Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Why I Say Nigger

Only to emphasize that the blind hatred and contempt which created the word and fuels those who use the word still very much exist. Not saying it don't make the hate go away. I use and write the word nigger at certain specific moments because the word nigger perfectly captures, in the Old English Beowulf sense, the blind fear, hatred and contempt for people with dark skin that stains our society. Fear of a Black Planet. If you are a human being your ancestors are Black. Most probly from the Great Rift Valley. Why people do not embrace their Black heritage is beyond me. I would walk barefoot on broken glass for the chance to visit Ethiopia and Zimbabwe and the Ituri rainforest in Congo before I die. Just as I would do a 20 minute head stand to visit Scotland and Wales or Prague or the Danube or Rhodes.

Nigger is a horrible hateful word which needs to be said and repeated so long as people still have the thoughts and actions in their hearts which fit the word's meaning. Pretending that the hatred of dark skinned people magically disappears by not talking saying nigger has not yet proven to be an effective way of preventing the growth of strange fruit.

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