Comments on: Taye Diggs weighs in on the N word http://mediaoutrage.com/2008/07/21/taye-diggs-weighs-in-on-the-n-word/ Media Outrage Celebrity Gossip, and everything that is going on in the Media! Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:49:40 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Ms. E http://mediaoutrage.com/2008/07/21/taye-diggs-weighs-in-on-the-n-word/#comment-12837 Ms. E Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:24:28 +0000 http://mediaoutrage.wordpress.com/?p=10974#comment-12837 Du66 - So what are you trying to say about Jamaicans? Du66 – So what are you trying to say about Jamaicans?

]]> By: Ms. E http://mediaoutrage.com/2008/07/21/taye-diggs-weighs-in-on-the-n-word/#comment-12836 Ms. E Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:23:30 +0000 http://mediaoutrage.wordpress.com/?p=10974#comment-12836 Good job Taye and Faison! Good job Taye and Faison!

]]> By: du66's http://mediaoutrage.com/2008/07/21/taye-diggs-weighs-in-on-the-n-word/#comment-12827 du66's Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:13:11 +0000 http://mediaoutrage.wordpress.com/?p=10974#comment-12827 taye diggs is jamaican if say 'n' word he sound like he got goat fur stuck en-between his teeth... taye diggs is jamaican if say ‘n’ word he sound like he got goat fur stuck en-between his teeth…

]]> By: kristina http://mediaoutrage.com/2008/07/21/taye-diggs-weighs-in-on-the-n-word/#comment-12825 kristina Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:49:52 +0000 http://mediaoutrage.wordpress.com/?p=10974#comment-12825 Well said on both. Well said on both.

]]> By: Zack P. http://mediaoutrage.com/2008/07/21/taye-diggs-weighs-in-on-the-n-word/#comment-12823 Zack P. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:49:32 +0000 http://mediaoutrage.wordpress.com/?p=10974#comment-12823 I agree with both gentlemen on their comments. I don't know how it feels to be called those words, but I've been called "Cracker, honky, white trash, wigger...." They're just as offensive, and I've heard them from both black people and white people. Does the same rule apply when those words are used, even if it's said by a person that isn't of the same race as me? Should a black person say that a white people shouldn't call another white man a cracker, or a honky, or any other derogatory term, even if it someday becomes a "term of endearment" as opposed to a term of hate? I don't think we should apply a double standard to this, but I just want an honest answer. I'm not trying to justify the use of the "n-word" by white people, simply because I loathe the word and the hatred that goes along with it, but I just want to see what people would say, should the shoe be on the other foot. I agree with both gentlemen on their comments. I don’t know how it feels to be called those words, but I’ve been called “Cracker, honky, white trash, wigger….” They’re just as offensive, and I’ve heard them from both black people and white people. Does the same rule apply when those words are used, even if it’s said by a person that isn’t of the same race as me?

Should a black person say that a white people shouldn’t call another white man a cracker, or a honky, or any other derogatory term, even if it someday becomes a “term of endearment” as opposed to a term of hate? I don’t think we should apply a double standard to this, but I just want an honest answer.

I’m not trying to justify the use of the “n-word” by white people, simply because I loathe the word and the hatred that goes along with it, but I just want to see what people would say, should the shoe be on the other foot.

]]> By: Yasmine T. http://mediaoutrage.com/2008/07/21/taye-diggs-weighs-in-on-the-n-word/#comment-12818 Yasmine T. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:07:23 +0000 http://mediaoutrage.wordpress.com/?p=10974#comment-12818 Yep well spoken Taye.... Yep well spoken Taye….

]]> By: Udamnright http://mediaoutrage.com/2008/07/21/taye-diggs-weighs-in-on-the-n-word/#comment-12814 Udamnright Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:04:03 +0000 http://mediaoutrage.wordpress.com/?p=10974#comment-12814 My sentiments exactly!!!!!!!!! Thats what im talking about Niggas (lol) speaking they f*cking mind and ignoring whats politically correct to say just cause they are in the public eye. Proud of you Diggs. My sentiments exactly!!!!!!!!! Thats what im talking about Niggas (lol) speaking they f*cking mind and ignoring whats politically correct to say just cause they are in the public eye. Proud of you Diggs.

]]> By: beach chick http://mediaoutrage.com/2008/07/21/taye-diggs-weighs-in-on-the-n-word/#comment-12810 beach chick Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:39:45 +0000 http://mediaoutrage.wordpress.com/?p=10974#comment-12810 So well put...“They can have an opinion, but… don’t take a word that you created and called me for many, many years, and then me being in my position, have the strength to change what it means in my own culture,” he explained. “Don’t try to take it back now. Now it’s ours. Leave it alone.” Enuf said! So well put…“They can have an opinion, but… don’t take a word that you created and called me for many, many years, and then me being in my position, have the strength to change what it means in my own culture,” he explained. “Don’t try to take it back now. Now it’s ours. Leave it alone.”

Enuf said!

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