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Campaign Against a Slur

Campaign Against a Slur. “the granddaddy of all racial slurs” “the most infamous word in American culture” NYC Council declared a moratorium on the use of it in ’07; Baltimore did it in ‘02. One NYC councilman wanted the word expunged from dictionaries

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Campaign Against a Slur

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  1. Campaign Against a Slur • “the granddaddy of all racial slurs” • “the most infamous word in American culture” • NYC Council declared a moratorium on the use of it in ’07; Baltimore did it in ‘02. • One NYC councilman wanted the word expunged from dictionaries • A backlash against racial slurs and gangsta stereotypes • Comedians, hip-hop artists, and producers like Russell Simmons are publicly swearing off racial slurs • NAACP had a ceremonial funeral for the N-word. Abolishthenword.com Theunitedvoices.org

  2. Campaign Against a Slur • Sub teacher in East Orange asked students to sign pledge never to use N-word • Irvington and Paterson passed resolution for citizens to refrain from using it. • Belief that this derogatory word’s history (started with early slaves) is lost on today’s younger blacks • “We have a generation that is desensitized to – or were never taught – the real origin and impact of such hateful term,” said Bryan Moore, the editor of Ebony, the largest African-American magazine • “Does not matter how you spell it, the pain is still the same” - Moore

  3. “Nigger vs. Nigga” from The N Word • “Time Haters” by Dave Chappelle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaQJB96llU8 2:15

  4. “Nigger vs. Nigga” from The N Word • N word in hip-hop

  5. “Nigger vs. Nigga” • Mos Def and “Mr. Nigga” • Suspects that whites who don’t use it in public will “say it out loud again / when they deal with their close associates and friends” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjDK-N1A-wI

  6. Huckleberry Finn • http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/06/12/60minutes/main20066924.shtml12 mins

  7. Dave Chappelle “The Word Nigger” • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNSwuSQS8a8 3:20 • The Chris Rock Show “Nigga Please Cereal” • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I11w-rl6iaY 1:00 • Chris Rock “Black People” • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRwK_XVfm0I&feature=related 6:20 • Richard Pryor on the “N Word” • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hULhZqhw9yU 3:50

  8. “Nigger vs. Nigga” from The N Word

  9. “Nigger vs. Nigga” • The Black Light Series: Flag for the Moon: Die Nigger (1969) • “Die” in stars; “n-word” as stripes • Warning – be patriotic or face consequences • Created after assassinations of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and MLK, Jr., and in middle of Vietnam

  10. “Nigger vs. Nigga” • 1970 parody of famous Uncle Sam image created by James Montgomery Flagg in 1916 • “Run to your nearest recruiting chamber!”

  11. “Nigger vs. Nigga” • The N word does not appear to have lost its “sting in general culture.” Whites react as strongly to it as blacks • One white: “I cringe inwardly when I hear it in hip-hop” • Outside of hip-hop, it remains an underground word

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