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February 2, 2008 This Is Just Too Much!

I ran across this video today and I am speechless. Love muffins, what are your thoughts on this video clip.

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69 Comments

  • Dre

    February 2, 2008 at 7:57 pm

    JUST LIKE THE BOONDOCKS EPISODE!!

  • levity

    February 2, 2008 at 8:01 pm

    i saw this a year ago with friends, and it was pure comedy. It’s something you’d see on Madtv. We were laughing so hard. He even has charts and is “educating” us.

  • CECE

    February 2, 2008 at 8:05 pm

    There is not a difference between “nigger” and “nigga”. There are still ignorant and uneducated people in this world and as a black community we have to stand as one and defend our morals. This isn’t funny, the Boondocks episode wasn’t funny, this is a hurtful, negative, and cruel thing to say; especially as a teacher.

  • texas mama

    February 2, 2008 at 8:10 pm

    This is shameful. He not only needs diversity training, but he also needs to get some good old fashioned COMMON SENSE. I do not believe that a man his age did not know that he should not be saying this to a student. I am tired of hearing people like Dog the Bounty Hunter and others use the lame excuse that they thought it was okay because they hear blacks say it. It is never okay.

  • Tamara

    February 2, 2008 at 8:11 pm

    I feel it doesn’t matter who you are, NO ONE should be using that word in any of its forms. We, as Black people, especially need to stop using it. What kind of example are we for everyone else if we continue to use it?

  • shante

    February 2, 2008 at 8:20 pm

    This is old. They did a Boondocks episode on it.

  • February 2, 2008 at 8:37 pm

    yeah the boondocks did there version of this but it is too much…if he been teaching at that school for all those years, he should have the knowledge not to use that word no matter if it ends with -er or an -a it still want make the situation of the matter fine. Well thats all I have to say to that..yupp =]]

  • February 2, 2008 at 8:45 pm

    Oh my B. Scott. You’ve really done it. I am dying over here. When Mr. Dawson sat there and started using it. “Ni**a this, ni**a that. Can a ni**a borrow a pencil?” he had me in stitches at the fact that he’s a nigger – cause that is total ignorance if he thinks what he said is acceptable. This man is a “monkey doodle fool!”

  • Branden

    February 2, 2008 at 8:52 pm

    Personally for me, I don’t like the word wither way. Dropping the -er and replacing it with an a doesn’t make to word less ignorant. I hate that word. I don’t care who says it. Black, white, hispanic, whoever.

  • DRB

    February 2, 2008 at 9:12 pm

    I’m black and its very hypocritical. If blacks can say it casually, then everyone can. If its wrong for certain people to say it, no one should say it.

  • prettyoungthang

    February 2, 2008 at 9:25 pm

    THE FAMILY NEEDS TO TAKE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO COURT FOR PROTECTING THE EMPLOYMENT OF THIS PATHETIC EXCUSE OF A “TEACHER”. HE PLAYED DUMB AND WAS SIMPLY SLAPPED ON THE HAND.

    AND FOR ALL THE BLACK FOLK OUT THERE WHO USE THE WORD NIGGA LIKE IT’S GOING OUT OF STYLE…PEOPLE HAVE DIED BECAUSE OF THIS WORD–AND ARE STILL DYING!!! WHERE IS YOUR SELF RESPECT AND PRIDE?

  • prettyoungthang

    February 2, 2008 at 9:33 pm

    BLACKS WHO USE THE WORD NIGGA NEED TO REALIZE THAT IT COULD’VE BEEN YOU HANGING FROM THAT TREE! THE LAST RECORDED HANGING WAS NOT TOO LONG AGO!

  • Mark

    February 2, 2008 at 9:46 pm

    Too funny.

  • Jonathon

    February 2, 2008 at 9:50 pm

    I had to address this because this is really annoying the hell out of me. People are so quick to get upset over the usage of language when there is never an open forum to discuss the words with blacks and whites. This teacher is obviously incompetent in that he does not know the historical meaning behind both words. People are so quick to get so upset about things that they don’t understand instead of coming up with solutions on how to resolve the issue.

  • February 2, 2008 at 10:03 pm

    There are so many ways to look at this incident…i mean the word itself should never be used….but people use it , and that will never change…….nigga! i see he was tryin to be funny….and he obviously teaches with many black students…and when he mocked it….tell me u couldnt see hsi students sayin it….it was poor judgement…but whites are put in this situation so often…and its just a touchy subject…so in order to eliminate the problem, dont present one….dont use the word white folks…and latins…and asians….just dont…we as black folks shouldnt be using it…but if anybody gonna use it…it will be us….okay!

  • February 2, 2008 at 10:06 pm

    There are so many ways to look at this incident…i mean the word itself should never be used….but people use it , and that will never change…….nigga! i see he was tryin to be funny….and he obviously teaches with many black students…and when he mocked it….tell me u couldnt see hsi students sayin it….it was poor judgement…but whites are put in this situation so often…and its just a touchy subject…so in order to eliminate the problem, dont present one….dont use the word white folks…and latins…and asians….just dont…we as black folks shouldnt be using it…but if anybody gonna use it…it will be us….okay!

  • Walley

    February 2, 2008 at 10:16 pm

    I dont understand why black people use the word. I mean if its such a bad word and makes you soo mad then WHY DO U USE IT!!!!! it makes me aggrivated. The word doesnt seem like it means so much because black people use the word after every sentance. Im hispanic and im around black people so much that the word is locked nside my head. all my black friends say the word peobblyy once every 10 minutes and i get used to it. they shud stop complaining and do something. make black people stop saying it.. i bet you if no black people sed it, then it would cut other races saying it by 98%.

  • DAWN BROWNE

    February 2, 2008 at 10:23 pm

    IF WE DON’T WANNA HEAR IT WE SHOULDN’T SAY IT. HOW CAN A ENGLISH TEACHER NOT KNOW THE IMPACT OF A WORD. I DON’T THINK HE SHOULD BE FIRED. HE SHOULD HAVE TO TEACH A DAMN CLASS IN DIVERSITY

  • dyemond38

    February 2, 2008 at 11:07 pm

    boondocks! Wow!!

  • Jess

    February 2, 2008 at 11:13 pm

    first, this is my city. i get angry when i see things like this – i am caucasian but i am referred to as a ‘n***a’ by some of my african american peers because i have been accepted as ‘one of their own.’ i, however, do not agree with the blatent use of the n word. it is, just a word, but with so many negative feelings behind it. i don’t think he should lose his job, nor do i think that diversity training is necessary. he was trying to make a point – however silly and far-fetched. why is it ok for african american individuals to use a twisted version of such a negative word?

  • Desir'e

    February 3, 2008 at 1:45 am

    This is just like the Boondocks episode!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • February 3, 2008 at 4:45 am

    Wow, everyone this is just like a recent episode of The Boondocks. The only difference is this kid seems like he’s alot more accomplished than Riley (who uses the word all the time. In my opinon, the Civil Rights movement really took the sting out of that word. You can call me a nigger/nigga all day long. I can vote, and you cannot legally discriminate against me. Here’s the link to a clip from The Boondocks episode, you have to watch it!!!!!
    http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=8a25c392178c60b901178d9dc6a50018

  • Jaded

    February 3, 2008 at 4:49 am

    OMG! I had no idea that the boondocks got that episode from an actual event. That episode quoted this incident word for word.

  • February 3, 2008 at 4:52 am

    I honestly think, that just like Riley’s teacher, this guy isn’t being Malicious, he’s just stupid. The meaning of that word has really changed. Because (if you still consider us niggers) you have to associte that word with highly succesfull people. I think that’s why it’s losing its sting. Blacks go to college, have sucessfull careers, and do everything everyone else does. You can’t associate nigger with old stereotypes anymore. Well you could, but that would be stupid.

  • E-Money

    February 3, 2008 at 5:02 am

    The reason for me writing to you today, is because I would truly appreciate if you could possibly view my work that is on youtube right now (keyword search; Ernest Estime). I perform spoken word poetry and there’s is a piece (”The Speech” … )that I have on there that I feel you would probably spotlight on your blogsite since this is the month of feb. (black history month) . The dialogue is based on the “N” word. I would truly appreciate it if you can please shed light on this craft and message God has used me to share with the world. thank you. God Bless You.

    Ernest

    YouTube Link:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIwgcRHfZnw

  • PrimaLoca

    February 3, 2008 at 6:16 am

    WTF he sounds like a complete ass hole. And he even has charts pointing out the different spellings?!?

  • girl, its nikki

    February 3, 2008 at 6:19 am

    THAT IS THE MOST IGNORANT SHIT IVE EVER HEARD.

  • brock

    February 3, 2008 at 7:45 am

    I feel bad for the teacher. I think he just wanted to use “cool kid” words, but ended up in a huge mess. He shouldn’t have said it, but we do know that black people use the term a lot with eachother (mostly in schools). So I feel bad, but he should have told them not to use the word, instead of using it himself. Educating them was his job.

  • Dionne

    February 3, 2008 at 7:59 am

    The Boondocks ep. called the S-Word

  • Danger

    February 3, 2008 at 8:43 am

    I agree with the teacher. Don’t get mad at other people calling you a nigga/er until we can stop calling ourselves nigga! I hate when kids in the street say that shyt to each other then get mad when a white guy says it.

  • NateNYC

    February 3, 2008 at 9:01 am

    “Can you lend a Nigga a pencil?” I’m sorry but this had me on the floor laughing my ass off!

    Most english teachers are secretly really cool – i have a feeling this guy said the wrong word at the wrong high school in the wrong decade.

  • Nick

    February 3, 2008 at 9:47 am

    Im on the fence about this, and this is why young black kids and black people in general need to STOP refering to each other as Nigga. Then they turn around and get upset when whites do it.. You reap what you sew!

  • 1234567890

    February 3, 2008 at 9:48 am

    WELL, i honestly think this kid is making abig deal out of it cause im pretty sure he has listened to music that uses the word “nigga” couple – several times! he might’ve said it himself once as well. but the fact a teacher said it to him, i understand tht he shouldn’t, but why can ur friends say it to u and not ur teacher/? u dont seemt o care when ur friends say it so why do u care when the teacher says it to you?

  • R.A.S.Berry

    February 3, 2008 at 9:53 am

    After watching the video, I must say that I agree with alot of what he said. I am an African American/Black person. I don’t think he was right in using the word the way he did, since there is no proof that the young man used it first. But that’s what black people get for using that word, thinking that it give us some type of power. The word (both of them) needs to stop being used. It defines the person who uses it without them even knowing. I have an 18 year old son (fully African American/Black) who has NEVER used that word. He will use dude or “this guy”. He knows how ignorant someone sounds when they use it. Clearly this teacher was wrong, but at the same time we are wrong also. We have given that word so much power….when it doesn’t have any.

  • Tea

    February 3, 2008 at 10:02 am

    i think the only person we can control is ourselves. if you don’t want the n-word to be used then don’t use it. it’s not a matter of why black people use the word so much and why white people aren’t allowed to use it. simply put, just control what comes out of your mouth because you could unintentially offend someone and there is no one to blame but yourself. the english teacher is paid to teach the fundamentals of english, i think it would have been better if he had engaged the class on the context of the word as well as notifying parents that the word would be discussed in a historical context as well as how the word is used in the current environment and if other students in the class find the term offensive. since he stated he had such a distaste for the word, although he used it repeatedly. because if he would have told me to sit down n*****, i would have took that as fighting words and popped him in his mouth. based on the context of the sentence and the tone of his voice, not the color of his skin. i think this teacher is just using any excuse he can to retire early since he has been at the school for two decades. i’m bored with this.

  • E-Money

    February 3, 2008 at 10:22 am

    The reason for me writing to you today, is because I would truly appreciate if you could possibly view my work that is on youtube right now (keyword search; Ernest Estime). I perform spoken word poetry and there’s is a piece (”The Speech” … )that I have on there that I feel you would probably spotlight on your blogsite since this is the month of feb. (black history month) . The dialogue is based on the “N” word. I would truly appreciate it if you can please shed light on this craft and message God has used me to share with the world. thank you. God Bless You.

    Ernest

  • key

    February 3, 2008 at 10:28 am

    I think thats disgusting… He just kept saying it over and over again. Theres no remorse there because he knows he’s gonna keep his job. The teacher needs some EDUCATION. AND he had the audacity to write it out in two different ways and show it to the world like hes somekind of clever individual!..If anything teacher should be educators and in some ways leaders. His lack of intelligence is dangerous and not overly shocking. Ignorance breeds ignorance, the worst thing is he could have had some white kid in the class thats taken that on and is gonna be equally as stupid or even worse.

    Clever how the station decided to use a black correspondent on the story…creare some extra angle i’m sure. Its all pathetic.

  • E-Money

    February 3, 2008 at 11:16 am

    The reason for me writing today, is because I would truly appreciate if people could possibly view my work that is on youtube right now (keyword search; Ernest Estime). I perform spoken word poetry and there’s is a piece (”The Speech” … )that I have on there that I feel you would probably spotlight on your blogsite since this is the month of feb. (black history month) . The dialogue is based on the “N” word. I would truly appreciate it if you can please shed light on this craft and message God has used me to share with the world. thank you. God Bless You.

    Ernest

  • billiam

    February 3, 2008 at 11:16 am

    people should stop using the word altogether, its ignorant and derogatory. its not like us gay men walk around saying things like “hey whats up my faggot?” because well, thats just not necessary. even though some of us totally embrace our “faggotry”, we dont need to refer to each other in a demeaning why.

  • supergirllie

    February 3, 2008 at 11:21 am

    lol that was funny wow anyways he shouldnt of said it, but wow his explaining comical

  • February 3, 2008 at 11:21 am

    I think the video is great especially for those of us who insist that “n*gga” is different from “n*gger” and that people should know the difference. That ideology has always been so idiotic to me. I’m not sure why we as a people are so hell bent on holding on to this word?

  • thejuanstar

    February 3, 2008 at 11:31 am

    Wasn’t there a funeral?

  • Bei

    February 3, 2008 at 12:16 pm

    sugarfoot, I2I. I must admit when I saw the boondocks episode I didn’t know it was an actual story. Personally I found the clip hilarious especially when he said he says the n-word with an H to emphasize the difference in the two words. His breakdown of the two words sounds just as stupid as when blacks folks say using the -ga ending makes the word positive. Bullish no one should used the word period.

  • February 3, 2008 at 1:01 pm

    I THINK THIS IS JUST STUPID Sorry but I do.the “N word” needs to be put to death although in reality it will never be but I’d like to see it not used as an expression of “dude” or “friend”….

    You don’t see some people going around saying “cracker” or “cracka” do we? NO we don’t and I think its foolishness to be the only race that turns a word that was AGAINST our race as a term of slang.Being a Black American myself, I don’t like to say it nor use it at all ER or GA its still the same word to me.

  • WorldlyOne

    February 3, 2008 at 1:43 pm

    I’m amazed at the outcry over this word. Black folks use this word just as the teacher explained it, day in & day out. Why get upset? Why give such a stupid word so much power? The word means nothing more to me than the word “rock”. He simply used it as his students. Do we as black folks “own” that word and forbid others to use it? Pluuueeeaze! If we use it so loosely why can’t others? I’m at a loss. Humor me and help me figure this argument out!

  • E-Money

    February 3, 2008 at 2:10 pm

    The reason for me writing to you today, is because I would truly appreciate if you could possibly view my work that is on youtube right now (keyword search; Ernest Estime). I perform spoken word poetry and there’s is a piece (”The Speech” … )that I have on there that I feel you would probably spotlight on your blogsite since this is the month of feb. (black history month) . The dialogue is based on the “N” word. I would truly appreciate it if you can please shed light on this craft and message God has used me to share with the world. thank you. God Bless You.

    Watch this.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIwgcRHfZnw

    Ernest

  • Chance

    February 3, 2008 at 2:39 pm

    The ‘N’ word should be sticken from the English language. It should be removed from the dictionary and banished. The word has a violent and oppressive history to say the least. The ‘N’ word has been bastardized by young people and it leaves people like that teacher confused on exactly who can use it and what it means.
    We need to start a campaign to banish officially banish the ‘N’ word.

  • HH

    February 3, 2008 at 2:53 pm

    The use of this word in any form, in any context, by any one is ignorant within itself and attempting to validate its proper usages and offer that as an excuse, is an insult to my sensibility. I’m not havin’ it.

  • Twanthen

    February 3, 2008 at 4:02 pm

    The point of the word nigga is that only niggas are suposed to use it. If your not a nigga then it becomes a rascit remark no matter who black you think you are, if your not a niggga dont use the word simple as that.

  • Ammie

    February 3, 2008 at 4:42 pm

    I couldn’t watch the whole thing. It was embarrassing, especially when he pulled out the charts. If this broadcast is true and not a spoof, I think he is some stupid guy who thought he was fitting in with the kids by using that word. He’s too old to be trying to fit in with some kids.

  • Mo

    February 3, 2008 at 5:15 pm

    There is no difference in the words this “teacher” has shown. It is a shame that this man and others do no realize that this word continues to cause pain in the lives and hearts of African Americans. What is really shameful is that we use the word freely and in order to stop the use of this word from others, we must first stop ourselves. By no means does this excuse this man’s ignorance. I agree that he should lose his job, not because of the use of the word but because he was stupid enough to say it.

  • February 3, 2008 at 7:53 pm

    To the person that said that this student must have used the word before or that the student also must listen to music like that…why would you think that? I know many children that don’t use that word nor do they listen to music or watch shows which may use words such as that. Most of it is due to their parents but a lot of them too have made a personal choice not to engage in that type of ignorance. My parents didn’t raise me to be called anything but my name and the last word they would want me to answer to is that one. So, I think that this could have happened exactly as the student said, but there are always two sides to every story —but the kid seems to have a whole classroom of his peers (albeit they may not like the teacher) supporting him.

  • 2bUtfl

    February 3, 2008 at 8:02 pm

    This is a damn shame! Now if that boy would have gone up side his head…they would have tried to throw him under the jail. This is just another example of why “WE” should never use any form of the word. I am the single mother of two handsome young “brothas” age 9 and 5. They already KNOW they better never let me hear them use that term in no shape, form, or fashion! It starts with home training of respect/manners for yourself and our people! Just sad!

  • Shana

    February 3, 2008 at 8:26 pm

    lmaoooooooooooooooo ( DEAD ) I’m sorry after watching the boondocks this is hilarious I’m not mad at the teacher he didnt use the word with malice he was tryingto find a way to connect with his students and he just went about it all wrong… honestly it was a slap in the face for black america you want to get all high and mighty and beat down a white man for repeating exactly what you just said because we naturally assume every white man in the country knows he’s not suppossed to use the word… news flash they don’t if you dont want to be called a niggahhhhh nigger negro or any other plantation name STOP referring to yourself and your peers as one DUH

  • oh shut the hell up

    February 3, 2008 at 10:26 pm

    if you get upset cuz non-blacks using the N word… perhaps black folks should stop addresing each other in that manner. can you blame them for using and calling you the N words when you so acceptable of calling one yourself.

    things that makes you go.. hmmm…

    and please don’t say its ok for blacks to use the N words, cuz it derogative and insulting.

  • Ms.NeeCee

    February 3, 2008 at 11:24 pm

    I am so damn sick of this N-Word crap! First of all it is inappropriate for any race to use it, but some of us use all day everyday. Why do you get offended when another race says it? You say it in a record, but you expect them to buy it and not repeat the words? You say it with a smile on your face and in a joking manner to each other? So for people that are trying to be in the lingo or cool or what have you don’t feel that they are doing anything wrong. We(some) call are selves bitches, niggas, hoes,chickens, ect. I don’t see any of us getting fired, suspended, or put on blast on the news. If you are offended like OSTHU said, get over it if you call yourself one.

  • alani341

    February 3, 2008 at 11:59 pm

    A prime example of how ignorance works both ways. It’s derogatory for anyone to use it, but even more when we try to switch it up and try to make it “hip”. That’s like putting deordorant on top of funk, like that’s really going to make a friggin difference.

  • Mills Nills

    February 4, 2008 at 7:31 am

    I don’t think the teacher had any malice when he was saying it. On the train in NY these young boys use nigga as every other word in their sentences. I often wince when I am on the train and white people are on the train and they listen to young men talking like this to each other. The teacher probably just thought that was the new hip thing to do u can tell that teacher is just a corn ball and just does things for shock value

  • TJ

    February 4, 2008 at 7:45 am

    Being black, I find the word disrespectful. I don’t think that the teacher was saying it to be intentionally disrespectful. When he was just throwing it around, I couldn’t stop laughing becuz I can tell he wasn’t aware of the disrespect behind it. But many blacks are not aware of the disrespect behind it. He was operating on if they say it all the time, I can say it too. But as a teacher he should know better. I wouldn’t fire him I would school him.

  • thatchick

    February 4, 2008 at 8:45 am

    This is clearly the inspiration behind the Bondocks episode!!! “Can you lend a N!99@ a pencil” hahahhahaha LOL. I just can’t, that fool should not have a job, he knows what he said was dead wrong!!

  • mr.house

    February 4, 2008 at 9:10 am

    I know there is the whole issue with the double standard with the n-word, but frankly, I think that everybody other than black people should know not to use the word and that it is degrading, no matter how much black people like to degrade themselves. Yes, its just a word, but we are not ignorant and we know that some words are bad and some are good. Let this one be, maybe you’ll be able to keep your job…

  • ghetto_diva80

    February 4, 2008 at 9:19 am

    This was funny as hell and the teacher is correct they are two different words and have two different meanings. I believe that the student did say that toward the teacher and the fellow students are just sticking up for him to see something happen to the teacher. Now, don’t get me wrong neither should have said it but it was funny. I love the part when the teacher said “Can you lend a nigga a pencil.

  • kisses

    February 4, 2008 at 9:52 am

    I think the teacher was wrong to use the word and his justification to use it still is wrong. better punishment would be suspention for a year.

  • pealove

    February 4, 2008 at 10:15 am

    He really need my foot up his ass!! This guy is a teacher!! He need to be teaching this students the history of the word and why it is so hurtful to black people. Who the hell he think he is Method Man? Fire his ass!! He has no kind of common sense. *smdh*

  • khadijah_34

    February 4, 2008 at 1:11 pm

    Okay..coincidentally I just saw the Boondocks episode based on this story last night. After watching this clip with the real teacher, I couldn’t help thinking the same thing I thought when I saw the cartoon; you KNOW that boy said that $hit! And his classmates had his back because none of them like this dude. They probably couldn’t stand his a$$ from day 1. On the other hand, that doesn’t make it right for the teacher to say it at all.

  • February 4, 2008 at 5:33 pm

    Soooo he was “trained” to repeat the same “insult”? Lovely.

  • Blecht

    February 4, 2008 at 7:43 pm

    1) the mere fact that people are laughing at this shows just how desensitize we are to the n-word, not matter if it ends in an ‘a’, ‘ah’, ‘er’ or has a silent ‘p’, as uncle ruckus so eloquently put it. the word just needs to go away and not be used by anyone. it’s derogatory. period. if that teacher would’ve said a derogatory word towards an asian, hispanic, jewish, or homosexual student it would’ve been the same story….if not worse/more publicized.
    2) am i the only who caught that they used the african-american reporter to give us the run down on the story?! hmmm…….
    3) i will admit, i LOST it when dude put up those two sheets of printing paper with the two variations of the n-word written on the front; as if that was to further validate his side of the story. dead.

  • 1blackqt

    February 6, 2008 at 6:28 pm

    I would never condone this type of behavior from anyone. However, I must agree with those who feel BLACK folks ought to STOP saying it as well. Quit the double standard.

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