The N Word

Jonathan McCoy: 11-Year-Old Speaks Out Against N-Word

Posted 09.30.2009 | Impact


An 11-year-old boy named Jonathan McCoy is taking his cause across the country. He is campaigning to have the N-word (you know which one) removed from...

Nigga, Please

Hermene Hartman | Posted 09.21.2008 | Style


Hermene Hartman

If there is a black person living in America who has not uttered the word, they should stand tall and receive the NAACP Image Award.

One WASP's take on The N Word

Roderick Spencer | Posted 08.12.2008 | Media


Roderick Spencer

As a white man in a black family, I can say with some authority, the word "n****r" has a lot of different meanings, and context is crucial to understanding why it persists in our language.

The "N" Word on Network Television

Samara O'Shea | Posted 07.04.2008 | Entertainment


Samara O'Shea

Thanks to the First Amendment, there's not a single word in the English language that I should be afraid to say. But I am -- and the more afraid we are to use a word the more control that word has.

Rapper To Title Next Album The N-Word

AP | NEKESA MUMBI MOODY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


To some, it's a hurtful racial epithet. For Nas, it's an album title. The rapper told MTV News that he would indeed be naming his new album after the...