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Harrison remark, Intentional?

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Mike80 said:
I guess you're going to have to explain what you mean, because your rather obtuse commentary is almost certainly incorrect as to its assessment to what was both said and meant....but feel free to showcase your ignorance again for all to see....
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Nah, I'm sure you called Harrison "semi-literate" just because he's a Kentucky basketball player.
 
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MililaniBuckeye said:
I work in a section of about 40 people where about 25% are black under they age of 30, and have been in such an environment for nearly 40 years since joining the service out of high school in '75. And maybe it's the black youth that's the problem with the usage of the word, because they didn't go through near the heinous [Mark May] their grandparents and maybe even their parents went through. I've personally seen the generational social shift from where a young black man would never call another black that word in any other way but to start a fight to where it's cool among black youth. So don't tell me I don't get it.
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Why are you so mad about black kids calling each other by that name?
 
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jwinslow said:
If Harrison had said it towards Hayes, would it have been racist? What if booker said it to Hayes? People can make all sorts of assumptions which come down to their personal experiences and viewpoints on the word .

The word is used to denigrate. It has an odd spinoff usage as "dude" but that was hardly an endearing comment. At best it was probably "bitch" . It was in some vague middle ground that adds to the absurdity of ever using the n word in any fashion other than its original intent. The word should never be used but at least a racist person is saying something comprehensible (wicked and deplorable but you can identify the meaning of his word)
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And therein lies the reason why it's not a double standard. When a racist person says it, it is racist. Period.
 
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OH10 said:
So you’re saying it’s the same if a white person or a black person say a term historically used to denigrate black people?
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No, and I don't want to speak for him... but, it denigrates either way, if not "the same"/equally. As an aside, your word choice here is exceptional... etymologically speaking...
 
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MililaniBuckeye said:
Why should it even concern you?
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It concerns me because I view the "double standard" argument as a tacit defense of white people calling black people the n-word. I can't tell you how many times I've heard, "Well, if they're going to call themselves that, why is it wrong for me to call them that?" Or the classic, "there's a difference between a black person and a n----."

And I think about that every time I see someone get up in arms over a black kid saying the n-word just because of this perceived 'double standard.' On this word... this heinous fucking word... it's not the same.
 
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AKAK said:
No, and I don't want to speak for him... but, it denigrates either way, if not "the same"/equally. As an aside, your word choice here is exceptional... etymologically speaking...
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That's the point though in response to the post which started this thread. The original post was complaining that Andrew Harrison wasn't being treated the same as a white person would be treated under the same circumstances, as if to suggest that somehow there should be an equal reaction.
 
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OH10 said:
Sure. But not equally upset. Not close.
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That seems pretty racist of you.

I'm not talking about a black person using it the way Harrison did vs a white person using it the way somebody would in the 1800s. I'm talking about the intent. You should be offended when a person of any race uses the word in a derogatory manner. Why even define white vs black vs asian vs whatever if the intent is the same?
 
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