NY Case puts N-WORD use among blacks on trial

[LinSkinny]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_RACIAL_SLURS_TRIAL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-09-03-13-51-13

I hope this helps to illustrate what I've been saying all along. Labels (no matter what type) in today's society should be carefully considered before use.

[Gen]

i wouldn't even know where to begin with this case


mi might guh apply to columbia U though

[jah_yout]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...09-03-13-51-13



I hope this helps to illustrate what I've been saying all along. Labels (no matter what type) in today's society should be carefully considered before use.

context is everything...any word can be anything depending on its context;

in this case it's pretty silly to think that a 'black' person using the word "ni66er" is using it to be racially offensive to a 'black' person....

even though i don't think this or certain other words that are considered offensive to many have any place in the job world

[LinSkinny]

context is everything...any word can be anything depending on its context;

Agree.

in this case it's pretty silly to think that a 'black' person using the word "ni66er" is using it to be racially offensive to a 'black' person....

Looking from the outside, agree, but then the person that 'won' their case was offended.
"But 38-year-old Brandi Johnson told jurors that being black didn't make it any less hurtful when Carmona repeatedly targeted her with the slur during a March 2012 tirade about inappropriate workplace attire and unprofessional behavior."

So that goes back to being careful when labels are used, or goes back to an old thread where I talked about terms we used to use in JA. We never know who is going to be offended, no matter the context. That's my point.

[Gen]

according to his lawyer he is a black man of puerto rican descent



Carmona blubbered like a baby in Manhattan federal court yesterday as he tried to defend his use of the N-word during the punitive- damages phase of the case.

“I come from a different time . . . and this showed me that I really have to take stock of that at my age ,” he said, wiping his eyes

[Gen]

big old 61 year old hassback man

[Suesumba]

unprofessional

[Tropicana]

This is a non-issue. Anyone who is so low class as to use the N word in this day and age, isn't worth the time of day.

[jah_yout]

according to his lawyer he is a black man of puerto rican descent

why the eye brown?
reminds me of a manager i once had...told her something regarding a black puerto rican lady & she told me you can't be black & puerto rican at the same time....weh shi get dat foolishness from??

[FLUFFY]

NY Case puts N-WORD use among blacks on trial

Long time it shouldda happen...figet bout context. There is a stigmatism attached to the word historically. Bann it!

[Peasie]

why the eye brown?
reminds me of a manager i once had...told her something regarding a black puerto rican lady & she told me you can't be black & puerto rican at the same time....weh shi get dat foolishness from??

Ignorant people

Reminds me of the time I attended a function when some black Americans had just returned from a jazz festival in Havana, Cuba. Hear one of dem, "I never knew there were black people in Cuba." May I just tell you these were some rahtid educated people?

[Gen]

yeah, I could see how you would be one of 3 people on yah that would get that from my raised eyebrows

i am 100% certain the other 2 deh pan meds

why the eye brown?
reminds me of a manager i once had...told her something regarding a black puerto rican lady & she told me you can't be black & puerto rican at the same time....weh shi get dat foolishness from??

[Emperah]