Jackson used N-word in off-air remarks: Fox News
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helloklitty
It's been a heckuva ride, Jesse. Here's where you get off.
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kinniku
I've said it before and I'll say it again here: Jesse Jackson is a hurtful man and he should be ashamed of himself. If he would like the US, or the world for that matter, to discuss the important issues, maybe he had better keep his mouth shut and let us.
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presto345
At least the man apologized. And BTW, JT should re-edit this article. There is no need to print the same long paragraph twice.
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Sarge
"The N-word"
What is that?
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Alinsky4prez
Jackson, he'll never eat argula in this town again!
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kinniku
presto345,
I'm not sure I understand your point. "At least" as compared to whom or what? The man should have known better. Whether he thought the mike was on or not or whether he didn't think anyone could hear or not, it does not matter. He was in public. He has been in the public eye for more than 40 years and this is not the first slur from him. This time, it was against people he claims are his own. It was just another in a string of low class acts from a low class man.
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Madverts
presto,
He's supposed to be a man of "god".
Glad to see he's getting what he deserves though. I'm sure President Obama will forgive him.
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Sarge
"I'm sure President Obama will forgive him."
No doubt.
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skipthesong
He can say it. you can't!
Anyway, I really don't get him: "He also urged the public to boycott purchasing DVD copies of the TV sitcom “Seinfeld” after co-star Michael Richards was taped using the word during a rant at a Los Angeles comedy club in 2006." He calls for a boycott of Seinfeld, but Sainfeld is not the one to say so why group him and others of the show into the pot? Why doesn't he go after rap groups?
First of all, I don't hear anyone calling anyone that slur nor using it as a reference except from the people it is suppose to offend, and namely rappers and hip hoppers. My wife's cousin can barely speak English yet I see him trying to rap and using that word. Even has a pin saying "N"-worder for life" on his jacket; where and from whom did he learn that word?
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presto345
What a question. People still use the term, that's how. Many in the African American community still use it denoting themselves. Now Jackson making another slip of the tongue, although being a man of god (which is a human thought up definition) becomes a target of the hysterical media and its followers. Now that is news, isn't it?
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Alphaape
Many have known for a long time that Jesse is a "shyster" and he is out for his own self interest. He has done some good in the past, but a good book called "Shakedown: Exposing the Real Jesse Jackson" goes into pretty good detail about how he uses the race card to basically blackmail corporations to funnel money to organizatios run by his friends, and then they give it back to him.
He has done some good as I say, but in the end, he is just out looking for himself.
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kinniku
presto345,
This is a man who has claimed to speak for his people. This same man referred to another man who may become the next president of the United States (and the first African American president) a foul name that has been used to describe African Americans in a negative way. This is much more than just a slip of the tongue. This is a slap in the face of any decent human being. Martin Luther King must be turning in his grave.
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kinniku
Alphaape,
Exactly.
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JoeBigs
This is real funny, Jackson goes on Fox and the call Obama the "N" word and may have expected Fox not to go with it... I think Jackson is upset that Obama has not gone and kissed his so called royal ring. Hell of a thing when ole Jackson is not the center of attention and he is mad!
Love it when the old guard throws a hissy fit, reminds me of ole Bill Clinton.....
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usaexpat
The original meaning of that little word means an ignorant person so I assume Jackson used it to describe himself. Besides he's black so he feels entitled and empowered to use the N word.
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westurn
"The original meaning of that little word means an ignorant person"
No it doesn't ! The original meaning is "someone who is petty or cheap".
Cripes where do you all get yer info... off the internet ?
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Sarge
"that little word"
What is it? Why is it we can't say the word which is the topic of this article?
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RepublicofTexas
The original N-word is of Latin origin and was used to denote a dark-skinned person (not necessarily derogatory at the time) The word meaning petty and cheap is of Norwegian origin and is completely unrelated.
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westurn
"The word meaning petty and cheap is of Norwegian origin and is completely unrelated."
According to ???
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RepublicofTexas
According to any reliable text on etymology. It's not even debated amongst English language scholars.
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usaexpat
Westurn, according to my handy little Webster's Dictionary circa 1931. If you check the internet you would only find the racial defintion as that is all the word means now days. Where did you get your defintion by the way, I've never heard it.
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usaexpat
Westurn I stand corrected, I did find that definition by checking the etymology of that word. ROT is correct as that definition is of Norwegian origin. I stand corrected as well as my definition was an outgrowth of the racial slur.
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USNinJapan2
I don't see any mention of it here but didn't Jesse also say in the same taped conversation that he also wants to, 'cut his (Obama's) nuts off.'? How stupid is Jackson? I mean, he sitting in a studio during a taping of a show and he's miked and all...
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nandakandamanda
SSNinJapan, so you can use the word and no-one else can? Nuts...
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Helter_Skelter
True, blacks do call eachother by the N word, but usually the ghetto crowd. Hard for me to imagine Condolleezza Rice and Colin Powell greeting eachother with "hey n***** wad up?!"
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adaydream
No use in posting, reposting or abreviating the word. It's vulgar.
Jackson just hurts himself. Nobody else. < :-)
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Badsey
takes one to know one.
Many people are bitter about Obama these days, change is hard for the establishment I guess.
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Sarge
"It's vulgar"
Yeah, but it's also hilarious in certain situations, like, in Die Hard 3 when McClane walks around Harlem wearing that sign the terrorist ordered him to wear:
"I hate N______"
Everyone in the theatre laughed.
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bushlover
Wow it's become like the "M" word in japanese. Except by those who truly are one. I have nothing against 'black' people (is that ok to say these days?) but I hate double standards when they are the only people who are allowed to use it. "Yo whitey what up?", We have become so politically correct that we can't even quote what Jackson said. I'm sure this will get pulled. We just can't have it in print either. It's so bad and anyone using it or spelling it are well... just evil. Now if we could only have that witch hunt on rap singers...
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Zen_Builder
I might get hated for this.
But, IMHO, by continiously bringing up this issues in the media you are propagating what should have been gone decades ago.
To me it looks like people try and want to enforce their personal status(call it superiority) by using such words to refer to themselves or others in their group. Kind of like saying I can use it and you can't touch me.
Controversy sells for sure but I read a LOT of stories like that from the USA that yet claims to be most cultural diversity, integration, harmony, etc. Yet, similar stories don't come from other countries
Sorry, to say it don't look like it from the outside the stereo-types are still well and truly alive and many will use them to enrich/further themselves. Talking about rappers, etc.
This is not a thing only used by african-americans but also used by other groups.
Race like religion, etc still seems to be big issues in the USA. In my home-country I don't even know the faith of our leaders(don't matter either).
Actually as a matter of fact if they state their faith and publicly declare that their decision is based on it they are goners. This for me is separation of state and church, I elect an official for his capabilities/political views NOT for his religious or race views or even sex.
Going back to the current US election I see a lot of fuss over racial/religion/sex issues and those IMO divide the people more than give a proper picture of what the candidates stand for politically.
Just my view.
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bushlover
How come I've never heard of the term African-Canadians, European-Americans, African-Jamaicans? I love the world of political correctness. So out to define itself decade after decade.
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JoeBigs
You sir are coooooorrect! RoT that was RIGHT, the word comes from latin to mean dark or black.
My Great grand Mother was black, and in the country of my birth anyone who is black is called negro. When using this term it is not offensive nor is it taken as so. I call most of my cousins Mi Negro and we take no offense when we do this. But this is for another subject some other time.
Now that that is out of the way, can we get back to ole Rev Jackson and his insult of Obama and the reasons why he did insult him more than one time?
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skipthesong
My Great grand Mother was black, and in the country of my birth anyone who is black is called negro."
que pais?(No puedo escribir en espanol).
Here is what is troubling, as Joe points out. In other countries, this is not so much an issue. In the states it seems to be made an issue for various reasons. I have no objection if you find it offensive, but if you want to word to go away, it needs to be killed. What happens if a young kid picks up a rap song or hears one on the radio. How is he supposed to know why blacks can say it but no one else can (BTW, we use it all the time amongst our in-groups in Miami, we don't fear any onslaught). What do you say to your kids that hey, you can listen to this song, but DON'T repeat the word at all.?
Are we going to need a contract every time one buys a CD or watches a black comedy hour? I do mean US black comedy, black comedy in Spanish is not as raw.
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bushlover
Hey Skipthesong? What's up mi negro? Good posts man. yanowwaddamseyin?
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JoeBigs
I agree, skipthesong, that was very good.......You from Miami huh, hows Calle Ocho these days, still hoping?
Well I am Cubano from Oriente, odd I thought I posted this last night....Oh well ........Yo soy Cubano de Oriente, que pasa mi negro!
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