N-Word Isn't Funny, Regardless of Racism

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I don't understand pop culture, and fortunately, it isn't necessary that I do. Yet, it is mysterious and funny. Take the Michael Richards episode, for example.

First off, let me say that Richards has a problem that goes beyond his use of the n-word during a stand-up routine at the Laugh Factory in West Hollywood. A comedian of his experience should have been able to handle hecklers without an explosive loss of temper. Hecklers go with the business. Put-downs for hecklers are even listed in popular joke books. I don't think he got angry at the hecklers; I think he was already boiling inside, and they just opened the valve.

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N-Word Isn't Funny, Regardless of Racism

Be that as it may, I thought at least one good thing would come from it when a group of black leaders called for the elimination of the use of t...

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