When taking a look at Kennedy’s book, it is clear to see that the debate over who should be able to use the N-word is a very difficult question to answer. After looking at the many different responses, the N-word should never be used by anyone because it is still strongly associated to hate and prejudice. Kennedy states, “Over the years, N-word has become the best known of the American language’s many racial insults, evolving into the paradigmatic slur. It is the epithet that generates epithets.” In Kennedy’s book, a journalist named Farai Chideya describes the N-word as “the all-American trump card, the nuclear bomb of racial epithets.” These quotes show that the N-word has become a highly offensive word and has been used to abuse and insult …show more content…
But, the N-word is still being used in many forms of entertainment and other online networks. When the use of the N-word is being used so haphazardly, it causes confusion (especially among whites) to know when and where the word is acceptable to use. In Kennedy’s book, eradicationists have come up with an answer to this problem. They seek to drive the N-word out of all categories of entertainment especially when blacks themselves are the ones using the word. This would be the proper course of action because until everyone fully understands when to use the N-word and the history of the N-word, there will be people who will take it the wrong way. If the N-word was driven out of entertainment, then people would not be as accustomed with the word and be so at ease saying the word. In his book, Kennedy provides several examples of the N-word being used in social, work, and sports in order to disparage several famous black figures. In one situation, Hank Aaron was the victim of the N-word-as-insult on a massive scale. During his baseball season, he received many extremely hateful letters (addressed as “Dear N-word) that were truly offensive and some people even threatened to kill