Yes. Exactly.
I could be wrong but I think the family requested that they use reported speech including the N-word. The editorial decision was to respect the familyās request
I think a policy which would not be flexible enough to accommodate a range of possible contexts where its use would be appropriate would be limiting. This is a good example of when its use is appropriate
I had it in my head that the mum said it. Guess not then.
Can anyone find a link for the original broadcast? Has that been taken down?
I can see the link to a video where the victim is being interviewed. I wish that hadnāt been broadcast as his wounds havenāt healed yet.
Should the BBC have said to the family, āSorry we cannot broadcast thatā? Iām wondering if the family were right to request it being used in a news broadcast as the incident is surely being investigated by the police as a racially motivated attack. Did they want to raise the profile of this episode of racism? Iām not sure what the best reaction from them would be. Do you they want justice or to raise the profile of an issue?
The guardian has a link but they bleeped the n-word
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I havenāt seen the clip but any word should be able to be aired to show the context of it in a situation, especially if it is a crucial part of it.
To me, in my limited knowledge of it, this is how it sounds but yet it still got complaints. Please tell me if iām wrong about how I have read it.
Yeah, of course, but do we know that 100% of the complaints were from PoC? We know that white folk enjoy their Superman complex enough to state disgust on others behalf.
The thing that makes this whole subject awkward is that itās impossible for a white person to argue about the use of the N word even if their view is based on semantics and not racism, because it will be called racism via white privilege regardless.
So itās ok for white people to be offended on behalf of others but not question things?
I think thatās a little backwards.
Iām suggesting that maybe plenty of PoC were not offended because they could see the point/context of its use and plenty of white people are wrongly taking offence before they even think of context just because they know people should not be uttering the word on TV.
Iām not saying I believe itās wrong or right to use it, just there needs to be something clearly laid out so white people can learn and grow.
Like, itās the prerogative of black people to be able to be highly offended by the word as, as you pointed out, itās a very āemotiveā word, but then use it in a totally desensitised way amongst themselves, for affection or comedy. I personally do not see a problem with this, itās none of my business but itās a point of contention for outsiders, they donāt understand it, who does?
It would be interesting to hear peoples views on why itās ok and see if there are rules that we donāt know or whether itās as grey for PoC as it is for everyone who donāt understand. Itās not as if itās the word Michael Fabricant, that is offensive and used very lightly and for comedic value too but outside of the slang for womenās genitals, to which you could easily make a case for itās not really aimed at a specific group of humans. The N word is and is way higher on the scale of offence, rightly so of course.
You can say what you want about me, say I have WP or iām racist but I know, that iām just questioning for the event of the future being clearer and equal for everyone.
Agree, but many canāt understand it. If you are not happy for people to ask then you donāt want things to change.
White people need it writing on a (careful) classroom board, they need teaching, we all do, the whole world, whatever colour needs to talk more without anger getting in the way, even if anger is warranted.
Sorry, should have been clearer, not you personally, the overall āyouā, if that makes sense.
Iām not taking it personally, just I find it hard to get my point across without sounding WP. Or so I think anyway.
I also think that many people, you and me etc donāt fully appreciate how stupid and closed some people are. We have a decent amount of common sense, iād like to think to be able to grasp my point and not let it be an issue but many people just donāt have that common sense. Some people really are skin deep in their thinking
Yes, they have empathy for people they can see and relate to. Most of these people are nice, normal folk, they are people we know, even family but still does not mean that they are not harbouring misguided thoughts on others.
One breath they are sobbing at the thought of someone dying on TV then the next breath they are saying a bomb over the middle east would solve the worlds issues.
Someone was trying to shoot Trump, the shooters been killed.
The president added: "Itās unfortunate that this is the world, but the worldās always been a dangerous place. Itās not something thatās unique.
That may be because you can buy a gun and a loaf of bread in the same shop.
They said an armed manā¦
Itās Washington DC.
Itās not unusual for folks to be armed.
āThe news agency also reported that authorities were looking into whether the individual has a background of mental illnessā.
Which individual, Trump?
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