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Posted By: barrysloate

Jim- I know blacks use the "N" word among themselves as a way of demystifying it and rendering it powerless, but there is actually a movement now among blacks to take the word completely out of the vocabulary. However, what two friends say to each other is much different than what some insensitive idiot says over the airwaves.

And I am well aware of Al Sharpton's sordid past, and that whole Tawana Brawley fiasco. I'm not sticking up for him, but he is right in this instance to express his outrage. I'm not one of his fans for sure.