Follow Up on the N-Word news : Paul from BlogPaul…

Hey all,
    Paul from BlogPaul commented on a recent post at BlogForPeace titled “New York City bans the N-word for better racial understanding!“.  On his own blog, he wrote a post, and it seems like he changed for the better after his Ninth grade.

    He writes that he used to use the word extensively, learnt from his Dad, but then after his Ninth grade, he realized that though the word didn’t mind HIM much, it minded OTHERS much.

    His About page displays -

Who is this blogpaul anyway?  I grew up a poor black child,
ok no I didn’t, we had money!  Seriously, I relocated here to Tampa in
late 2005 from Phoenix.  I pissed away most of my life in the suburbs
of Dallas by trying to be the best person I thought I could ever be,
and I still failed.  I failed because I did not include the Lord in my
plan.

    Yep, he’s an African American himself, and he used to use the N-word. And heres his post -

From a guy that used the word until NINTH grade (not
because I knew any different but it is just the word I used because it
is what I learned from my dad). I think this RULES!!! I personally
don’t mind the word (well obviously because I don’t take offense to it
personally ya know) but then again the girl ‘C’ word isn’t a big deal
to me either but see what kind of trouble that gets you in when you say
it to your girlfriend!!! Hehe

The ‘N’ word can be brutal and I am excited that New York City made this move.

On a lighter note, I have made it a point to never single a person
out by color when talking to my children, and that can be tough for all
of us. If I want Payton to go throw something away in a trash can and a
guy just happens to be standing there, I will always say, “Go throw it
away in that trash can over there by that man”…only in the past six
months has he began to pick up for himself that it might be easier to
explain in a conversation if you use color or gender…or WEIGHT!!!

Payton told me about his new class yesterday. I said, “How is your
class and how are the kids” and he said, “I really like it but there
are three brown boys that are real bad and I just stay away from them”
HAHA

P.S. Several ‘brown’ members of my ninth grade football team helped me with the decision to not use the word again!!!

    So thats nice isnt it :) Now thats the spirit I’ve been hoping the world has. Thats the POSITIVE side of the world I’ve been talking about for a year and a half out here, and I received loads and loads of criticism(uh, I flatter myself. A better term is HATE MAIL from people who kept saying “Are you bonkers?”).

    Heres proof to all my “critics” that a good world exists as well! To my other readers, lets all be like Paul shall we? We have to admit, you and I, we both have very many wrong impressions to correct, bad habits to tame. Lets join hands and make this world a better place to live in!

    And Paul, Cheers dude! Keep it up :) And thanks for being a great human being!

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March 5, 2007 | Filed Under Action Alert, Emotion,Literature,Philosophy, General World 

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3 Responses to “Follow Up on the N-Word news : Paul from BlogPaul…”

  1. Paul on March 5th, 2007

    Does this mean I have to review your site and earn you the 7.50 from pay per spot??

    Wow…that rocks, thanks man, that is too cool…I am now going to link it to MY website with a note to all of my ex-girlfriends!!! :)

  2. To All Of My Ex-Girlfriends at blogpaul 2.0 : tech . tattoos . talk on March 5th, 2007

    […] threw the milk carton at me.  There are nice people out there that like me for who I am.  Here is just […]

  3. Neo Garfield on March 6th, 2007

    Paul,
    What do you mean that “I have to review your site and earn you the 7.50 from pay per spot??” ? I dont get you…

    And anyway, thanks for the trackback :)

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