46.
The origins of the ‘n-word”

The Spanish word "negro" originates from the Latin word "niger", meaning black. In English, "negro" or "neger" became "negar" and finally "nig*er", most likely under influence of French "nègre" (also derived from the Latin niger).

I find the word extremely pejorative and IMO it has no use in society, no matter who is using it. Those who do are using the word as I have seen stated say "we are taking power from the word or the sting out of it" but IMO they are giving others license to use it.

Posted at 4:25PM on Dec 6th 2006 by Cassi

47. I'm going to need some kind of compensation for this. Anyone have Gloria's #?

Posted at 4:30PM on Dec 6th 2006 by Black ho

48. "The point of the Michael Richards thing was that he used the n word well then no one else should say it cause according to alot of people its not right! RIGHT???"

Wrong, eli. Context means everything. In Kramers cintext, the word was hurled as an insult- much the same way 'goof' is supposedly off-limits in jail. Andy Dick and Whichever Wayans (cuz really, they are fairly interchangable) used the word to play off of the Kramer controversy- not throwing it at an individual with the intent to demean or degrade.

Banning a word is ridiculous, because words themselves have no inherant connotation- it takes context to make the word good or bad.

Posted at 4:34PM on Dec 6th 2006 by Mimi

49. I think this is all ridiculous. Beleive it or not rasicm still exists!!! Get over it. I am just so tired of black people complaining about the word and what it means. If its such a bad word than why do most black people continue to use it??? Double standards up the A$%

Posted at 4:50PM on Dec 6th 2006 by Vanessa

50. FREEDOM OF SPEECH PEOPLE!!!!!!! No one should be banned ever for speaking, not in the USA.
Good for him,but its different now hes says it because hes black. Is he going to be sued or put on Tv to apologize? No... of course not!

Posted at 5:01PM on Dec 6th 2006 by me

51. Hollywood Insider it was not white guys who "founded" this country. Us redskinned,hatchet carrying, scalp lifting, wagon burning alcoholics were here first. Thank You sir

Posted at 5:08PM on Dec 6th 2006 by WAGON BURNER

52. GET OVER IT!! This is so ridculous. Why is the word n*gger so offensive. There are negro college funds, black holidays and even black entertainment TV (BET). If there was any such thing for white people, we would all be racist haters!!!!

Posted at 5:18PM on Dec 6th 2006 by amy

53. To quote George Carlin:

".. he's not a racist, he's a n*gger. We know he's not a racist because we know he's black."

Posted at 5:23PM on Dec 6th 2006 by Mimi

54. It sure doesn't bother when they use the N word in their music videos ( but that is making them money) and they sure don't mind that they offend women. I hear them in their music refering to them as "bitches" . I have worked around black men before and had to hear them ALL DAY LONG calling each other the N word. It is just the same old thing, "Don't do as I do, Do as I say".
PS: Don't call me white, I'm Irish/German American.

Posted at 5:52PM on Dec 6th 2006 by arthur

55. n*gger n*gger n*gger....just another word like slut, HONKY, bitch etc.... if black people can use this word, then so can anyone else...Black people use this word frequently in anger...so what the f*** is the difference when another race says it...you cant put a copyright on words. This double standard sucks and I will use the word without guilt, until everyone stops using it.........to me its the same as any name you call anyone.

Posted at 6:16PM on Dec 6th 2006 by mikey

56. The N word???You do mean Nagging Nancys!! Thats the only N word I know of! Nothing mr Dick Mr Richards or Mr. Damons has said should nor can be Banned! There is this small problem of freespeach and the words have been published!

Posted at 6:34PM on Dec 6th 2006 by randall

57. Wayans is the best!@!!!

F*** Censorship! F*** Dumb People!

Smart people know words don't mean SH*T unless you LET THEM.

F***ING N*****S! Who is getting hurt by me sayiing that? Not Black People.

If anyone is I am if you knew me because I would be branded a hateful, racist, negative person and rightfully so.

STOP BEING DUMB PEOPLE! SMARTEN UP!

Words only have the power that you let them.

N***** N***** N*****.

The more it is used the less meaning it will have. Don't Be Stupid!

Posted at 6:52PM on Dec 6th 2006 by Bill Cosby

58. Like really though...this is beyond ridiculous...Seems to me like the laugh factory has just found a new way to get 20 dollars every now and then! I wonder if one dude had to pay for when he said it? HMM!

Posted at 7:10PM on Dec 6th 2006 by some like it hott

59. do ya'll know what, it's not about using the n word, it's how you use it. you can't say
sh*t like 50 yrs ago i would stuck a fork up your ass and sayn that's what happen when you interup a white man. that was wrong! eveybody is not focusing on the right thing which is that comment about 50 yrs ago, that's what have the black community upset not using the n word. i here asins, whites, mexicans calling each other n*gga all the time, what's up my n*gga! etc. they just wanna be cool and using the n word makes some people feel that there accepted in the black community. (bay area)

Posted at 7:28PM on Dec 6th 2006 by partygirl

60. This is VERY interesting because when the Michael Richards incident came to light my friends and I remembered back about 15 years ago when we saw Damon Wayans (and Kim) at the Laugh Factory and the whole place walked out on them.

***DAMON WAYANS IS ONE OF THE MOST RACIST PEOPLE ALIVE!!! Hell YEAH his ass should have been banned 15 years ago, along with his sister, Kim.***

First Kim Wayans took the stage and did not tell jokes, but proceeded to talk about how she had come from an REM concert and only went 'cause tickets were free and was "DISGUSTED" by being surrounded by all those WHITE PEOPLE. She went on for 15 minutes of talking about how she "f***ing hates" white people and they make her SICK, etc. She was boed by everyone, including the several groups of black people, and left the stage. (Not telling a joke the whole time.)

Clearly this was a bad night for the Wayans family, as they were going on and on about how they were screwed over with the Living Color deal and it was all do to the "JEWS AND WHITEY", etc.

It should be noted that the owner of the Laugh Factory, Jaime, was out of town that night, so it was a VERY GOOD NIGHT up until that point. Jaime is a creep, the guy who SET UP MICHAEL JACKSON WITH HIS GYPSY FRIENDS. He's a total con artist and ripoff. When he is around, the shows are never as good as when he's NOT. The comedians are more relaxed, the flow is better, et cetera. (Yes, we are somewhat comedy show conniseures. :) )

Damon Wayans then took the stage (he was a surprise act) and we were all excited and applauding like crazy, et cetera. He proceeded to NOT TELL JOKES the rest of the time, going on about how his wife is a dumb bitch for thinking he wouldn't cheat on her, how his son is a "faggot", and then goes off on how he "HATES FAGGOTS AND IS GLAD AIDS IS KILLING THEM". This was shortly after Rodney King and the riots in L.A. as well, and he then proceeded to say how the riots were the best thing that happened to L.A. and he wished they'd "KILLED ALL THE WHITE PEOPLE" and went on and on about how much he "F#CKING HATES WHITE PEOPLE".

He was HORRIBLE/EVIL, and did NOT tell a joke the whole time on stage. (There were a group of us there that night. I wish they had camera phones/video back THEN 'cause I'd have loved to expose his racist, hateful, no talent ass.)

Even the black people in the room were telling him, "You are NOT funny." When people became frustrated and shot out, "Do Homey The Clown", he retorted with an "F#CK YOU!"

It was a very interesting night, as we all walked out, the whole place, on Damon. (Luckily for the club he was the last act, anyway.) NO ONE APOLOGIZED TO US!!! I got into a fight with Kim Wayans outside, our friends pulled us apart.

But to Kim's credit, we saw her a few weeks later and she actually APOLOGIZED PERSONALLY and told great jokes and we were really appreciative and enjoyed her show. They evidently had just gotten some bad news/had a very bad night, the two of them. Everybody has a bad night. We're glad Kim happened to run into us again and actually made amends for what she had done and said that night.

Damon Wayans was over the top hateful, bigoted, and actually incited violence, trying to tell the black people the riots should continue, et cetera et cetera He's clearly a VERY DISTURBED individual.

It's ALSO very coincidental that SINBAD HAPPENED TO BE THERE THE NIGHT OF THE MICHAEL RICHARDS EVENT. I had known Sinbad somewhat from way back, and when the Damon Wayans thing happened, he's actually the first person I talked to. He explained a bit about how their family was screwed over with the show, and how a comedian's bad day can sometimes reflect in their show, etc. He never said, however, (and we LOVE SINBAD TO PIECES/HE IS A GREAT MAN) that we deserved an apology.

This racism and hatred, on EVERYONE'S parts, has to STOP. We are so uncivilized and ignorant in this country, it's not even funny. This would never happen in the UK. We call ourselves a melting pot but everyone is so full of fear and hatred for eachother.

THAT INCLUDES REVERSE DISCRIMINATION. If Michael Richards cannot attack hecklers than neither should black comedians (Damon Wayans) constantly attack white people (and Jewish and homosexual).

DAMON WAYANS STILL OWES **US** A FREAKIN' APOLOGY, and it's clear he still has not cleaned up his act.

I can only hope his wife finally left him. I wouldn't know. I couldn't follow the career of a LOW LIFE like that.

LAUGH FACTORY, COMEDY STORE, et cetera should all ***BAN DAMON WAYANS***!!!

Posted at 7:43PM on Dec 6th 2006 by Me