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Thread ID: 6568 | Posts: 4 | Started: 2003-05-09
2003-05-09 00:14 | User Profile
I saw this clip on CNN with Paula Zahn a little while ago. Just when you thought a few nice black folk would be running a county dievershtee committee, it turns out that it's run by Zhids. It gets even better--Chosenite conservative talk show host equates the word n*r with "right-wing". Only a Jude can get away with that, right?? But of course he can. His adopted son is black. A conservative Chosen man is now fighting to remain part of the county "diversity" committee, but has to deal with a Jewess vice-chairman first. Oy, the pressure.
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[url=http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/5807285.htm]http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/5807285.htm[/url]
Using n-word endangers talk host's diversity role BY SONJI JACOBS sajacobs@herald.com
A national debate over use of the ''n-word'' has barreled into Broward County, and threatens to knock a local radio personality out of his appointed spot on the School Board's Diversity Committee.
Several leaders are calling for conservative radio talk show host Steve Kane to be removed from the committee, following a debate last week on affirmative action at Deerfield Beach High School. Before dozens of students, Kane used the racial slur several times, even after he was asked to refrain.
Doing little to douse the controversy, Kane has defended his use of the word. He argues that he was attempting to demystify the term because arbiters of political correctness have made its mention taboo. He compared calling someone by that name to labeling a person with a conservative viewpoint a ``right winger.''
''I didn't use it as an epithet,'' Kane said. ``I used it as an example of a pejorative word. There was nothing wrong with my use of it, though I concede it's politically incorrect to use it in any context. But quite frankly, I'm not politically correct.''
The issue has been raised in several national forums recently, especially since the publication of the book negro: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word by Harvard Law School professor Randall Kennedy. He traces the word's history in various social and cultural contexts and questions its use by blacks and whites.
When an episode of Fox's Boston Public featured the book in February 2002, sales took off. Kennedy has been interviewed on National Public Radio and has appeared on Politically Incorrect, 20/20 Downtown and dozens of other programs.
The globalization of hip-hop music has also forced Americans to resurrect the discourse over the n-word. Many cultural pundits and black leaders have excoriated rappers -- most of whom are African American -- for endlessly invoking the word and stripping away its shock value.
Broward County Commissioner Ben Graber sent a letter last week asking for Kane's removal from the 31-member diversity committee, which, among other duties, monitors a settlement requiring the district to divide resources equitably among schools and oversees efforts to close the achievement gap between white and minority students. The letter was directed to School Board member Marty Rubinstein, who appointed Kane in late November of 2002. ''These comments were very offensive to me and set a very bad precedent for the children who were listening,'' Graber said. ``I don't see it as constructive. I see it as detrimental.''
Kane, who has a talk show on WWNN-AM (1470), used the word while debating South Florida Sun-Sentinel columnist Michael Mayo about political labels such as ''liberal'' and ''conservative.'' Kane took umbrage at the term ``right wing.''
''Right wing is like n----r, OK?'' Kane said, using the entire word.
Mayo immediately threw his hands up in the air. ''Wait, whoa,'' he exclaimed. ``You just dropped the n-word and equated it with right wing. That is offensive.''
Kane is well known for his controversial views, especially on gay rights. He fought a partnership under which gay-rights activists train teachers to prevent anti-gay bullying. He also backed a petition drive that would have eliminated a ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Rubinstein's appointment of Kane to the diversity committee immediately raised eyebrows around Broward County. Rubinstein said he would not have used the n-word in front of students, but has defended Kane publicly, including at Tuesday's School Board meeting.
''When did freedom of speech become a problem?'' Rubinstein said.
When asked about the issue earlier, Rubinstein replied, ``This is really a lesson in discussing differing points of view. The inability to discuss words and why they're used should be foreign. We need to grow up. How can we get over something if we can't even discuss it?''
School Board member Benjamin Williams, the county's only black School Board member, had a different take. He said the issue troubles him deeply, but the decision to remove Kane rests solely with Rubinstein. ''It bothers me,'' Williams said. ``It bothers me that someone is making statements like that.''
Pantheon Publishing heard from so many classroom teachers after the Boston Public airing the the company has created a teacher's guide to using the book in class discussion.
Some community leaders say the issue confirms their worst fears about Kane's appointment to the diversity committee: that he is a divisive, lightning-rod figure who uses his position to push his conservative political agenda.
They are calling for an apology or Kane's resignation or removal.
The Rev. Wylie L. Howard Sr., pastor of St. James Missionary Baptist Church in Pompano Beach and chairman of the Concerned Clergy Council of Pompano, said Kane should apologize to the African-American community.
''To me, using that language shows that Kane is not in touch with the mainstream,'' Howard said. ``Particularly when you're serving on a committee such as diversity. That's one that should create cohesiveness. I have a problem when someone uses their platform to advocate something other than the spirit of unity.''
Susan Silverberg, vice chairwoman of the Diversity Committee, tried to bring up the issue at Thursday's Diversity Committee meeting, but was unable to get the floor.
''I believe his comments were totally inappropriate,'' Silverberg said.
``The forum was wrong. The choice of language was incorrect for the setting. The fact that he represents himself as a member of the diversity committee to school kids bothers me. If I'd been given the opportunity, I would have made the motion to have the School Board remove him from the committee.''
Silverberg said she plans to pursue the issue at the committee's June meeting.
School Board member Lois Wexler said she's most troubled that the district has no procedures in place for screening guests, panelists or speakers who make presentations in front of students.
Wexler watched a tape of the debate and said Kane was often inflammatory.
''It's very important for us to have procedures in place for a guest to know what we may not speak about,'' Wexler said. ``We may not speak graphically about sex or personal religious beliefs.''
Students who use offensive language -- including the n-word -- are subject to strict punishment.
The district's conduct code prohibits ``insulting, profane, racially or sexually offensive written or oral language, or making obscene remarks or gestures.''
Sharon Friedlander, a district guidance coordinator, said students who flout that rule face disciplinary action, which becomes more severe if the behavior continues.
Kane, however, said people have exalted the n-word. He said the controversy is healthy because it makes people think. And he said he refuses to be intimidated by people like Graber who are calling for his removal.
''You're offended, that's great,'' Kane said. ``What's the problem with being offended? Something may be true, but it's not politically OK to say it. In my world, it's OK to hurt other people's feelings.''
2003-05-09 02:10 | User Profile
yea I saw that also, along with the commentator bergs and steins.. and the way they call themselves " white " is despicable. It's not that they luv the negroes, its that they want to break down white heritage and continue their empire of cards.. don't worry, the truth is becoming more evident every day. There is no such thing as Black Pride except for their own instinctual tendency which is animal. They need to feel pride, yet deep down they know that they did not create, and are not capable of continuing the level of progress which they as citizens enjoy. Therefore, they always rely on the base instinct. The survival. And the ancestors of formerly proud and intelligently constructive " white " citizenry continue to allow them to be a hoover vacuum, sucking America and other open doored nations dry, which is a circumstance of our own sins, lust, and unmanly fear of confronting them for what they are. both the Negroes and the Modern Jews. The saddening point is that THEY KNOW. But the continue to force us to this point of being eunuchs, dick-less cowards and we pay for it and let it happen. This can be a downfall of society if we let it happen. It has already set this country back. The European countries are choking upon a swell of immigrants which have nothing to offer. And resilient governments which resist the emeoliorization of modern Jews into their structures, such as France, are chastized by our media in America. Bluntly, but never for the given reasons. There are always OTHER reasons, none of which are shared in the media. This is the state.
2003-05-09 20:23 | User Profile
N is a great word because it's slice-it-dice-it TRUE. N's are nothing but n's. Remember that, and be well.
2003-05-09 20:29 | User Profile
Originally posted by Hugh Lincoln@May 9 2003, 20:23 N is a great word because it's slice-it-dice-it TRUE. N's are nothing but n's. Remember that, and be well.
As Alex Linder once said, "I don't call them Ns; I expose them as Ns".
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