Opinion 17 Mar 2007 04:42 am
Way Too Much Time On Their Hands
Apparently some extremely high-level politicians with a lot of power “symbolically” banned the “N word” in New York City.
I’m sorry, but it seems like a tremendous waste of time and energy to me. In the article, one councilman thinks that this ban is the beginning of a movement. They are also urging the Recording Academy not to nominate artists that use the word for Grammy’s…. YEAH RIGHT!!!
They’re never going to convince a group of artists not to nominate fellow artists for using their rights of free speech. Even Elton John performed with Eminem at the Grammy’s when Em was getting flack from the gay community, to show his support for Eminem’s right to free speech .
And beyond that, couldn’t these politicians be doing something better with their time that could actually make a real difference in the lives of young black youth? It seems like a ploy to get some face time in the press and nothing more… it’s certainly not the beginning of a movement.
