Kramer's outburst

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Kramer is now only more awesome.

I don't blame the guy that much. He probably just got pushed over that edge. You hear everyone saying nigger so much today from black people calling each other nigger. Example

"What-up mah nigga"

To all that rap/R&B music nigger this and nigga that.

Due to how often it is used I don't really see the big deal. The first comment...maybe but not so much the rest.

Peace out mah niggas XD

Ooh, this is a tough one.

Believe it or not, a lot of black people believe there to be a HUGE difference between 'Nigger' and 'Nigga', or the much more archaic and funny 'Nigra.'

Also, it really does depend on context. As a black person, I personally don't use the N-word, but whether or not I'm offended really does depend on how it's said. Would it bother me more if a white person said it? Again, it depends on context.

Richards' context could be found in the words preceding his calling them niggers.

"...Fifty years ago we'd have you upside down with a -- -- fork up your -- -- ."

That was racist, so you can assume that his calling them Niggers would be in a racist context and not in a shuck and jive kind of way.

Though, my mother used to say that you 'ain't gotta be black to be a nigger.' Think about it. White people back in the Civil War days believed a 'nigger' to be a slovenly, ignorant sub-human. Therefore, one could say that a 'nigger' could be any slovenly, ignorant sub-human. It's a state of being, an attitude, a way of carrying yourself.

So in using that reasoning, it was Michael Richards that was a nigger...or at least, acted like one.

Edit: Instead of Double-posting, I'll just add my second comment to this one.

And its not like black people get in trouble for being racist against whites.

Yeah, most black comedians do it in good fun. You don't see them seriously going on diatribes, railing against white people that may heckle their stand-up act.

Though I see where you were trying to go with that comment. Yes, there is a huge double-standard. It's socially taboo for white people to poke fun at Minorities, but acceptable for Minorities to do so against white. But it's hard for America to get over hundreds of years of racial tension. That's one of the Great American <img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"> stains that in a way keeps us from being the best place to be.