own skin colour so which side should I take. Racism is not a fight anyone of colour can win. We can acknowledge it and fight it with our success and responses. But I am far from a house negro as Judah suggested. If his car gets broken into, then its that “house nigger” and “enslaved mind” who did it. Not those who chose to rise above the BS. I bet you and many people listen to a bunch of music sold produced and marketed by so called “house negroes” (your words) who do business with their white counterparts as they party with them sleep with them and interact with them on a personal level. It just means that the successful global thinkers of this world rise above race, sexuality and treat humans on a case by case individual scenario, they do more for people on a global level than a racial one, via music and philanthropy and business. Lets increase awareness sensibly. Should barbara of said it, with all this controversy, maybe! maybe not! but her saying it is not a big deal. She wasn’t dumb enough to call someone a nigger. Like Whoopi said, should it be taken out of Tom Sawyer (and only in the books in white schools so they don’t say it?) yeah right there’s a place to start.
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@ JUDAH and FRESH87I am so glad to see some brothers on a blog with some sense! Thank you guys so much! I wanted to comment earlier but i just get so disgusted with all these shuckin and jivin negros that seem to forget that we are not the ones who invented the word we are the ones that it was used to demoralize.It urks my soul when people make excuses and are blind to how that white “friend” will sit amongst blacks and mock us openly to our faces and then go home and share with there pale family and friends the story how they were with there niggers and they could even say the word and those niggers didnt mind at all.If they mean no harm and they really thought they had cause or right to say it then it would be no big deal and no story to tell about it. Think, Do you go back and tell any of your tall friends how you said the word shortie in front of a short person and they didnt get mad? NO thats because there is a difference. Nigger is a white racist that will forever be linked with Hate. Shortie is ONlY a discriptive word about a person being the opposite of Tall. If these “progressive black people” keep looking so far ahead they forget to watch there backs then they only spout that Martin and Malcolm stuff but they dont truly understand our history. Just think they were both ASSASSINATED fools! The same people you jump to defend is laugHing at how gullible you niggers are. BUT I GUESS THAT WOULD BE WHAT WILLIE LYNCH SPEECH was designed for. THE IMFORMATION IS ALL RIGHT HERE IN OUR FACE and people can blog about a topic but wont use those computer skills to educate themselves enough to know when someone is being overtly racist.
@FRESH87:
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@JUDAH:
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lol im not black or white or black and white…im latin and asian but since im tanned i understand why some black people are offended by anything that means youre ” less than human” or whatever by people that never tan..even though black people are just black…where black and white people came from is a mystery to me ..can they really hold babies in for 9 months…seems like they would slip outta that open hole after the first week…but thats irrelevant ….so i guess maybe they should both [black and white ] people ..settle their differences and play nice like they do in some of them pornos.
This is getting out of hand. Everyone feels different about the “N-word”. Personally I dont like it when either a black or white person or anybody says it. Have we all forgotten what that word means???? Its an ignorant dumbfounded person. It was said towards Black people to make them feel less than white people. However, I feel that word can be told to anyone who acts like that, no matter if they’re black or white.
And It doesn’t matter how one says it. It can be with a northern dialect, southern, asian, or whatever. N-er or N-ga, the word still has the same meaning.
The word “n*gger” DOES NOT mean “ignorant”. If the word did mean that, then it would indeed be applicable to 99.9% of “black people”.
THAT’S WHY THEY CALL IT THE “VIEW” EVERYONE’S POINT OF VIEW & PERSPECTIVE!!!!
DOUBLE STANDARD….SHERRY, BARBARA DIDNT USE THE WORD TO BE OFFENSIVE……U TOOK THIS WAY OUT OF CONTEXT, AND U SOUND VERY IGNORANT EXPRESSING U PREFERRED THE WAY WHOOPI SAID IT OPPOSSED TO BARBARA……WHY BECAUSE SHE IS “WHITE” & THEN U TURN AROUND & SAY U & YOUR FRIENDS & FAMILY USE THE WORD. YOU MADE A COMPLETE IDIOT OF YOURSELF…..SERIOUSLY!
Sherri’s reaction is sherri’s reaction. All you on here talking about how she is blowin it up are fake as hell. You all have words that trigger you. Words that you either feel is ok for certain people to say to you or words that no one should say to you. If someone you don’t like says whatever word it may be to you, most likely you will jump down their throats so get off your invisible high horse and sit your fake tails down.
Now on to Rick Perry. The facts are his family are not the original owners of the ranch. The writing may have been there before they owned it. As soon as Rick saw the writing he told his father who painted over it. People are saying they saw it. The word is apparently commonly used in the town from past eras. The sources were anonymous.
The biggest things are these things no one is thinking about. If Rick said he painted over it and others said they saw it. Were they with him and discovered it at the same time he did, therefore making his claim and theirs both true. They could have seen it, notified him and he had it covered up. Second is that the word was vandalism. If Perry said he covered it and the “sources” said they saw it after that time. Isn’t it possible that true to tagger form that someone could have rewrote it on the stone? Anonymous source could be telling the truth but in politics most likely they are lying to smear people, especially Democrats.
On the real….teh word should not be used by anyone no matter of who is sayin it, black on black, white on black…etc. Should not have double standards. The word itself has a derogartory meaning, as well it has a strong emotional connect with our own people and our ancestors. This is not a slang word that we should accept. Our ancestors fought very hard to overcome this word, and strive to be more than what they called us back in the day…now our own people want ot jsut say..”hey it’s ok” we just jokin with each other. As many words in the dictionary…we have soo many to chose from other than the ones that degrades ourselves. Ain’t no grey area on this one.
I think US black people needs to calm down with the “N” word being said from other races. We all have to realize our delivery of communications are different from all races. The origin of “nigger” came from white people and the origin of “cracker” came from the blacks. So if we can’t accept the word “nigger” being used by whites but we can change the way of the pronunciation and spelling of the term to use among our own race then why should we be all upset with term “nigger” and “nigga” if it’s not being used in a negative way? I hear whites calling each other white trash, white cracker, etc. They have used the term we came up and they used it as well. So we can’t accept whites using “nigga” or “nigger” in a conversation that is not meant to be offensive then we shouldn’t use it among us either…..That’s just me.
Good for Barbara…I get tired of black folks using the N word while being offended when the dominant culture uses it. There is nothing good about using the N word. Sheree needs to look at herself and ask why she is ok with saying it herself.
Are you black people this stupid this is for the ones who understand where I am coming from on this. I would have gotten really upset as well. Because you know Barbara Walters did not have to say that. She could have word that another way it’s no excuse we still have racism in this world. That’s my opinion on it.
Im a black lady and I feel uncomfortable when white people use the n- word (n*gger). I guess its because of our ancestors going through slavery and being treated unequal and being called the n-word (n*gger) was races, mean and meant beneath a person that’s white.
If anything I would consider Sherri’s reaction to Barbara’s report over the top and discrimination. Barbara was reporting on a story, she wasn’t calling anyone anything, and she said plainly that she doesn’t even like that word or use it. Sherri doesnt want Barbara using a word because shes white? That right there is racist in itself. Its not like I go around telling black people not to use the term ‘cracker’ because if I have the right to use the word so does everyone else.
I just want to add, if you’re really offended by white people using the word because of slavery, then you should probably know that not only black people were slaves anyway, everyone got a turn and no one else is complaining about it years after the fact.
I don’t think the word should have been said PEROID! I wonder if this was a different scenario…maybie with the word “cracker” “wetback” or even “chink” if she would have said it.
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