I really don't have words to express

[locdlib]

my deep anger at this. I hope I am posting this correctly and in the correct place. Please forgive me if I did it wrong. I'm just done.

http://news.yahoo.com/newspaper-runs-headline-referring-to-president-obama-as-n-word-003206434.html

[williesgirl]

1. I agree, repulsive

[Electric Monk]

2. So if you read past the headline, it's actually a pro-Obama op-ed, but the headline sure got noticed

If the headline wasn't strange and shocking enough, the New York Post reports that the op-ed is actually a pro-Obama piece, in which Collier argues that, "far right voters hate Obama because he is black."

[840high]

4. Yes it's [rp Obama. Headline

still offensive.

[Electric Monk]

5. Yes, of course the headline is offensive, to everybody but right wing Obama haters.

I think that was the point. It got us talking about his op-ed which would have otherwise gone un-noticed, didn't it?

[herding cats]

7. That it did

It appears to be a technique he's used effectively in the past.

I wonder how many people read the headline thinking it supported their ideology and then had an aneurysm when the realized their mistake?

[herding cats]

3. Yet it was a pro President Obama OpEd

Newspaper runs headline referring to President Obama as N-word

A local paper is making national headlines thanks to a questionable word choice in one of its own news headlines.

The West View News, a monthly paper in New York’s West Village with a circulation of around 20,000, ran an op-ed from author James Lincoln Collier titled “N----r in the White House.”

If the headline wasn't strange and shocking enough, the New York Post reports that the op-ed is actually a pro-Obama piece, in which Collier argues that, "far right voters hate Obama because he is black."

The Post included a photo of the article headline in its piece with the offending language blurred out.

The West View News ran an opposing view column below Collier’s piece by African American columnist Alvin Hall titled, "This headline offends me."

"The decision to use this headline feels misguided to me," Hall writes. "I don’t see how its use benefits anyone, but I do feel all too clearly how it deeply offends me."

It’s not the first time Collier, 86, has stoked controversy through his use of the N-word in publication. His 1981 historical novel Jump Ship to Freedom (co-written with his brother) uses the word repeatedly in its text. It was reportedly taken down from the shelves from several libraries over the years.

Your link. http://news.yahoo.com/newspaper-runs-headline-referring-to-president-obama-as-n-word-003206434.html

If your words are powerful enough you don't need a shocking title to make people read your words.

[11 Bravo]

6. Context ... it's really kind of important.

[aikoaiko]

13. Agreed.

Read it through

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

8. This is similar to the New Yorker cover showing the Obamas as radicals....

....or the 2008 cartoon where the door to door campaigner overhears the couple saying "We're voting for the n-----".

You either can comprehend this slap in face within it's context, or be offended by it. No one can tell you which you should be.

[locdlib]

9. Yes, this article certainly garnered people's attention,

and like a previous poster wisely noted, the writer of the article did it to get people to read the article. An article that states what we already know . . . "far right wing voters hate Obama because he is black." Each and every day something is said or done to devalue and disrespect President Obama because he is black. I know that I am preaching to the choir on this site, because the majority of the people who post on here would agree. I have stated time and again that I am a black woman. I have nothing but contempt for people like the author of that article who try to hide their hatred for this president, and black people by using a term that he knows has no positive meaning, but then says, "But I like/support President Obama and black people." I'm just done.

[Gothmog]

10. This is disgusting

I am very upset about this

[mwrguy]

11. That paper should be out of business

The writer and editor should never work in journalism again.

[morningfog]

12. I loved Jump Ship to Freedom in middle school.

The headline is offensive, but effective.

[frazzled]

14. Why are you angry? It's an article about racism.

If you read the article (click on the image), it's about the right-wing voters in Virginia who voted against Cantor, largely, the author claims, because of Brat's emphasis on a photo that showed Cantor standing next to the president. His conclusion (and you can agree with it or not), is that these right-wingers would vote even against a powerful incumbent because their racism trumps all.

Do you disagree that right-wingers are racist? If you do, I can tell you that when I canvassed for the Obama campaign in 2008, mr. frazzled and I were driven off the walkway by a voter who came out and started a tirade about how he would never vote for "that filthy n***er." There were so many N words in that man's hateful diatribe I decided to just look him straight in the face and show him that his hate would not intimidate us. As official campaign representatives, we could not respond ... a look was all I had. He was not the only racist we met that day in a small conservative town in Jackson, Michigan. But he was the most rabid and vocal. By the way, we won Jackson, Michigan.

[locdlib]

16. IF you are seriously asking me that question

here's my answer. I hate that word. I'm not stupid. I know it's an article about racism. I can actually read, just so you know. Many articles dealing with racism have actually been written and read without using that word. The person who did that needs to be fired. Think of it this way, if you are able: If I call you a name that I know that is offensive, but then try to deflect my offensiveness by stating "I'm writing an article/making a point," or whatever bs reason that I could come up with, how would you answer the question, "Why are you angry?"

[xfundy]

15. That's a word too many 'christians' use during sunday dinner

after church to describe the President. Though most would never use it in public.

It got attention, as was its intent.