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[novapsyche]

ESPN just showed a segment of an interview of a black woman who worked for NASCAR and is now involved in a lawsuit against them for harassment.

I don't care how many disclaimers a station makes about offensive language, but the word "nigger" should not be broadcast over the airwaves. I know it's cable. I don't care. I don't care that the woman is the one who used the word. It doesn't matter. That did not need to be said over the airwaves at 8:30 in the morning on a Friday morning, holiday or not.

What in the hell is going on in my country?

Comments

[supergee.livejournal.com]

As long as they bleep the words George Carlin talked about, they should bleep that. Or maybe even longer.

[davidfcooper.livejournal.com]

HBO doesn't bleep, and if they followed novapsyche's request they would have to cancel or censor Def Comedy Jam. I agree that the N word is inappropriate on ESPN. I think it depends on the context. Should BET ban music videos by African American artists whose lyrics use the N word?

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

HBO is not part of the basic cable package; one must opt into HBO. Also, HBO has a long history with off-color language, so the average HBO viewer is familiar with this and accepts this as a possibility. I do not think this is true of ESPN and its audience.

[entheo.livejournal.com]

knowing your interest in this topic, especially if you do ever make it into a grad research project