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EBONY AND JET DROPS “N” WORD: African American publisher giants have had enough.
*No longer will Ebony or Jet print the controversial “N” word in their publications. The word has been the center of debate in recent years and has even resulted in a national bestseller entitled with the word. But now enough is enough.
In an exclusive EBONY editorial, Bryan Monroe, vice president and editorial director of Johnson Publishing Co., explains why the publishing company will not be using the six-letter word that symbolizes “centuries of pain, evil and contempt.”
“N-word” has been swung like a clumsy nightstick by Whites for years, trying to demean, dehumanize and destroy the dignity of Black Americans,” Bryan writes. “We have a generation who have been desensitized to – or never were taught – the real origins and impact of such a hateful term. But whether it ends in ‘-er or –ah’ or –a,’ the word – and the pain – is still the same.”
The February issue of EBONY that hit newsstands Monday also includes several guest editorials that offer various opinions on the topic and a brief N-word history showing the evolution of the word. The timeline of the word will show its mild and inoffensive beginning that dates back to Antiquity and to its appearance 215 times in Mark Twain’s 1885 novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” to today’s attempt by some to embrace the term.
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