FYI: More N-Word Bannings (Ebony magazine; Brazoria, TX)

[Wilson Gray]

"It's time for _we_ ..."?! It's enough to make aa black man blush. As
Eric Cartman has so eloquently expressed it: "God damn it!"

-Wilson

On 1/24/07, Bapopik at aol.com <Bapopik at aol.com> wrote:
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> Subject:      FYI: More N-Word Bannings (Ebony magazine; Brazoria, TX)
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> _http://www.nbc5i.com/news/10836578/detail.html_=20
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> Town Proposes N-Word Ban
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> A Texas town is considering outlawing the N-word. =20
> Under a proposal, anyone caught using the word in Brazoria, Texas, would  be=
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> subject to a fine. =20
> "This is a melting pot, this country is,=E2=80=9D Brazoria Mayor Ken Corley=20=
> said.  =E2=80=9C
> There is no room for any racial slurs."
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> Corley said banning the word is a quality of life issue. =20
> "When you're in town and you're riding around and somebody pulls up next  to=
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> you and they have their radio on and they have some gangsta rap, I don't wan=
> t =20
> my children or my grandchildren, I don't want anybody in this town to be=20
> subject  to that language," he said.
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> Texas Town May Outlaw "N" Word
> Last Update: 1/24/2007 5:46:12 PM
> A Texas town is considering a law that would outlaw the "N" word. =20
> Under the proposal, anyone caught saying the slur in Brazoria, Texas could =20
> receive a fine up to $500. =20
> The town is the home of the "No Name" festival, and if the town's mayor has=20=
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> his way, no "N" word either. =20
> "This is a melting pot -- this country is, OK? There is no room for any =20
> racial slurs, whatever." =20
> Mayor Ken Corley is getting plenty of feedback on his proposed city ordinanc=
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>  to ban the racial slur. He says it's a quality of life issue =20
> "When you're in town and you're riding around, and somebody pulls up next to=
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> you, and they have their radio on, and they have some gangsta rap. I don't=20
> want  my children or my grandchildren -- I don't want anybody in this town -=
> - to=20
> be  subject to that language," said Corley. =20
> The idea is drawing mixed reviews from Corley's constituents. =20
> "I think it's a pretty good idea, you know. I don't hear it that much," said=
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> one man. =20
> "How can they enforce it?" asked one woman. She added, "I don't see why a la=
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>  like this would be necessary." =20
> "I applaud him for what's he's doing," said Bishop Ricky Jones of Brazoria's=
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> Living Word Fellowship and Christian Center. =20
> Jones said the word carries such a history of bigotry and hate, even when =20
> used within the black community. =20
> "It's time for we, as African-Americans, to go to the next level and =20
> demonstrate that we do have self respect for ourselves," added Jones. "And,=20=
> I  think=20
> if we show self-respect for ourselves, the rest of the world is going to  do=
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> the same."=20
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> _http://www.voice-online.co.uk/content.php?show=3D10694_=20
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> EBONY BANS THE =E2=80=98N=E2=80=99 WORD=20
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> The Johnson Publishing Company, publishers of African  American magazines=20
> Ebony and Jet, have announced that they are to ban the use of  the =E2=80=
> =98N=E2=80=99 word in it
> =E2=80=99s publications
> In an editorial in the February issue of Ebony magazine, vice president and=20=
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> editorial director Bryan Monroe said that the word symbolized centuries of =20=
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> pain, evil, and contempt=E2=80=9D. The editorial suggests that the common us=
> e of the =20
> word among some black people and in the rap music industry results from peop=
> le =20
> being desensitised to the word=E2=80=99s historical meaning. =20
> Published: 24 January  2007
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