This is kind of awesome. Of course, this conversation would never have happened if The View hadn’t added black co-hosts. It’s nice to see members of a marginalized group having a voice AND saying something difficult to hear. This is one example of inclusion in the mainstream that is substantive as well as symbolic; representation that doesn’t get stripped of its politics.
[...] I would never have expected this conversation on The View, but it’s a fairly good one about the use of the “n-word.” (via Sociological Images) [...]
[...] Via the often very cool sociological images. [...]
Awesome. Not sure I agree that privileging an oppressed group by allowing them to use words that the dominant group can’t is a good way to make up for the oppression, but neither am I a member of an oppressed group.
Off topic, but why aren’t there any shows that involve discussion or debate instead of a bunch of people all talking over each other and interrupting? It makes things much more contentious and harder to follow.
[...] not the same when black people use the word “nigger” as when white people do. (From Sociological Images, via The Edge of the American [...]
[...] not the same when black people use the word “nigger” as when white people do. (From Sociological Images, via The Edge of the American [...]
Fantastic clip. Love the way the second woman on the right gets all defensive about “the N word”. Why is it of such concern to people of privilege that ‘certain words can be used and others can not’?
[...] not the same when black people use the word “nigger” as when white people do. (From Sociological Images, via The Edge of the American [...]
[...] saw the below video today, thanks to the awesome and always fascinating blog Sociological Images. It’s a clip from the ABC’s The View, a coffee klatsch sort of show aimed generally [...]
As a black woman, I find Whoopi’s attempt at justifying the use of the word absolutely ridiculous. Elisabeth’s right (never thought I’d say that). We DON’T live in separate worlds. And we shouldn’t have to teach our children “It’s not okay for you to say this, but it’s okay for someone else to.” There’s no such thing as “taking back” an insult. It’s not going to disappear off our radar until people black and white recognize it for the profanity it is.
[...] away from McCain. (Of course, Whoopi as been seen taking controversial “positions” before.) Finally, McCain himself appears to be failing to live up to normative standards of masculinity [...]
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