N The N-Word T-Shirt? / Stereohyped

N The N-Word T-Shirt?

The ACLU has thrown its weight behind an eight-year-old Long Island girl who came to school with an N-word-protesting shirt and was forced to change. The girl wore the shirt, which said "N the N-Word. It's time!" because her mom liked the message and thought that it looked nice on her. School officials said that whether the message was positive or not, a white girl wearing a shirt with anything involving "the n-word" on it at a predominately non-white elementary school was unnecessarily inflammatory. I would offer my opinion on this if I knew what the hell "N the N-Word" is supposed to mean. No to the n-word? Nix the n-word? Never the n-word? [ND]

Jun 27, 2008 · posted by Lauren Williams, Stereohyped · Link · 7 Responses

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Tagged: ACLU, The N Word

Comments (7)

No. 1 · daria from Gorgeous Black Women

I was thinking END the N-Word.

Posted: Jun 27, 2008 at 4:31 pm

No. 2 · *M*

She want to end the n-word.
Am I missing something here?

Posted: Jun 27, 2008 at 5:19 pm

No. 3 · daria from Gorgeous Black Women

Apparently "n-word" is as inflammatory as "n—er/a"

Or maybe the people there don't want to end the N word.

Posted: Jun 27, 2008 at 6:24 pm

No. 4 · J

Now, why would that mother set up her 8 year old child like that? Ugh @ her. She should know by now that that shirt would start a great, big, giant brouhaha that that child is not equipped to handle. Sounds to me like the *mom* needed some attention. SMH

Posted: Jun 28, 2008 at 1:21 pm

No. 5 · imsotired

oh oh….i knew this would happen….blame NAS….

Posted: Jun 29, 2008 at 6:39 pm

No. 6 · Chic Noir

@J, that mom was begging someone to beat that child down.

Posted: Jun 30, 2008 at 5:51 pm

No. 7 · Josh

This reminds me of when I got sent home from high school (fittingly) for wearing a t-shirt that said "Fuck Censorship."

Posted: Jul 2, 2008 at 3:52 pm

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