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I listened to a Damon Wayons routine this morning on Sirius where he was referring to Martin Luther King Jr's wife calling MLK a nigger. The audience roared with laughter every time Wayans said nigger. It was radio so I can't be sure, but I'd bet a good number of people in the audience were black.
Next he started stereotypical jokes about Indians. Everyone remained laughing.
Sure Wayons was going for laughs and Richards was melting down. There is a big difference in the two situations, but if nigger is such an end all bad word, why tolerate anyone using it for entertainment any more than using it to spread hate and bigotry?
If anyone really wants to use the court system to stop racial wrongdoing, go after people who really are violating civil rights rather than a washed up comedian.
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