[Serious] Singing the N-word

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Should you also self-censor when doing a public reading of, say, Huckleberry Finn or To Kill A Mockingbird?  The argument can be made that by saying (or singing) the words as the artist wrote them is a nod to artistic integrity.  I don't consider myself qualified to re-write Twain or Drake or Snoop Dog.

It's all situational and a matter of tact. It's about knowing what and when to say things (if at all). Will you die if you don't sing the N-word out loud in front of black people?

No, but I also won't die if I don't have cream on my oatmeal.  It isn't about what's fatal and what isn't, it's about claiming ownership of a word.

To be clear, I don't approve of the n-word, due to its history and connotations (as has been mentioned before).  I think it's a vile, despicable word.  I can completely understand why people shouldn't use it.  I don't understand why people shouldn't say it when they're quoting someone else.  Drake uses the word in a song and no one bats an eye.  But if I say that word while singing along to the song, I'm a racist. It isn't as if I'm using that word about someone or directed that word to someone.

Boru

Heh.  I just flashed on last year's 'Baby, It's Cold Outside' debate.