ok ok   (opinion)

He's right about one thing, I did mis-state the the etymology of the N word. That's what I get for not looking up something that I seem to remember from somewhere.

As much as I could otherwise appreciate the Alanis reference, I'd like to explain to you the intended irony (indicated correctly, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt for now that you just misunderstood me):

1. White people oppress black people (aided and abetted by other black people, nothing is ever black and white, ha ha *groan*), make them slaves, and demean them by calling them the N word
2. as an aside, I think the word has been stripped of any social value and should never be used by anyone, as this guy appears to argue at first glance
3. time passes, slavery is abolished (by a white guy)
4. the word is adopted by black culture in much the same way that the Yankee Doodle jingle and moniker was adopted by the American colonies, except when the N word is used by white people, they become racist somehow, instead of Americans not caring when Brits call them Yanks. (I agree it's not in good taste to use it, but it seems contradictory to say something and then berate someone else for doing as you do)
5. the irony arises (although admittedly based on my incorrect assumption about the etymology of the word) when black people call white people ignorant racists, thus completing the cycle with "reverse discrimination" (which makes me laugh just typing that term, because it's based on an incorrect assumption itself, that discrimination and racism is a one-way street).

I'll continue the debate later, but I've got work to do.