

December 15, 2017















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3 thoughts on “Look out, I’m about to use the “N” word. Appropriately???

  1. i grew up in the deep south, Tennessee. heard the word nigger spoken everywhere. not in my house. my parents were way ahead of the curve. this would have been in the fifties. we had a maid that came every week for years. my dad picked her up to take her to our house to work and back home again. he paid into social security for her so she would have something for her old age. as kids we were schooled to treat her with respect. we called her by her given name only with permission. my dad was above the fray, he was a college professor. my mom however worked in the office on the navy base. she heard the word used on a daily basis . she was very brave and would always call out the person saying it. i was made fun of and called a “nigger lover” by my peers. i don’t think i had a clue how much my parents were teaching me about the world and the people in it. only when i came to Calif. when i was 18 and introduced to the Mexican world of similar insults.” wet back” , ring a bell? should my parents be given a medal for fighting the system ?i think so. i am sure it caused them problems but they never wavered in their belief system. oh by the way both were born and raised in the culture where the black man was treated as just a work mule. i have two Mexican care givers who are also my friends . one has been with me for almost four years. and the other fairly new. they speak perfect English and have taught me many things about their culture. some of it i find absurd . some of it has helped me understand their world in way that i never could have on my own. i guess my point is to say we are all human beings regardless of our color. we have much to share with each other if we will only try.


  2. The term “white privilege” is a very odd term. People of color say white people only have the things they have because they are white. Truth is, it’s a stereotypical view without knowing the whole story. I haven’t shared my story with many people because I don’t think it’s any of their business. But when they hear that I grew up in a highly physical abusive home, been blown up and shot at, it brings a different perspective to light.

    There’s a saying from people in the projects, “we can’t get out of the projects because there’s no opportunities for us.” That’s a false statement because there’s people who have gone on to be quite successful and they lived in the projects.

    As far as the N word, that’s a word my wife and don’t like to say or use because the way it was taken during the slavery days was derogative. I come from a family of slave owners and my wife comes from an Irish ancestry that was used and treated as slaves to build the railroads.

    Yes I’m white, yes I’m proud to have what I have, yes, I’m proud of who I am. I’m not going to be ashamed of that because we are different externally, but not internally. I would do anything to help anybody regardless of how they look on the outside.

    What is really being accomplished when you shame someone because they are white, black, brown, or any other race? The shamed person is going to shut down and eventually feel resentment. So if you are person that is not white, I would happily invite them over for a bbq (just as long as they know we are God loving people who prays in our house). If you are someone who isn’t white, I’m proud to call you my brother and sister.


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