'Jackie Brown' n-word battle revisited
OPINION - The 1997 Pam Grier vehicle ignited a feud between Tarantino and Spike Lee, who sparred publicly about Tarantino’s promiscuous use of the dreaded 'n-word' in his movies...
A brief history of the n-word
OPINION - Once the n-word -- the epithet in either of its pronunciations -- enters into the public sphere, in any way, it is next to impossible to divorce it from the racialized history from which it originally emerged...
Nas: Gwyneth Paltrow is a real ni**a
theGRIO REPORT - Nas has joined the recent list of celebrities, which includes The-Dream and Russell Simmons, who have come to the defense of actress Gwyneth Paltrow after she tweeted the n-word during a Jay-Z/Kanye West concert...
Is it ever OK for whites to use the n-word?
OPINION - Even if Jay-Z, Kanye, or President Obama were to sign off on a permission slip for all of white America for carte blanche usage of the “n-word,” it would never fail to offend some large portion of black people, when used in the improper context...
Q-Tip responds to Paltrow's 'n-word' tweet
Gwyneth Paltrow's 'n-word' tweet continues to keep people talking, whether it be in her defense or not. Now, hip-hop icon Q-Tip is sounding off on Twitter and he thinks Paltrow should apologize....
The-Dream defends Gwenyth Paltrow's n-word tweet
theGRIO REPORT - Gwyneth Paltrow has been under scrutiny this week for a tweet that some are calling racially insensitive...
