Jesse Jackson Begs Celebs to Nix N-Word
A day after having sullied
Seinfeld vet
Michael Richards on his syndicated radio program, the
Rev. Jesse Jackson and other African-American leaders called on the entertainment industry - rappers included - to cease using the racial slur repeatedly uttered during Richards' on-stage tirade. "We want to give our ancestors a present: dignity over degradation," Jackson said at a Monday news conference, contending that the N-word is "unprotected" by free-speech issues. (The N, however,
is, so keep on with your sapphic selves, Ashley and Spencer!)
