I have a question about the “N” word.

James T. Harris at The National Conversation talks about why so many African-Americans think it’s OK for blacks to use the “N” word while requiring that anyone else who says it be severely punished.

My question is:

Why is it any more right to have black-only words than it was to have white-only drinking fountains?

Don’t misunderstand me. I don’t want the right to say the word myself. I think it’s the most despicable word in the English language. But different rules for different groups sure sounds like racism to me.

3 comments April 18th, 2007