The "N" Word is now banned in New York City!
 

CNN announced this earlier, pretty crazy, first time I saw anything about it.

This should be interesting.

Cant say noodles anymore? WOW!

I'd like to hear exactly how they plan to enforce that bylaw.

n word? ..

yeh me too.

New? Nerd? Now? Never? Not?

Could be any of them. You guys better be careful.

if that's really the case, hip-hop concerts are dead in NYC. the 'n' word is half of their lyrical content

That is NUTS

did they actually ban it?.....i thought they were trying to ban it but it hadn't been done yet...

ps....i would like the words fire crotch to be banned as well redheads are just as discriminated against:mad:

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So much for freedom of speech.. did anyone in New York ever hear about that little thing? It's just a simple annoyance of a thing called the 1 st amendment.

Are you serious? What happened to that freedom of speech thingy?

Thats the dumbest thing I have ever heard, if you do that your gonna have to ban 50 other words as well.

Is there a link for this?

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we;ll see who took the beating tomorrow

errr.. it's only banned for whitey :1orglaugh

Why is it its only one ethnicitys racial slur thats banned?

Kinda like sayings its okay to bash on jews, indians, asians, arabs and THE DUTCH!

But not them blacks, oh noes.

Hypocritical bullshit really.

n11dles.

Ya, I heard about this on a morning radio show this morn, but I didn't realize they actually "banned" use of the word.

Seems the ban's only symbollic. No bite to the law.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2913322

Feb 28, 2007 — NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City symbolically banned use of the word hahahahahaha on Wednesday, the latest step in a campaign that hopes to expunge the most vile of racial slurs from hip hop music and television.

The City Council unanimously declared a moratorium that carries no penalty but aims to stop youth from casually using the word, considered by most Americans to be the most offensive in the English language.

The New York City measure follows similar resolutions this month by the New York state assembly and state senate, and supporters of the ban are taking their campaign to The Recording Academy, asking it not to nominate musicians for Grammy awards if they use the word in their lyrics.

Many rap artists and young New Yorkers toss the word around as a term of endearment or as a substitute for black, angering some black leaders who consider those who use it as ignorant of the word's hate-filled history in slavery and segregation.

"This could be the beginning of a movement," councilman Albert Vann said.

Councilman Leroy Comrie, a sponsor of the moratorium, said the campaign against the word has gained strength since comedian Michael Richards spewed it in a racially charged tirade in Los Angeles.

The Laugh Factory club where Richards performed has since banned comedians from using the word there and the former "Seinfeld" television star has apologized.

"The Michael Richards incident really brought it to another level. It has forced people to express their outrage. Many people had been seething quietly," Comrie said.

Comrie also asked TV network Black Entertainment Television to stop using the word in its shows. Representatives of BET did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

A Grammy spokesman said he doubted the academy's 11,000 voting members would support any measure that might censor artists.

"They are not going to be supportive of something that excludes someone simply because they are using a word that is offensive," said Ron Roecker, vice president of communication for the Recording Academy.

The city resolution calling for the moratorium traces the etymology of the word from the Latin "niger," meaning black, to its first documented written use in 1786 as a term slave masters used to label their African slaves.

Use of the word by blacks exploded with the rise of rap music in recent years, and some black comedians like Chris Rock continue to use it in their routines.

"What, is there a fine? Am I going to get a ticket?" Rock mocked in a Reuters interview when asked about the City Council move. "Do judges say, '10 years, hahahahahaha!"'

Rock said politicians were trying to divert attention from real problems: "Enough real bad things happen in this city to worry about how I am going to use the word."

You took the words right out of my mouth. East side:1orglaugh

It's more about the n-word just being completely over used to the point that people are just fucking sick of it.

When people use the word 6 times in a 20 word statement then it's just stupid enough to deserve getting banned.

I don't think words should be banned but if this will make some people try to use some other words for a change then I can deal with it for a while.

PS: STFU NIGGA!! :1orglaugh

they didn't fucking ban it, they "symbolically" banned it, meaning they want people to say it less, but no one will get in trouble for saying it

Haha thats great.

This will probably backfire... People don't like being told what to do, especially if there's no consequences. It just brings more attention to the word and therefore people are going to say it more.

IE. You're all thinking about the N word right now. Chris Rock said it where he otherwise wouldn't have.

Get a job sparkling wiggles! :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

stupid rule...All racial slurs should be liberally used in American Society.

Bets on the first song released by a rapper saying - they dont want us using the word now - nigga - and so on and so on
Should be out within a few days

drats, i guess i am not the H.N.I.C anymore, hehe

what N word ? what word is that ? Nuts ?

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so does this mean you cant order nuggets anymore??? NUGGA!

They should ban blacks from sayin 'Cracker and Honky' imho, if they target one word they should target all:2 cents:

Stupid naga!

nigg.ers 4 life!

I'm 75% limey 25% beaner and I agree with this nigga 100%.

They can always use the the K word where K is silent! :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

Kniga Please!

negroids?

I have a feeing the real issue is against rap.

Remember I posted a thread about Vegas using the "gangsta rap" as the type of performers they want to ban in that town? Using violence as the reason.

Now rap gets targeted again for the use of the "n" word.

Pardon me if I'm wrong, but didn't the rap community start using that word as a way to take the negative meaning out of the original word which ends in the letter "r" to a word that ends with "a"?

Of course only a black person has the right to use either word, socially speaking.

I mean, if you're going to ban words, where to you draw the line?

I know many other offensive words like "rape". How about banning that? People use that in a funny way, like the gas station raped them, but isn't that a bad word to associate anything with? How any other words will also be banned if you start with this one?

"We're not against rap... We're not against rappers... But we are against those thugs..."

- Bone Thugs & Harmony sample

"N.igger" is so 1930's. Today, it's all about "nigga!" If you are white and have black friends and dont use the word "nigga", then they'll see you as a white person, but if you use the word "nigga", then they'll see you as one of them, a fellow african american.

Of course its a symbolic thing. Its the history of how the word is used against us, not so much the word itself. Any offensive word said in a humorus, friendly, etc. way between friends is on the same plane. I've been around a group of white guys that commonly call each other bitches and no one gets pissed. You aint gonna see some bruthas calling each other bitches too long before the fist start flying.

I dont think black folks care. We say it so much that its lost its meaning AMONG US. Yet, we dont allow other races to say it to us unless they got an official ghetto pass.

Weird. Shit, i didnt make the rules.

Do you get a fine or something?

N word! I said it.

Exactly .. it was something they were doing for Feb. Black history month and decided to get it on the book but there is no legal action for using the word. they are trying to educate young blacks on the true hatred and meaning behind the word in an effort to stop the use of it ..