NAACP has the Wrong Idea, Sybolic Burying of the N-Word not the Answer....

A few months back the NAACP buried the N-Word. Though this death of one of the most profane and degrading words in the American English language was just symbolic, there was a ceremony complete with burial. Now this idea of burying the N-word, in my opinion, is a bit aggressive. I don't think it was necessarily a bad idea in theory, but the N-word is not the problem. Whether we like it or not the N-word is here to stay. The funny thing is, in a country that claims "racism is over" and "this isn't 1955 anymore" and "I know my ancestors owned slaves, but I can't be held responsible for their actions" the word nigger, in its' racist form still exists. It has been passed down from generation to generation of post civil war, post Civil Rights movement "non-racist" families. People like Dog the Bounty Hunter, and Michael Richards and countless others get caught using the N-word and their first defense is always, "I'm not a racist". Does the use of the N-word by a non-black person automatically mean racism? Yes, but since i believe that all people are inherently racist in some way, then does the public use of that word make the speaker any more racist than the average joe. My answer is no. In today's society the word is used more to stir the pot. A white guy wants to get under your skin, he calls you a nigger. A falling star wants to make the news again, he calls you a nigger in public to make the news. A white guy is upset and doesn't posses the intelligence to express his feelings about his son's choice of Friends, he uses nigger repeatedly; ignorance.

Burying the N-word is not the answer. Instead of a nationwide movement to bury the N-word, how about a nationwide ignoring the ignorance movement. In today's world anyone who will use that word in an effort to stir the pot, or insult someone is ignorant. Ignoring the ignorance would eventually kill the word anyway, it doesn't deserve the pomp and circumstance of a true burial. Once that word dies I would be satisfied with wrapping it in a garbage bag and throwing off the Brooklyn bridge. The power of that word in today's world is wrapped in pettiness. How many brothers are in jail today for fighting some ignorant fool, over an ignorant word, all while perpetuating ignorance.

There is enough real racism out there and the generators of this racism will never utter that word. We have to learn to quit wasting our time arguing over the petty words and gestures; getting in a tizzy every time someone uses a played out word that is not even relevant to us. It's time to recognize real injustice and ignore the ignorance.