http://www.ktvotv3.com/Global/story.asp?S=6763572&nav=1LFs
DETROIT (AP) - The NAACP hopes it has put to rest the use of a long-standing racial slur.
The group is holding a symbolic funeral for the "n-word" in a ceremony at its annual convention in Detroit. Delegates from across the country gathered for a march and rally this morning, which featured a pine box adorned with a bouquet of fake black roses.
The issue of racially insensitive remarks heated up in recent months after talk show host Don Imus' derogatory on-air comments about members of the Rutgers University women's basketball team and a tirade by actor Michael Richards at a Los Angeles comedy club.
NAACP chairman Julian Bond says while the group should be happy at the public outcry over the incidents, black people need to hold themselves to the same standard.
**** it, you guys were right, lets get rid of affirmative action. If this is what organizations dedicated to advancing the interests of black people are spending their time and money on, there's really no need anymore.
On a side note, how would everyone feel about bringing back "Jigaboo" as a racial epithet? It's really a much better word, I honestly wonder how it ever fell out of favor with racists.