It Got Heated!
Filed under: Barbara Walters > Elizabitch Hasselbeck > Whoopi GoldbergThe ladies of The View were discussing Jesse Jackson's use of the "N" word this morning and things got quite explosive.
Elizabitch broke down in tears.
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Posted: July 17, 2008 at 12:42 pm
I agree 100% with Elizabetha. I'm an afro american female and it absolutely IRKS me to hear the word nigga said to my family or hear them say it. Why the hell do we use it when it was orginally started with a negative connotation to black american SLaves??? WHY do we persistantly take a moment to call ourselves such a degrading name?? I think its shit and double sided!
Re: Todd – but you do get to tell a white person who to feel with anger in your tone and profanity….I think everyone who wrote about reverse racism in this blog just proved there point.
You finish your comment with move on…right back at you…you mention how much your race is gone through…it was horrible, I don't take away any of the pain it caused but heal and move on yourself!!!
When is the View going to smarten up and get rid of Elizabeth. She has no chemistry with the rest of the group….She not the right fit…
Elizabeth is right.
Re: GeeNe – It perpetuates hate because you use it toward each other and the "only" meaning white people know of the word is the derogatory meaning because we don't "understand" the term of endearment that black people use. You're right, I'll never understand what it's like to be of a race that makes up it's own stereotypes just so I can be the underdog and have such an amazing story to tell. Maybe, just maybe, that story will be sooooo triumphant because you fought so hard to get out of the stereotypes that you made for yourself, that one day it will be made into a big hollywood movie that a bunch of white people will go see and you'll get all the roayalties from…so NOW who's the underdog? Those middle class white people giving you that money so you can still fight the good fight from your fucking rabbit skin-baby seal eye filled desk chair. Must be tough to have all the NAACP oganizations to help you get to a higher step in your tough life.
Now you're going to say I'm racist, but you're the one that questioned why it perpetuates hate, and now you have an example.
she is sooo annoying….she's just dumb
i hate to break this to all minorities who "suffer by the hands of white people" everyday, but elizabeth is 100% right. Fuck the white guilt bullshit, its so tiring. EVERYONE of EVERY COLOR in this country has had hardships. Sorry but black ppl, get over yourselves, i'm tired of feeling bad for shit that had NOTHING to do with me. You can say cracker all you want but if I use the n-word i'm an asshole? ok, yea, that sounds fair.
i think Elisabeth is right
As a black woman I agree with Whoppi on this subject. it is a word that was used to put down blacks as a race and we have made it something that we can use in a positive light so no whites can't say it. My husband is white and he never says it and he understands why. in this country they used to breed blacks to make stronger slaves and that is CRAZY!!!! so NO if you are not a minority then you have no idea how it feels to be in a society that is judging you by the color of your skin. I think that whites are just upset that the word was taken from them and they can't use it anymore its just like the term Bitch it was meant to degrade women but women have taken that word and made it a positive!! BUT only people that are close to you can say that to you in a endearing way ….no one has a heated discussion about that so why have one about the N word
Re: Todd –
NO, Todd, Fuck YOU! You're going to fucking tell me that you (black) can say anything you want, and I (white) can't? Shove it up your ass. You don't want equality, you want to do whatever the fuck you want, and hold me to some rule YOU invented. Die, bitch.
Re: Todd –
NO, Todd, Fuck YOU! You're going to fucking tell me that you (black) can say anything you want, and I (white) can't? Shove it up your ass. You don't want equality, you want to do whatever the fuck you want, and hold me to some rule YOU invented. Die, bitch.
I NEVER agree with Elizabeth. EVER! But this time I do. I just don't think it's right to go around casually using that word when it's attached to so many negative connotations. We SHOULD move forward. We ARE a different world than we were years ago when black people were slaves. Those people that had slaves are probably all dead now. And they were wrong to have slaves. It was wrong. But we need to move forward. You can't say black people can use that word and white people can't. That's just weird. It makes Whoopi and Sherri look totally ignorant. Also, why is there Black History Month and Ebony magazine etc. If we had White history month and Ivory magazine then we'd be racist. So how is it different? Just wondering….I love all people. Color, religion, race, doesn't matter. This country needs to move forward as ONE.
Whoopi, Joy, and Sherie, are great together!!!!Babs needs to go bye-bye!!!!And Elizabeth, makes me sick!!!She ruins the show!!!I love when Joy gives her the fuck you look, its great!!!
this is why nothing will ever change because people dont want change, and I dont care what race you are no one should be using that word, in terms of endearment seriously who the hell is ignorant there….. please get over it. change your frame of mind and thinking and better yourselves
Re: Sam – Amen Sam, I was thinking about your grandmothers situation (the concentration camps) as Whoopi was mentioning hard times. My grandmother was a child in Germany in the First World War and actually was imprisoned in a camp style dentention where she had to beg for eggs from soldiers through the fence to eat….a child, but she came to this country, learned English and made a life for herself. She told me once that her experience taught her lessons but she lived toward the future….thats the only way we can evolve into a better society which I think we all want.
Re: Linds – WAS YA PEOPLE SLAVES…. HMMMMMMMMM NO OH OK JUST CHECKING….
you know, you dont hear mexicans calling each other "wetbacks" or "beaners". i think that its wrong to keep any negative horrible racist word like that alive, especially by your own race. what for? honestly what for? to keep it in your own hands? no, people that say those words now are viewed (by most) as racist and most places it just isnt allowed. there shouldnt be a place for keeping a word like that alive.
Re: Foff – YESSSSSSSS.. WAS YA PEOPLE SLAVES…. NO THEY WEREN'T SO NO U CANT USE THAT WORD STUPID…. I AM SURE IF YA RACE WAS ENSLAVED AND WE USE THE WORD CRACKER TO DEGRADE U AND PUT SHAME ON YOU.. WOULD US BLACK BE ABLE TO USE THAT WORD CRACKERS EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW WHAT HISTORY THAT WORDS HAS FOR OUR RACE. SO STFU AND DONT USE THE WORD PERIOD
What a crock of two faced bullshit. Black people can call each other nigga, but if I say it, as a white person, I'm wrong?
When black people use that "term of endearment" towards each other, it just shows that they don't give a damn if it gets said or not, they just want a reason to jump on white people.
I doubt any self respecting black person walks up to his or her buddies and greets them with a "wassap nigga!"
Oh please are you fucking kidding me!! I'm so sick and tired of hearing that its not ok for me to use the dam word but its ok for the black race to! The word means the same no matter what! and it is a word that needs to die. I don't go around calling my dad honky or whitey or cracker or white trash to show I love him I say I LOVE YA!! that's just the dumbest shit I have ever heard!
maybe the black race needs to stop kill each other maybe the black race needs to stop with the ghetto rap and the grills and the chains its stupid! be fucking civilized already!
who the hell does elisabeth hasselbeck think she is?
people who get really defensive on a topic know absolutely nothing about it.
it happens all the time everyday.
that topic is very controversial but she needs to stop acting like it hurts her to say the "n" word. it hurts EVERYONE.
she's such a drama queen.
Re: j – I agree.
Elisabeth CANNOT be reasoned with. If one opposes her view, she becomes angrym defensive and looses all credibility. I quit watching the show because of her. I can see from this clip, she hasn't changed.
Terms of words have changed repeatedly over the course of history and its not that difficult of a subject to be sensitive to given how recently the nature of the word has been used and is still used in a derogitory way.
I am sick of Elizabeth. I think there are smarter more educated people that should be on the show. They just have her on to spice it up and make ignorant people feel comfortable watching the show.
Although I love Whoopi and Elizabeth annoys me, I must say that I agree with Elizabeth on this issue. Racism is a terrible thing, and sadly, the afro-americans have had a history full of racism including name-calling such as the N-word, however, if we ever want to close the gap between the two cultures, words such as the N-word, shouldn't be said by either White people or afro-americans, I'm sure it has a different meaning when they say that word to each other, but it's not helping to say: You can use that word but someone else can't, that's not closing the culture gap, that's widening it!
Hey RONNI.
let me ask you this question…. if a white and black female applied to the same college with the same gpa and all things equal…WHO DO YOU THINK WOULD GET THE SCHOLARSHIP??!?!?!??!?!
THATS RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!! the MINORITY, just BECUASE they are the minority. EVERYTHING these days is about other CULTURES….blacks and hispanics can have BLACK HISTORY MONTH….
but if white people did that you all know DAMN WELL the white people would be criticized for racism.
black people love the racism card, they play it ALL TOO OFTEN.
besides that, get over the N word. GO ELISABETH!
i feel like people have to let the past go , it was not whoppie who was unjustly treated it was her mom . so if her mom wants to say it fine . but dont as future generations , we want to do better , be better for the generations to come. i think if we all stop using that word and other hateful words ,theres one for every race by the way not just african americans , then maybe the hate can stop now .
Re: GeeNe – #467
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My dear, WHO do you think helped hide slaves during the underground railroad… decent White people.
Who do you think pushed for african Americans to get the right to vote if there was no blacks in congress yet–decent White people.
Do you think that blacks were the ONLY race that marched with Dr. King??–no.
THEY DID NOT FIGHT THE BATTLE ALONE…
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What you fail to realize is that MANY people fought against racial injustice and to instill equality to blacks in this country. To then take the "n-word" which was fought so hard by so many to abolish and "make fun of it amongst yourselves" is disgraceful and disrespectful to those who shared in the fight to giving you the rights you currently have.
It would be the same as if the Jewish community wore swastikas as "empowerment over Hitler". That disrespects every soldier that fought to save them in WWII.
I completely agree with Elisabeth. Whoopi and Sherri made NO SENSE at all…THEY HAVE NO LOGIC! How can we ever achieve equality WHOOPI if you allow one group to use the word and not another! YOU ARE AN IDIOT AND YOU DONT HAVE ANY LOGIC! Babs has to shut the hell up…She always tries to get Elisabeth to be quiet when really Elisabeth should be listened to…Sad day for the View!
Whoopi and Sherry may think that black people "took the N-word back" but if that's true…why do black folks get so pissed off when other races use the word against them? It seems to me that everyone else "owns" the word. That's why black people get so bent out of shape when it's used. Dumb cunts.
Elizabeth is absolutly RIGHT… The "N" word is not a term of endearment… I know blacks are speaking this to themselves, but it they can do it so can I! Girls who call themselves Whores, Sluts, etc. only make it more socially exeptable for EVERYONE to cann them that. So if Black can do it, so can WHITES, HISPANICS, Asians and whoever else. When the Black Community gets tired of hearing it, then they might be suprised to see the word DISSAPEAR!! but go figure they havent thought of that. They say that Blacks are soo discriminated against, I call BULLSHIT! they will throw color into any arguement just so they can win! HOW they hell can this country GROW with Ignorant Morons like that?! There are classy blacks just like there are whites and there are the Ni**ers like there is WHITE TRASH…. So STOP BITCHIN!!!
this is so rediculous that this topic is being made into such a big deal. in all honesty, the blond bitch is completely right. I've seen clips like this before of the view, and usually she is stupid and ignorant, but she couldn't be more correct here and no one was even letting her explain her point. This is a word that has gone pop culture and main stream and should never have gotten that way. For black people to say they are the only ones who can use it cuz they use it in a friendly term is absurd. I'm white, and when i listen to 50cent and he says nigga, am i just not supposed to sing it cuz i'm white? the n-word means nothing to me, just like kyke means nothing to me and i'm jewish. However i don't go around to all my jewish friends sayin "yo wattup kyke!" the bets way to get over a stupid word and to get over racism and all this bs is to fully give it no meaning by everyone of all colors and cultures not using and not reacting to it. once our generation, i'm 22, takes over and the baby boomers stop perpetuating these stupid arguments revolving around race, sexuality and religion things will be so much better…
Re: LS –
Ok but LS, YOU are not enslaved are you!?
War - BTW, you brother did not have to join the Armed Forces, there is no draft.
I think Elizabeth is right. We are LITERALLY in the same world. We need to act that way, and division is not a way to unite and move forward. Those ladies are so patronizing towards her as though she's a five year old contributing to the conversation. She's not an idiot and she knows what she believes, and it's a BS excuse to say because your mom could not vote you are not equal. You are not your mom Whoopi. In conclusion, maybe they should have listened to what she was saying instead of just talking over her.
Thank you Elisabeth for speaking up. You are the only one who makes any sense.
When this was posted I was all excited to laugh at Elizabeth again but I shocked to see the she has made a point that I completely agree with. No matter who uses it, that word came out of hate and there is no way to change that. I think it is an extremely offensive word and should never be used by anyone, white, black, what have you. It perpetuates hate and inequality that we are trying so hard to move past. With each generation it is a new start to bring about equality and with the word still being used we can never truly get to place where equality can begin.
Why don't Asians greet each other with "wassup my Gook!" or Indians greet each other with "wassup my dothead!"? Because they have class.
i did not see the show today but i have seen others where this conversation came up. i am not american but i do understand some of the issue and speakin from the standpoint of an outsider who is of mostly african descent ….. IT IS A HORRIBLE WORD AND NO ONE SHOULD USE IT.
ps everyone on the view annoys me.
Doesn't get any simpler than this….
We ALL know its not what you say, but how you say it. Its the context in which you use a word that gives it meaning.
Same as women calling one another bitch! Doesn't get any simpler than that.
If a man calls a woman a bitch, its meant to be offensive. But a woman can call her best friend a bitch (Hey sweety, you lost 15lbs…. look at you! Sexy Bitch), and its nothing.
um…i never thought i'd agree w/elisabeth…but i do…
it'll never happen again though!
Re: LS –
you are a total fucking idiot. Most black people in this country don't know ANYONE that was a slave. And most white ppl in this country never had a family member that owned slaves. My families came from poland and italy, they never owned slaves and were pushed into small ghettos. They made it out and MOVED THE FUCK ON. I love how any pale skin person in america is a "white person", we get grouped together even though they came from ALL over the world. I dont get why black ppl feel the need to continue to separate themselves by color instead of dropping their bullshit rule "i can say this and you cant" and just start considering themselves as one with all the other ppl in this country, AMERICANS.
Re: sdf – WTF are you talking about…c#nt is a filthy word and no woman uses it as a term of endearment…note that I didnt even tyoe the word out entirely…cause its filth….like the n word case closed on your argument
It is ironic that Elizabeth wont us the "N" word for black people because it hurts her so. But she will be the 1st person to call the "Black Canary" Barbie was a whore. Another derogatory term that is bad for women.
Black Canary is a classic superhero that has helped put woman into comics. She is the head of the Justice League. Without strong woman characters like her and Wonder Woman - who walks around in a Bathing suit (and there was 2 Barbies based on her) - women's rights might not be where they are now. Wonder Woman was featured on the cover of MS Magazine.
First, I would like to say that I grew up in a multi-racial home. If you want to talk about being at a disadvantage because you are black, think of what it would be like to be both. You never are truly accepted by either race. However, I find it to be much harder to fit in with the black community because they treat me as though I am not black enough. The use of the N-Word has never been accepted in my family or home. You simply cannot change the meaning of a word. Though the connotation of a word is subject to the person using, the N-Word is a word breed of ignorance and that will never change. I will never try to own that word, a word of ignorance. My black grandmother still trembles when she hears that word no matter whether it is said by a black person or a white. It is not a term of enderment. It is a term of hate, anger, and demeanment no matter how anyone tries to spin it.
Elizabeth is speaking from her heart, and expressing herself with intelligence and grace. She like so many of us would prefer for that word to NOT EXIST…whoopi and sherri are falling into the stereotypical area that so many african americans (myself included) fall…we don't want anyone to use the word but us…than we get upset when we hear it??? it makes no sense! WE AS BLACK PEOPLE need to stop playing the VICTIM!!
Elizabeth is right—————————-SHERRI IS RACIST–
i don't understand whoppi's comment about her mother not being able to vote……….uhmmmmmm that has nothing to do with the n word. Women got the vote AFTER black men. That was just another race card whoppi likes to throw. Elizabeth is just trying to make the point that the n-word will never be just FRIENDLY and funny. Its always going to evoke emotion no matter who says it. Its just a word that should stop being said altogether. And the blacks that use it are worse than the white people who say it. Its insulting your own people. It is hard being black or Hispanic these days, but they will always have the race card where they can blame their problems on their ethnicity. Last time i checked blacks dominate the sports world making hundreds of millions by chasing a ball down a court, and also get into college 10 times easier than any white person. HOW is that discriminating? They have equal opportunity in this country its all about how you approach your life. I have met and became close with many black and Hispanic people who have broken the stereotypical actions and have become beyond sucessful. Racism i feel will never end but we need to learn as a whole whites blacks browns whatever that we are all equal in this country we all struggle we all have obstacles we need to band together and stop calling eachother out.
Re: LS – Unfortunately I think you may be exactly the type of person that refuses to fight racism and make the step forward as one. The way you wrote your posts suggests you are uneducated (black stereotype) and I'm going to take a stab at this, but I'm guessing that you, yourself, have never been enslaved just as I, a white person, have never enslaved anyone. Why should I be sorry for things done before my time when my own family wasn't even established in the US at that time? Many different cultures have had rough pasts but if you continue to live in the past, you are only going to add to the problem.
I think Elizabeth is stupid as much as the next person, but how can anyone not agree with her on this? The 'n' should just be banned both for white and black people, double standards should be stopped.
I saw the show and Hasselbeck was right I do not even likeHasselbeck. She was also right about the hooker Barbie or S&M Barbie that is being marketed to little girls.
Elizabeth is RIGHT——SHERRI IS RACIST—WHOOPIE IS GETTING A BIG HEAD AND I'M LOSING RESPECT FOR HER
Keeping it simple, judge by what is right and what is wrong. If saying the N-word is wrong because it is derived by negative feelings and ultimately was born as an arrogant way to classify someone regardless whether it comes out a black mouth or a white mouth justification of it is never going to be make it right. Jesse Jackson has already proven to be another hypocrite; he's already shown not to be trusted because he doesn’t have any respect for himself (Ask his wife!). But I hate when I see a fellow black person saying that it's ok for me to use it because it's a term of endearment. That's just about the most insane thing I've ever heard. Last time I checked, nobody ever likes to be called a name that demeans them, because I sure as hell don’t. This has been such a double sided issue and to me makes no sense why there is even a counter argument as to why only a certain people can use it and others can’t.
Like the old saying goes, if you have nothing nice to say then don’t say anything at all!
Elizibitch is such an ignorant republican
I hate to admit it but I actually agree with Elizabeth for once
You know, at present, we don't live in a completely equal world. In many ways, it's not a fair place for blacks, Latinos, women…But if we ever want to get to a place where we ARE equal, everyone needs to stop separating themselves with these stupid double standards. Separate is NOT equal.
I agree with Elizabeth but understand Whoopi. However, it is those people who cry about how hurtful that word is that use it to taunt. Why is it ok for a person to call me whitey, honkey, "The Man" and interpret everything I do or say into a racist situation but then turn around and say hatefut things about my race. Either way no one has that right. I agree, whoopi is saying her mother didn't have the right to vote BUT SHE DOES. We have acknolwledged the wrongdoing and are still fighting to fix alot but some people are too stuck on the past to move forward. I am not saying forget but MOVE ON! I personally never owned or hated anyone due to the color of their skin but I have been mugged and my friend was beaten by african americans in our own f'ing neighborhoods. Where was Jesse Jackson that freaking day? So if anyone has a right to want to say something mean should it be me or do I deserve it because of what my ancestors past did???? Or is it not right at all, "cause those few people don't make up the whole race." Well same goes for us. Not everyone in the causcasion culture feels they have done something to pay for to the african americans. I know I certainly have NOT! We owe each other respect and not try to justify how one can get away with something more because of a past none of us have any control over.
I agree with both of them. I think elizabeth is right in that by keeping the word in the lexicon we perpetuate the distance between us. But I also think Whoopi is right in that so often white people make blanket statements about how black people should feel or act (take back the N word or not be upset when whites use it) without thinking about where black people are coming from or thinking about the history of things (as to why a black person would be offended when a white person said the word but not when a black person said it). I think they are both right and to tell the truth, I think its the smartest Elizabeth as ever actually sounded.
WTF is this show still on the air for?!?!?! I hate that fat nignog in the middle….and elizabeth makes me sick too!!! I dont know why I wasted 6 minutes of my life watching this shiz!!!!
Holy shit. Has hell frozen over? I never thought the day would come where I would agree with Elizabeth Hasselback! She is right and Whoopie is full of shit.
I don't get racism. I guess I never will, because I spend my life living in homogeneous societies with a few black people, who are met with curiosity because they stick out with their skin color and culture. It must be tough for them. Sometimes when I see Africans on the street or a supermarket, I twitch, because it's a primarily a visual shock. I don't think it makes me a racist, I'm just not used to black people. In case of many Croats, I think it just the unfamiliarity.
Re: Kamee –
TOTALLY AGREE……
Re: Black – thank you for ending your comments with your own desire for violence…it cimpletely shows you for who you are and dismisses your entire bolg as drivel…
I totally get what Whoopi is saying, and while I appriciate that Elizabeth is trying to defend not saying the word at all, I disagree with her. Amongst my friends, we can call each other "beaner" or "wet back" as a joke, as how Whoopi described it, a word of "empowerment". But if someone else called me that, I'm pretty sure I'd kick some ass! I do agree with Elizabeth in the fact that I think the N word is a very dirrty word, I don't ever use it, and it bothers me when I hear black people use it, but I understand that it is their word to use. Elizabeth is such a baby sometimes!
Re: Ronni –
bullshit! you're feeling sorry for yourself! i'm a latino and i don't feel any social inequities upon me due to my race. this is a double standard that lazy people are trying to use! if you use the n-word i'm going to use it. if you have no respect for your race i have no respect for it. and don't give me that crap that your mother couldn't vote. your mother has the right but whoopi you don't have the right because you've been nothing but priveledged!
This is ridiculous. African Americans need to get the fuck over it and realize that times have changed and if they continue to classify themsleves as "diferent" then change will never occur. Elizabeth has a great point and tried her ass off. The African Americans just keep milking this racial boundary when it isn't so in 75% of the united states…Why is it ok for a black man/woman to call a white woman/man a "whitie"??? Stop your friggin whining and let's just be humans…how about that?…you can't accept change if you don't want the change and right now is the time…with all the remainders of the especially racial times dying off, and the more educated and understanding people moving in, it's time to shut the fuck up and give yourself the chance to accept change…get over it and just be.
that's why the US is soooooo fucked up!!!!!!!! Elizabeth is right…. blacks and whites live in the same society so give up this BS that we can use it and white can because of the pais grandmother Shaniqua went through…. Im freaking African, and white and black Africans in my country have been over it a long time ago!!!! Black ppl in the US have to freaking move on!!!!!!!! Colonialism and Slavery for u guys has thankfully been over… many black ppl in the US keep living up to their stereotypes, contantly worry abt the past, and dont realize this might be the reason why ur soo stagnated in this society…… dont blame it on the other "white folks" for the the "differences u see", blame it on urself, because the black ppl who r doing something better of their lives in this society r getting places!!!!!! To me, black ppl r only in a different social level because they act differently, so cut the shit and start behaving like civilized ppl!!!!!!
This n-word should not be used, period!!!!!!!!!!!! if u suddenly get offended when ur bestfriend who's white uses as a term of endearment to u just because he's white, u r being racist, and racism is a crime!!!!!!
I FINALLY agree with Elizabeth!!! shes right . Why is it ok for blacks to use and not whites.. BUT hey isnt Jesse J a black? So why is he getting slck for using it? Oh thats right he hates when other people use it. OMG This is why there is racism.. The blacks just wont let it DIE! She's saying if noone uses it then we can all move on from it! WHEW
Go on with your bad self Elizabeth, I got your back!! WORD
i am not a fan of elisabeth, but i agree with her 100% on this! it is a complete double standard to say that black people can use that word and white people can't!!! if they want us to all live in one world and of they don't want others to say it…they shouldn't say it at all either…publically or privately. THEY are the ones separating themselves and making "their own" culture. it's reverse racism and it's bullshit.
allis says – reply to this 170I'm a white female. i did not choose this. i was born a white female. how is it okay for someone to tell me that because i was born a certain color, i am restricted from using certain words? I hate the word cunt, but would never tell a man "you cannot use the word, but i can". equality means treating everyone the same. it's not about what race, or gender uses a term, its the context in which they use it. PERIOD. so telling white people they aren't allowed to use the term is assuming they will use it in a deragatory way. assuming they will be rascist. well, i'm not rascist and i don't appreciate being told i'm not allowed to use a word based on my race because it is assumed that i will be deragatory with that term.
—-well said!! ive been trying to put it into words for so long, as a white woman myself, and they always escaped me. thank u for doing it so well.
Re: krist – and you're just a self-righteous democrat. How's that for name calling? Let's continuing the labeling and stereotyping!
i fucking hate elizaBITCH - she's a creepy mid west ass… she knows nothing about anything!
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Elizabitch is a fucken stupid reptilian illuminati loving whore
and i hope her scales come out on tv…..bitch whore slut…shut your fucken mouth already…i wanna kick her stupid ass and punch her in the FUCKEN face
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Elisabeth is 100% right - She is STICKING up for the forward movement of these constant differences that continue to separate us simply because people can't STOP TALKING ABOUT IT.
What a bunch of ignorant morons.
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Re: lori –
But thats the problem,,,,, People DO use it, whites included! I've heard white people use the word aganist a black person just to get a rise out of him…… So its not that blacks are the only ones using it. Whites do to, its just meant to he hurtful when they do.
I watched this morning… which I rarely do since Rosie left… and honestly, Elizabeth is HORRIBLE HORRIBLE person to have on the View. Again she spoke too much about a topic she knows little, she went shrill, she cut off everyone, including Barbara. And the worst part is SHE cried… yes SHE cried. Shocking. This is the reason why the View sucks… her point of view is not a relevant one to the dialog.. no… not all viewpoints NEED to expressed… everyone has an opinion but national tv should show educated people with informed ideas… not ex reality stars. What surprises is that Whoopie continues to stay on the show when clearly none of the producers respect her views. As long as Bill Gedde, the ultimate conservative prick, runs the show, there will always be Elizabeth… this is NOT fox news; unfortunately he LOVES her conservative crap. I miss Rosie and Lisa Ling.
Elizabeth is such an annoying lady. Those had to be crocodile tears!
Blacks are less intelligent than whites. They don't know any better.
No matter what topic, what day, what discussion, or what other guests may visit The View, I hate Elizabitch Tasselboob.
She is an idiot with a one-track agenda, a very narrow mind, and she is, by far, the lamest of The View women.
IT IS DISRESPECTFUL AND DEMEANING TO ANYONE WHO EVER FOUGHT TO ABOLISH SLAVERY OR WORK FOR RACIAL EQUALITY!
IT IS NEVER OKAY TO SAY BY ANYONE!!
You can not take the word back….. it exists and will NEVER be forgotten! This ludicrous idea is comparative to Jewish people saying "Heil Hitler" or "Sieg Heil" to one another as a term of endearment to one another in order take it back. They don't, because it's painful and WE WILL NEVER FORGET!! So, no reason to perpetually spew pain. MOVE FORWARD!!
There is ONE world Whoopi, not TWO, if you keep thinking like that you will never grow. As far as Elizabeth, I agree with her on this topic and it was okay for her to feel so strongly about this topic to loose control of her emotions. It shows passion!
Maybe it's because I'm Canadian… but the only time I've ever heard the "n-word" used in real life is as a term of endearment used by people of all backgrounds. It's how a guy addresses, or would refer, to a good close male friend. I think it's becoming more and more popularly used because it's a way guys can show affection without sounding feminine. It's evolved into a compliment and term of affection.
im white and i grew up in cali, i completely accept the fact that black people can use that word and i cant! sometimes i want to sing along to a song that uses the n word i simply replace it with wigga. not hard, not offensive. within the US it is alot more offensive than outside however, because most of the blackpeople in europe come from africa, and have not exsperienced being called the n word and the slave history just isnt there. i still dont use it thou.
Jesse Blackson and Al Sharpton are idiots. The stuff that they used to thrive on ("oh us poor black people") is now being turned around by Obama and he is trying to make this crap about the poor black people go away, which means Blackson and Sharpton now have nothing to complain and go on tv about. Also, what a hypocrite. When Kramer went crazy and used the N word, Jackson said we should boycott seinfeld. Now he can use it????!!! Such a fucking joke. These guys need to get the F out of the public arena. And whoopi just looks likr a pawn in their stupid game. What a joke these people are. They need to get their heads out of their asses and stop using "terms of endearment" to refer to each other.
Usually I find Elizabeth extremely conservative and frustrating, but I can see her confusion on this topic. I think it is wrong to use the word whether it is in public or in private. It is a weird double standard which is unfair.
Does EVERY episode of the View end with that woman crying?! Good Lord, I've never read a post about EH without hearing how she started to cry.
I would like to know where all this racial divide is everyone is talking about. What do Cacasians have that African Americans don't? What my ancestors might have done was extremely wrong, but should I be held responsible for their actions? Live in the the present and let the past go.
Let me school some of you folks on the use of the "N" word. There is a huge difference when blacks use the term to each other and when whites do. Blacks have been turning sugar from shit from the beginning of America. They have taking a term that is the most derogitory term ever and turned it into a term of endearment making the term actually seem less harsh. When whites use this term it is to hold blacks down and to make them feel unworthy. Same goes for the people who think "white power" and "Black Power" stand for the same thing. It can't be further from the truth while the term White Power stands for holding every other race below them. The term "Black Power" stands for EQUALITY. Man most of you need to get some friends with a little more diversity!!!
i'm black—-> whoppi is really stupid. I agree with Elizabeth!
I see it as a double standard. Whoopi says it's a term of endearment, but then way do I hear it in rap songs in such a harsh and demoralizing manner? I'm not saying white people should be able to use the word, I'm advocating the word not be used at all, but to me, the word means something entirely different than what black people now say it means, and it's offensive when I hear them say it and then say, "It's okay for me to use it, but you can't" because they know the term is still negative for us… but somehow it's okay for them? I don't go around calling my friends "crackers," so I don't see why black people can't find a new word to coin themselves.
Whoopi is full of shit! What a joke.
Jesse Jackson uses it, rappers (white kids listen too) use it….kids learn by example and now white kids that have been taught by example in song to say the word and for some reason not permitted to use the word based on the color of their skin????? That's called racism. Either the word should be used or shouldn't, but you can't say one is permitted based on the color of their skin because that is segregation.
i never use the n word or the phrase African American. It only brings baggage that drags us down. Let's get on with being Americans - united we stand.
Whoopi is mentally ill. She bullies Elizabeth everytime I'm unfortunate enough to see their show. It's not entertaining, informative - anything - just her bully pulpit.
I see Elizabeth's point & Whoopi's point, but the problem a lot of conservatives like Elizabeth is that she sees things in a narrow view. It's either one or the other, no in between. It's pointless to try to explain the other position with her since she can't see it from another's perspective. Everytime there's some sort of hot topic, she scream 'what about the children!'
I'm gonna do it…….
Ugh…
I agree with Elizabeth. It would be confusing for kids and does seem strange. I won't ever understand, but its hard to see how its empowering to use that word. I would want it gone than to use it.
LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT, YOU WHITE WOMEN GET UP EVERY MORNING AND GET YOUR RACIAL ADVICE FROM A SURVIVOR CAST MEMBER TOUTING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE PROPER RACE RELATIONS? WAKE UP! SHE IS DISNEYS REPUBLICAN BARBIE MOUTHPIECE. SHE PUKES UP THEIR TALKING POINTS EVERY CHANCE SHE GETS. I STOPPED WATCHING BECAUSE I COULDN'T TOLERATE ONE MORE MINUTE OF HER FAKE OUTRAGE AND PHONY TEARS EVERY TIME ONE OF THEM CALL HER ON HER CRAP. THIS MIGHT HELP YOU…….EVERYTIME SHE SPEAKS PICTURE G.W.B WITH HIS HAND UP HER ASS LIKE A PUPPET, MAYBE THEN YOU'LL SNAP OUT OF IT AND REALIZE WHAT YOU ARE BEING FED. SHE'S A GOP PLANT. THAT'S WHY SHE WAS HIRED IN THE FIRST PLACE FOR HER VERY "CONSERVATIVE VIEWS"
Sherri is a fucking douchebag, she is in need of lessons on class. ELizabeth for the most part sucks but she gets the beatdown if she voices an opinion while Babs runs from Sherri… It is bullshit the N word stems from a disgusting time in our nations history and needs to be ended point blank. No well I am black I can say it, no you can't. That is it.
Whoopi automatically thinks she is wiser, simply because she is older. Why doesn't she ask Mr. Obama what he thinks of the word, and if its used as a term of endearment in his home. African Americans are the only culture that denigrates itself by using words that are destructive to the soul and to the future of their youth. Yes, your ancestors were slaves; causing a pain that will endure for many years. Don't allow your future generation to enslave themselves with remnants of the darkest moments of that time. The N word self destroys, self humiliates, and prevents healing. Gaining respect starts with self value and self respect. And yes, we do live in the same world. We may have had different struggles, but we were all created by the same God.
STICKS AND STONES WILL BREAK MY BONES BUT WORDS WILL NEVER HURT ME