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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
So the word is that things got a little crazy on "The View" when there was a discussion of a hunting camp with a rock with words Nig***Heads at the entrance of the camp. First why wasn't this reported earlier. Next this topic jumped into another topic where Whoopi Goldberg went to say that this word needs to be addressed and not sugarcoated. Then Ms. Barbra Walters reported that the word was said on the rock and that threw Sherri Shepherded off.
“I don’t know if it’s a semantics thing, but it’s something that goes through my body,” Shepherd declared.
“Is it because I’m white?” asked a surprised Walters, and Shepherd said yes. “It’s something about hearing you say it,” she said.
“I don’t like it when you use the word…when you say it it’s a different connotation.”
Goldberg returned to the broader issue of using the word, but Walters turned back to address Shepherd. “If I’m reporting on this you mean I can’t use the word?” she inquired. “You can do anything you want,” Shepherd shot back. “You’re Barbara Walters!” “I’m sorry, that has nothing to do with it, Sherri,” Walters responded.“When you say the word, I don’t like it,” said Shepherd. “When white people say it, it brings up feelings in me.”
Goldberg chimed in that she didn’t care if Walters used the word because she was relaying information. But Walters was still taken aback by Shepherd’s candid comments.
Pausing, Walters responded, “We all should care about the same things and the fact that I don’t say something exactly the way Whoopi does..”
pherd apparently tried to set Walters straight.
“You can’t take away the way it makes me feel, Barbara,” Shepherd said. “But I never knew you felt this way and I find it just amazing,” Walters answered, obviously floored.ABC will undoubtedly receive a flood of emails on this one."(http://www.eurweb.com/2011/10/fireworks-erupt-over-the-%e2%80%98n%e2%80%99-word-on-the-view/)
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