How come Damon Wayans can say the N word and not have to call Jesse?

Question

Is the N word offensive or not?
How come Damon Wayans can go to the same club as Michael Richards and say the N word 9 times and Jess Jackson doesn't make him publically spologize? Why can blacks say that word and no one else can? Either that word is offensive or it is not.

Isn't it racism if only 1 race is allowed to do something without consequences?

Answer 1

It would appear it is only offensive when you use the word if you are white. We white people need a word that blacks arent allowed to use.
I will start using this word everyday in an effort the spread the word about the inequality and injustice that the white man faces every day. Thank you HELLBENT, you are the sauciest helper of them all.

Answer 2

It's not necessarily the word that was used, it's the inflection and implication that was behind it. He went on a tirade about the race. It was more than just name calling. But, I definately get your point. When blacks call whites-- whitey, cracker, and whatever else they can come up with, why aren't they plastered on the news having to apologize??? I recently watched a video on Youtube that had a black man telling a conference room full of people how all whites had to die because whites were out to obliterate the blacks. It's a constant double standard between the races that does not to have a satisfying answer.

Answer 3

Repost from similiar question yesterday:

The same reason Italians call each other 'wops', Jews make fun of each other by jokingly calling themselves cheap, women friends call each other b!tches, and a host of other cultures have turned derogatory sayings/words into terms of endearment. It takes the power out of the word and it becomesthat-just a word. The only reason the 'n' word is so popular these days is because hip hop is a staple in society now-and with that comes young Black folk-and with young Black folk comes the vernacular that we use. End of story. Now-it doesn't make it right for others outside the race/culture/friends to use these terms because you are just that-an outsider. I can jokingly call my homegirl a ***** while we're talking, but let some other femaleWE DONT KNOW call her a *****-it's on like buttered popcorn! Get my drift? Hope you got it....


I got alot of thumbs down yesterday, too. But I am kind of the authority on this because my Stepdad is Italian and I was always so uneasy around his family calling each other 'wops' and 'Guinea wops'-it was embarassing! But I knew although they were cool with it, if I said it I would get my head stuffed in a duffel bag, you know what I mean? LOL...I then began to understand why people use deragotory words among their own.

Answer 4

Double standards, plain and simple. It's called white guilt, and it will never go away until whites as a whole say "It wasn't me that did that to you, and it wasn't you it was done to, so either get some act right, or get the f*ck out of my face". And there are words that we can ban, peckerwood, cracker, honkee, whitey, ect...

Answer 5

Did Damon Wayans say this too?

"Fifty years ago we'd have you upside down with a f------ fork up your ***."

This is very offensive, I think.

Answer 6

I absolutely believe that you are right! And that word does not mean a "person of color"...it actually is a term for someone ignorant, etc. If the black race thinks anyone is talking about them in a derogatory fashion then maybe it's the black people who are racist.

Answer 7

Blacks can say the word while whites have to shut up. Is what PC has done to our country, you don't see whites calling each other cracker do you?

Answer 8

YES.
(example): Jesus telling us not to pray to him if we are not Christians, because Christians would be offended.

Answer 9

get a life whitey