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So when Don Imus uttered those nasty words earlier this year on his radio show and all hell broke loose, suddenly we found ourselves leapfrogging past the discussion of whether what he said was wrong, illegal, or punishable. Suddenly black people found themselves in the uncomfortable position of having to defend their own use of the “n” word. A word white people created to describe us as the lowliest of the low, and one that, for better or worse has been appropriated by black culture. And now we’re told because we call each other that word, everyone is allowed to use it. I'll weigh in on the black use of the word in a future entry. But for now there is one hardcore rule that will never change.
Read this carefully because I want you to be clear on how I stand on this: White people are never allowed to use that word in conversation, or out of historical context. Ever. Ever.
Much of the finger pointing from mainstream society—and I say mainstream because many black peop...