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10:42 pm - 01/01/2013

Samuel L. Jackson Wants His White Interviewer to Say the "N-word"



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The video is two weeks old but a gifset of this is just now making rounds on Tumblr and bringing a lot of new attention to it. Thoughts?
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katie_g_lynn 2nd-Jan-2013 07:02 am (UTC)
I took a lit class once, and the use of the word came up a lot in relation to the fiction and nonfiction texts we were discussing, and the professor who was white was using the word a lot and so were certain white students. That evening someone e-mailed the professor to explain their discomfort with that and how no matter what the context it was just a very strong word to hear thrown around so trivially during class. The next day she apologized and basically told the class what the anonymous person had said.
leatherandjeans 2nd-Jan-2013 10:01 am (UTC)
Interesting, ty. So basically it's better to err on the side of caution and just never say it, even in a historical or literary context.
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