House N-word and real hurt (op-ed)
In 2002 Dr. Michael Eric Dyson debated black conservative, Jesse L. Peterson, about reparations for slavery. Dyson and Peterson didn’t just disagree, they didn’t get along. Afterwards Dyson accused Peterson of “worshipping at the alter of whiteness”.
Then Dyson published an op-ed called: I’m Gonna Get You, Sucka
Dyson called Peterson “a racial parasite”. He wrote, “By claiming that blacks rely too much on race to explain their troubles, the racial parasite gains attention … To make a living.” Dyson ended his attack with “Nigga, please!”
Now, in what context did Dyson use the N-word, was it a term of endearment or was Dyson implying that Peterson was a “house nigga”?
In 2004 Condoleezza Rice was nominated for Secretary of State and a white syndicated cartoonist drew a cartoon of Rice, referring to herself as “Bush’s house nigga.” Project 21, a network of black conservatives, condemned the cartoon and asked the civil rights establishment to join their effort to pressure the syndicate to drop the cartoonist. But the civil rights establishment didn’t assist. (In other words F-that republican-B.)
Dyson didn’t assist either he was busy preparing for his 2005 appearance on C-SPAN’s State of the Black Union Conference. Here Dyson said, “The historical forces of degradation are similar in the global landscape … And you have to understand that NIGGA is a global phenomenon … This is why I use the word with promiscuity. I understand that as a NIGGA in America, there are NIGGAS all over the world, can we connect through our core NIGGADOM to understand the vicious ways in which we have been subverted!”
When Dyson said “core NIGGADOM” the crowd erupted into cheers.
Dyson set up a clear dichotomy between “hardcore niggas” that embrace global victimization and “house niggas” who don’t, or racial parasites worshipping at the alter of whiteness.
Recently, Bill Maher, comedian, and host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher interviewed a senator. The senator was promoting a book, ironically, titled: The Vanishing American Adult, and in a playful exchange the senator invited Maher to come to his home state and help work in the fields. Bill Maher repeated the phrase “the fields” in a way that suggested he never mowed a lawn, and then Maher said, “Senator, I’m a house nigga.” Maher’s audience booed, Maher immediately told the audience it was a joke (because he recognized the joke bombed) and he continued with the interview.
But Maher was accused by the national media, not of making an inappropriate joke, but of using the N-word.
Maher called himself a “house nigga”. He didn’t use it as a racial insult, but that didn’t matter because the chastisement of Maher had nothing to do with offending blacks.
Maher has been out of step with the political left over other issues, especially Islam, for years. Those that wanted to silence Maher over the years knew the “right-wing” would come to Maher’s defense, but in a racial matter Maher wouldn’t receive any support from the right. So the pressure came from former allies he offended on other issues and not his use of the N-word.
Maher was fully aware of this, but he needed someone to tell his black audience, who were hypnotized into offense by the hysteria, that he wasn’t a racist.
So guess who appears on Maher’s next show to smooth things over?
That’s right, the high priest of hardcore niggadom, Michael Eric Dyson.
Maher told Dyson he did a bad thing, Dyson agreed, then Dyson reprimanded Maher, and then (unlike racial parasites) Dyson promoted his book called: Tears That Won’t Stop Falling: A Sermon to White America
Now, Maher is off the hook. He won’t refer to himself as a “house nigga” anymore. But Maher’s use of the term will never be as hurtful as when blacks use the term “house nigga” to demonize other blacks that don’t endorse liberal politics.
And this is no imaginary offense.
For these ostracized blacks the hurt is real because they’re called “house nigga” with promiscuity, and unlike Bill Maher, those using the term aren’t joking.
First published in the New Pittsburgh Courier 6/21/17
Then Dyson published an op-ed called: I’m Gonna Get You, Sucka
Dyson called Peterson “a racial parasite”. He wrote, “By claiming that blacks rely too much on race to explain their troubles, the racial parasite gains attention … To make a living.” Dyson ended his attack with “Nigga, please!”
Now, in what context did Dyson use the N-word, was it a term of endearment or was Dyson implying that Peterson was a “house nigga”?
In 2004 Condoleezza Rice was nominated for Secretary of State and a white syndicated cartoonist drew a cartoon of Rice, referring to herself as “Bush’s house nigga.” Project 21, a network of black conservatives, condemned the cartoon and asked the civil rights establishment to join their effort to pressure the syndicate to drop the cartoonist. But the civil rights establishment didn’t assist. (In other words F-that republican-B.)
Dyson didn’t assist either he was busy preparing for his 2005 appearance on C-SPAN’s State of the Black Union Conference. Here Dyson said, “The historical forces of degradation are similar in the global landscape … And you have to understand that NIGGA is a global phenomenon … This is why I use the word with promiscuity. I understand that as a NIGGA in America, there are NIGGAS all over the world, can we connect through our core NIGGADOM to understand the vicious ways in which we have been subverted!”
When Dyson said “core NIGGADOM” the crowd erupted into cheers.
Dyson set up a clear dichotomy between “hardcore niggas” that embrace global victimization and “house niggas” who don’t, or racial parasites worshipping at the alter of whiteness.
Recently, Bill Maher, comedian, and host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher interviewed a senator. The senator was promoting a book, ironically, titled: The Vanishing American Adult, and in a playful exchange the senator invited Maher to come to his home state and help work in the fields. Bill Maher repeated the phrase “the fields” in a way that suggested he never mowed a lawn, and then Maher said, “Senator, I’m a house nigga.” Maher’s audience booed, Maher immediately told the audience it was a joke (because he recognized the joke bombed) and he continued with the interview.
But Maher was accused by the national media, not of making an inappropriate joke, but of using the N-word.
Maher called himself a “house nigga”. He didn’t use it as a racial insult, but that didn’t matter because the chastisement of Maher had nothing to do with offending blacks.
Maher has been out of step with the political left over other issues, especially Islam, for years. Those that wanted to silence Maher over the years knew the “right-wing” would come to Maher’s defense, but in a racial matter Maher wouldn’t receive any support from the right. So the pressure came from former allies he offended on other issues and not his use of the N-word.
Maher was fully aware of this, but he needed someone to tell his black audience, who were hypnotized into offense by the hysteria, that he wasn’t a racist.
So guess who appears on Maher’s next show to smooth things over?
That’s right, the high priest of hardcore niggadom, Michael Eric Dyson.
Maher told Dyson he did a bad thing, Dyson agreed, then Dyson reprimanded Maher, and then (unlike racial parasites) Dyson promoted his book called: Tears That Won’t Stop Falling: A Sermon to White America
Now, Maher is off the hook. He won’t refer to himself as a “house nigga” anymore. But Maher’s use of the term will never be as hurtful as when blacks use the term “house nigga” to demonize other blacks that don’t endorse liberal politics.
And this is no imaginary offense.
For these ostracized blacks the hurt is real because they’re called “house nigga” with promiscuity, and unlike Bill Maher, those using the term aren’t joking.
First published in the New Pittsburgh Courier 6/21/17
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