(The N-Word) from a white man’s perspective

“The N-Word is the carrier of a strange disease. It is a disease that those who would benefit most from its eradication seek desperately to maintain. After all, if the scourge of racism were ever allowed to fade from our land, where would all the people with jobs and investments in the continuance of racism go? How would they live? How would their mortgages be paid and how would their car, boat and second-home payments be met?”

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I was brought up in Northeast Texas, where (The N-Word) was an every-day noun, pronoun and adjective. Except as a quote, I have not used the word in conversation since enlisting in the Army at age 18 in 1964. (The N-Word) was demeaning, and I do not degrade any entire group of people.

But that was then. As Mr. Vanderleun said, though, as a white man I am forever forbidden from saying (The N-Word), lest my Permanent Record have a new entry. As I said, I do not use the word, as I find it demeaning and degrading. Others are allowed to use the word, indeed have become wealthy from saying (The N-Word) over and over and over.

One of these days the space ship will arrive and a voice will say, “Hey, Bob. Ready to be transferred up?”