What do you think of the NAACP’s
symbolic burial of the n-word?
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I think it’s nice, but there’s no point. There’s no way you can kill a word that’s used so widely by rappers and little kids.
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Donnie Canzater
Facilities Coordinator
Roxbury
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It depends on how people are using it. I call out to my friends “Yo, what’s up n—?” But if someone says, “Look at that n—,” I’m [going to] slap them in the face.
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Scheme
Overnight Supervisor
Roxbury
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I think the word should be done away with, but I don’t think it will happen. There’s too much inbred ignorance.
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Jessica Stinson
Student
Boston
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I don’t think people should use it. A lot of white people think they can use the word now. They get mad when I say they can’t. People don’t know where it originally comes from.
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Michelle McGruder
Radio DJ
Dorchester
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I don’t think burying the word without truly understanding how it affects us makes any sense. It has to be about the community making that decision for themselves.
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Brandon McDowell
Youth Organizer
Cambridge
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As a community and as a people, we try to push things aside — we don’t try to deal with things directly. We need to have a conversation about why we use that word, and what’s behind it.
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Khalida Smalls
Executive Director
Jamaica Plain
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