Tuesday, June 26th, 2007...5:13 pm
How did people really feel about the “Kramer Incident”?
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In conjunction with Oprah showing an encore presentation of racism in language I wanted to showcase people’s opinions of the media coverage of Michael Richards tirade with the n-word. For myself, when I saw Jesse Jackson on CNN sitting next to Michael Richards and holding his hand through his “sickness” with racism, it angered me. It made me ask the question to many people,”Where were our so-called Black leaders when the first hip hop artist used the n-word in their lyrics and why did it take another white man to use the n-word for it to be a subject of media attention?”
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August 23rd, 2007 at 1:20 am
The “Kramer incident” was just sad. Not even so much shocking, really, since I know those people are out there and will be long after I’m dead and gone. What I hear first when I hear someone self-destruct like that is self-loathing from deep within a sick soul; not a “burst of anger,” not a “momentary lapse;” self-loathing. Incredibly low self-esteem, turned outward and masquerading as anger or arrogance or superiority.
I agree completely with those who say we cannot kill the “n-word.” Many from racist backgrounds will continue to use it. Some of the rappers are not helping. The mentalities of the Kramers and the Gibsons will die with them, but only after they have infected others.
But I have come to believe the word will die, on its own, as other words in the English language have died in the past. It will die of public opprobrium. It will die of its own irrelevance. It will die in the slow but sure darkening of the American and the world population. It will die in the tide of black-and-white intermarriages such as my own It will die as many whites realize that many blacks have higher I.Q.s, higher educations, higher incomes, higher moral standards, and more beautiful children than their own. It is dying even now, although certainly, it seems to be taking an interminably long time.
I’m sure my view will be seen by some as overly optimistic. Maybe it is — I’m not the brightest bulb on the tree. Others will note that my scenario brings a diminution of black culture. I don’t agree. Black culture, however one defines it, is among the richest in human history, so strong that it now is a part of our common, shared culture at every level of our lives. Enough from me; thank you for taking the time to plow through my ramblings.
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