N-word, Zip Coon, name calling by professional African-Americans

Who says it's okay to use the N-Word by certain African-Americans to distinguish oneself from the underclass or the unsophisticated or unpolished African-Americans? Where was this poll taken? Some professional African-Americans find it hard oh so very hard to let go of the put downs or more important to remain in good grace with other African-Americans and even some raced whites who use terms like jiggaboo,zip coon and hoes and b---. Former Indianapolis Star Columnist Rishawn Biddle, an African-American male, was alleged to have used the term zip coon in the newspaper blog and was released from his post.

It's just a word?!! Get a grip!!!

Name calling is just not pretty, hip or cool. It is meant to displace and label those who are different or unacceptable usually by males. And way too many professional males spend way too much time trying to uphold an image for the "raced white male or raced white female" that he become irritable when any African-American behavior or action is embarrassing to any human being. So what, put them in check and move on..

No need to try and explain or dismiss such behavior, language or actions as being that of a less enlightened African-American, and no need to give him or her the label of the distance past as a no named African with no rights enslaved in Jamestown...the N..word, Coon, Negro.....hoe, Jezebel, b... Did you forget?
Back in the day, enslavement, raced white picked a name and gave it to Willie. No way could a brotha or sista make make a raced white call us by our real name..that is if she did not mind finding ourselves hanging from a noose. Did you forget? Or are you so far removed from the past that you just dismiss it?

There is so much work that is needed in the world instead of joining a name calling crusade.

So, No thank you NAS and even my nephew, it will never be okay for you or anyone else to call me the n-word..I am who I say I am...I remember the past, and those days were not so pretty...just ask Genarlow Wilson, Shaquanda Cotton, Megan Williams, and the Jena Six.


I am who I say I am