the real world and the "N' word...

growing up mtv's the real world was one of my favorite tv shows. i particularly enjoyed the miami season. i fell off for the past couple of year, however with a little bit of additional time, and a new dvr i have tuned in to the new season in denver. on the first episode i was excited to see that there were going to be two black men which is something almost unheard of on reality shows unless they pertain to sports or endurance. Well of course there is a lil gay white boy, and i was feeling him for a little while. The black guy from Howard had the worst reaction to the topic of homosexuality, and i was disgusted by his entire take on the situation of having a adult homosexual roommate. He even made a statement about how if his frat brothers knew that they had a gay member they would kick them out, "how many punk greeks do we know guys??" but that is a different topic. in last weeks episode the gay white guy gets drunk, the jock black guy from omaha, turns into a stupid thug, and goes into a rage, and the little gay calls him a nigger, it even made me say DAMN! okay with all that has been said over the past three weeks with the "n" word as it is often referred to, i am finally ready to speak on it. honestly i m not as offended by being called a nigger "i am a black boy from the south so i have been called it a FEW times..." as i am being called a faggot or homo by a straight person. That lead to me ask the question as i gay before i am black? i answer i am both.....my personal opinion is that we all have some type of prejudice especially when it comes to race. as young black men and women most of us are raised not to trust white people, we often try to act like we are cool, and can all coexist peacefully. i hate to hear black people talk about oppression, and reparations, yet they still treat the black homosexual community the same way white people have treated us all of our lives, so in many ways i feel like i am several minorities. do i think it is wrong for a white comedian to use the "n" word, and get away with it? hell no it's not right, but at the same time all my black borthas and sistas myself included need to stop using the word all together. we cannot expect others to respect us by not using a word if we still use it sometimes several times in one sentence......and that's just the TEA.....