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I'd like to think I'm rational thinking, such as surely it comes down to context and relevance. If it was a black reporter would the same people who have complained been out in force to complain and people resigning? I'm not too sure to be fair.
One of my problems is the reporter wasn’t using the word, they were quoting someone else using it. If they were reporting on a trial and this had been said in court, I’m not sure anyone would be questioning it being repeated in a news report.
It’s also clearly not true that the words was banished long ago, given you don’t have to look far to find it used prominently in music. I understand it has a different connotation when used by a black artist compared to a white person, but does place it more into the offensive category than actually banished. There are so many offensive words - racial, anti-Semitic, homophobic, misogynistic... I’m not convinced the word in question is so much worse than some of those others that it deserves special treatment in reporting.
I'm fully aware it's used in music. Artists need to look at themselves. If young people are listening to songs with those words in no wonder some then go on to use them. But that's a whole different story.
I'd like to think I'm rational thinking, such as surely it comes down to context and relevance. If it was a black reporter would the same people who have complained been out in force to complain and people resigning? I'm not too sure to be fair.
One of my problems is the reporter wasn’t using the word, they were quoting someone else using it. If they were reporting on a trial and this had been said in court, I’m not sure anyone would be questioning it being repeated in a news report.
It’s also clearly not true that the words was banished long ago, given you don’t have to look far to find it used prominently in music. I understand it has a different connotation when used by a black artist compared to a white person, but does place it more into the offensive category than actually banished. There are so many offensive words - racial, anti-Semitic, homophobic, misogynistic... I’m not convinced the word in question is so much worse than some of those others that it deserves special treatment in reporting.
I'm fully aware it's used in music. Artists need to look at themselves. If young people are listening to songs with those words in no wonder some then go on to use them. But that's a whole different story.