*I have seen this topic here coincidentally and some younger folk were discussing this last night. I just got this email this morning via Black News.Com*
Atlanta Attorney Proposes Resolution to Discourage the Use of "N" Word and Mark It Out of the Dictionary on August 1, 2006
--Attorney Roy Miller of Atlanta, Georgia is calling on all persons to mark the "N" word out of their dictionaries on August 1, 2006. Additionally, Attorney Miller is challenging black groups, clubs and organizations to adopt resolutions discouraging the use of the "N" word against a child or to describe a child and to make the resolution a part of their guiding principles. Attorney Miller has been an advocate for this cause for more than a decade. He single-handedly was successful in getting the agreement of Funk and Wagnalls Dictionary to delete the word from its future publications.--
Attorney Roy Miller
Atlanta, GA (BlackNews.com) - When she was 12 years old, Attorney Roy Miller's niece was first confronted with the "N" word. She went to her new dictionary for its meaning. What this innocent Black child saw was not a definition, but a description of profanity that pointed right back at her.
That incident provided the motivation to make Attorney Miller beseech dictionary publishers to delete the "N" word from future publications. In 1994, Attorney Roy Miller became the first and only person to succeed at having the "N" word deleted from a major dictionary. Part of his argument has been that, if we have any respect at all for our ancestors, Black adults should be ashamed to refer to their Black babies and children by that offensive and disparaging term.
The City of Baltimore, Maryland, at the encouragement of Councilman Melvin Stukes, drafted a resolution discouraging the use of the "N" word. Attorney Miller argued for the declaration that was adopted as a non-binding resolution in 2002.
In 2006, Attorney Roy Miller is calling on black groups, clubs and associations to adopt resolutions pledging to acknowledge the "N" word as the ultimate insult against the black race. Furthermore, Attorney Miller is asking that all persons mark out the definition in their personal dictionaries on August 1, 2006 as a show of unity. A sample resolution can be found on Attorney Millers website,
www.attorneyroymiller.com Miller says, "Zero tolerance towards being disrespected must be established in the Black community and it must start with Blacks respecting Black children. How can our babies be children of God and 'N' words at the same time? Does not such reference to the child also refer to the father?"
For further information call 312-371-2716 or e-mail Michele Posey at selfrespect1@bellsouth.net.
CONTACT:
Michele Posey
312-371-2716
SelfRespect1@bellsouth.net
*Lets have pride, honor and loyalty for all past, present and future Black People and add Your comments and feelings as You Like. Evil only survives when good folk sit back and do nothing about it.
Corresponding scripture? 1 Corinthians 15:33 "Be not deceived" evil communications corrupt good manners (habits)".
I never thought I would see the day where black brothers having white girlfriends and the white girl gets introduced or be with a crowd of black people using the "N-Word" or white guys hanging with black folk saying the "N-Word" like people say "Bless You" when sneezing... I could say soo much more here and this is not racist statement by me, this is love for people, culture, environment, heritage, ancestry etc.etc.etc.
I bet any black on black crime whether against men, women or children has the "N-Word" involved somewhere.
Just look at our people, we need to police our own instead of all other cultures having the patent on what we should do as a people or culture. Grown folks saying the word, youth saying the word and they defend it, but the same talk about white folk?
Every step starts with one and this brother can not do it by himself. Not enough people are voicing out or doing something about it until it ironically hits home.
Just look at the state of too many of our black Youth and everyone is affected!
I can say soo much more here.
Coincidentally I heard a white guy use this word last week because it was cool by his black friends.
I corrected him, the old William...
God Bless*
p.s. I hate hate use of this word!
Posted By: WILLIAM W. HEMMANS III
Thursday, July 6th 2006 at 7:17AM
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