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StacyParticipantI agree with you Jay. I am Black and I could care less if there are Blacks on Friends or Whites on Living Single. One day we will all just be people! And I strongly disagree with those people who say they need to see ‘people like them’ on TV. Typically, one socializes with people like them – sometimes that crosses the color barrier and sometimes it does not. One would hope that in the 21st century and post Sept. 11 that people will just grow up.
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Name : Stacy, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Gay, Race : Black/African American, Age : 35, City : Atlanta, State : GA, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,
StacyParticipantThis is conjecture and opinion only. I believe the ‘nigga culture’ is indigenous to/representative of Blacks of lower socio-ecomomic status. Interestingly, it is embraced by people of varied racial/socio-economic status. In general, an enlightened Black person is unlikely to coddle such an offensive word; in addition, this assertion appears to exclude most of the black & white youth that I know. It represents rebelliousness and non-comformity. Conversely, it represents racial affirmation and originality since it has taken a negative and turned it into an economic positive. To many, it is an ‘original’ art form since rap music also spawned from this culture. I believe a White person with a modicum of common sense and decorum would never use the term no matter how endearing/empowering the word has become to these culture bearers. America’s terrible racial history precludes any acceptable use of the term by non-whites. Hence, the J-Lo controversy. Unfortunately, this is not a fad.
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