Abolish the "N" Word Newsletter

Abolish the "N" Word Newsletter

Hello Everyone!First, we are still here. We have been lecturing, doing school presentations, a youth conference and we recently tied the knot and we are expecting a new member of the ATNW family! So it’s been a challenge to pen a newsletter but in light of the recent events we had to reach out to our family and let you know we are still here.

Paul Mooney stops using the N word!Bigger than Michael Richards’s racist rant is Paul Mooney stating he will no longer use the N word! Paul Mooney called me misguided and naïve on CNN after we were interviewed on CNN about our campaign. So I was really overjoyed to see him back on CNN explaining how he was married to the N word and is now divorcing himself from the word. Please click on the link below or paste into your browser.

http://www.cnn.com/video/partners/clickability/index.html?url=/video/showbiz/2006/11/27/paul.mooney.intv.cnn

Political leaders appeal to media to stop using the N wordAlso in the news Jesse Jackson, Maxine Waters and the NAACP are taking a stand and calling for the media, rap artist and the entertainment industry to stop using the N word. We are very excited here at ATNW. Check out these articles:

http://www.latimes.com/news/la-112706richards,1,4378005.storyhttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-me-richards28nov28,1,614331.story

I do have a question as why it took so long for the notables to step up. There have been several sites and campaigns against the use of N word and individuals launching their own movements against the use of the word. But Michael Richards simply being him self and getting caught on tape was the biggest motivation for the people with power to finally take a stand?

See, we at ATNW have very low expectations of racist when it comes to using the N word, so we don’t concentrate on them. The N word is a white racist word, it belongs to them but somehow we have convinced ourselves they shouldn’t use it but we can. Something is wrong with that type of thinking. We should be more upset when our own people fully knowledgeable of our plight uses a gutter word to describe ourselves.

Our mission is geared towards the African American community and people of African decent to stop using the N word in everyday language as a way to honor and respect the sacrifices of their ancestors and elders. Nevertheless, we are excited about our leaders taking a stand because our campaign has not been enough. We support our Political leaders as they join the fight to abolish the use of the N word and if it wasn’t for Michael Richards…well let’s just thank him for being himself.

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