On the other hand, as a ninja, I know how hurtful it can be to hear someone use an n-word in a derogatory manner. And, I know how hurtful it is to have your particular n-word appropriated in the place of another hurtful n-Word. "Ninja, What?" "Where my ninjas at?" "What up, my ninja?" When will the pain cease?
When these kids realize that real ninjas bring real pain, that's when! Hye-yah!
Forgive me for my crass spin on "Ask a Ninja," but do give thanks to Ruben Bolling for offering some comics commentary on this latest flapdoodle and hoo-hah.
1 comment:
the word nigger, while bad sounding does not make me uncomfortable. it is a word with history to it and that is that. similarly, cracker [white person] should not be edited out ever.
these words help keep their stories in context. removing words since it might 'offend' someone goes a long way to destroying books.
in Mark twain's book, black people were slaves in his day and not treated well [obviously]. referring to a black person as a nigger shows that fact. so removing the word is pointless.
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