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Who gets to use the N word?
Author Jabari Asim talks about the history of the loaded term, when its use is valid and why Don Imus' firing was justified.
By Mark Anthony Neal [2007-04-25]

  • NWA is not AWFUL!!!!

    Anyone who knows NWA - particularly Straight Outta Compton, knows, perhaps, the most subversive musicians of the last 20 years:

    Fuck the Police coming straight from the Underground -

    a young nigga got it bad - cause I'm brown!

    And not the other color 'cause police think -

    they have the authority to KILL a minority!

    Fuck that shit cause I ain't the one -

    for a dumb motherfucker with a badge and gun

    to be beatin' on - and thrown in jail -we can toe 2 toe

    in the middle of the cell...

    Fuckin with me cuz I'm a teenager

    With a little bit of gold and a pager

    Searchin my car, lookin for the product

    Thinkin every nigga is sellin narcotics

    I heard this when I was 25 - and to this day I can recite most of the lyrics on the record - very very impactful, disturbing and powerful!

    -- Mister Buck
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    Wednesday, April 25, 2007 05:10 AM
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