Obama uses "N" word

[Prismatic 4,789]

He didn't use to the 'n' word in any degrading matter so I don't get why people are getting over excite for this. He used it in the right context. 

[jojuun 4,159]

He used it in an appropriate situation. He's not using it as a slur or "for fun"...
Why is this an issue?

[Melech 9,900]

I don't think that a person in that position should use it publicly. 

[RAMROD 117,175]

He said it to make a point tho.

Well said as usual.

[GagaMyBlood95 9,915]

Shocking news

[Nemo 4,410]

He used it in an appropriate situation. He's not using it as a slur or "for fun"...
Why is this an issue?

Some people are very simple-minded, and can't grasp complex concepts like racism, but -- like a small child -- they can get the concept of "bad words". So, they make a simple formulation: If you use the word "******", you're a racist. If you don't -- it's all good! Most of these people are themselves actually racists, and if they can "catch" someone using a Bad Word, they jump on that, to try and deflect the criticism they really deserve themselves.

[Pablo 8,592]

 ??? the news people cover 

 

they should have been talking about how he was stuttering over every word he was saying 

[Yanko 9,860]

 isn't he allowed to say the n-word I mean, as far as I know the majority of the afro american community uses the n-word in the same vein "white" people use the term "dude"

basically this 

 

[Sister 9,907]

He is held up to a higher standard than most and I find it disappointing that he would use that word to express his views on the whole matter. I never use the word and would have no problem expressing my thoughts on the subject of race and slavery. I am also against the logic that black people can use the word but everyone else cannot. The word is a disgrace and I am disgusted at even hearing it. Won't this also become a footnote in the timeline of events during his Presidency? Kids doing future history reports will note this and carry on this racial nonsense about this word and who is allowed to use it and not. This word and the battle flag / Confederacy flag should be thrown into history and be used only for the understanding and learning of the American past. We just keep opening our past battle scars and do not see how it trips us up at every third step of togetherness.

[TiphEret 1,320]

In a way it's sort of funny because I heard some Danes saying their grandparents use the n word but not knowing it's rude

[Sister 9,907]

Also, just to be facetious, with the way that people act about the word and who can and cannot say it, shouldn't President Obama's half black side be punching out his white side, or trying to get it's side of him fired, just for even saying it? It is so ridiculous. I am sick of it.

[Whispering 18,865]

Also, just to be facetious, with the way that people act about the word and who can and cannot say it, shouldn't President Obama's half black side be punching out his white side, or trying to get it's side of him fired, just for even saying it? It is so ridiculous. I am sick of it.

What are you even talking about? Obama is black. He was never a white man. He may be bi-racial, but because he "looks black", he grew up as a black man in the U.S. That's the way it works in this country. 

 

[Sister 9,907]

What are you even talking about? Obama is black. He was never a white man. He may be bi-racial, but because he "looks black", he grew up as a black man in the U.S. That's the way it works in this country. 

 

key word "facetious"

[Whispering 18,865]

Look at the word in context: 

Obama: "Racism...we are not cured of it. And it's not just a matter of it not being polite to say n***** in public. That's not a measure of whether racism exists or not. It's not just a matter of overt discrimination. Societies don't overnight completely erase everything that happened 200 to 300 years prior." 

[DrewStevens 5,249]

I don't understand what's the deal. Obama is black and he didn't even use it as a noun. In this context I think everyone would have been able to say the word.