Wednesday, February 8, 2012
WHAT UP MY NI**AZ
AS I WRITE THIS WE (BAYAN CLASS) ARE TALKING ABOUT THE "N" WORD. IRONICALLY ENOUGH LAST NIGHT WHEN I WAS AT WORK I WAS TRYING TO EDUCATE THREE BLACK TEENAGERS ON THE WORD. I SHOWED THEM THIS VIDEO FROM POET JULIAN CURRY CALLED " NIGGERS, NIGGAS, AND NIGGAZ". I CONFESS THAT I USE THIS WORD AND I DON'T USE IT IN A DEROGATORY WAY, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW WHAT THE ORIGIN AND MEANING OF THE WORD IS. THIS VIDEO WAS KIND OF AN EYE OPENER AND MADE ME THINK ABOUT THE WORD.. ENJOY
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Que onda fernado! I agree with you that the N word is innapropriate. It is also simillar to the word Beaner and i dislike being called that.Educating teens in the misusage of racial terms is ligit man. Props!
ReplyDeleteNice connection (the def poetry link). I've got a find a good time and reason to fold it into my class.
ReplyDeleteTHAT WOULD BE NICE. ITS A GOOD PIECE OF ART/LITERATURE
ReplyDeleteI used the Curry's clip in one of my other classes, Fernando. I'm indebted. Here's the link: http://telaspring2012.blogspot.com/2012/02/slam-poet-critiques-n-word.html The blog includes a link to a site with the transcript of the poem. Please know that your intellectual generosity - sharing the link - helped me spread Curry's and King's message - and to teach rhetoric!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this clip, and it serves as a good example of how the word has lost its meaning through the years. I found it pretty interesting that when he first walked out and greeted everyone with the word, the audience just laughed and hollered, but by the end they were standing up and clapping, supporting his message, it was like he flipped a switch in their heads, and all it took was a 2 minute poem.
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