One of the saddest scenes in San Quentin is a group of young black inmates laughing and calling each other by the “N” word.
The history of the “N” word alone is enough reason why no black person should ever want to use it. Some people claim its use will desensitize the word, as though it is a term of endearment.
Racists created this word and used it to put down an entire race. In the late 1960s and early ‘70s, there were a few years of black pride.
Black pride diminished greatly during the ‘80s, about the time of governments infiltrating black revolutionary groups and the killing and imprisonment of their leaders.
Now black communities are flooded with “crack” and blacks are killing each other over dope and colors. Some entertainers (rappers, comics) popularize the “N” word, to everyone’s detriment.
Racists smile and love it when they see or hear blacks calling each other by the “N” word. They don’t have to say it behind our backs any more; we do it for them.
We are not just a lost generation with no self-pride or dignity. It is time to re-establish pride in the black race as well as in the black male as a whole. America now has a black president, for the first time in history. It’s time we get our black pride back.
