Burying the "N" Word..

I overheard a conversation yesterday that disturbed me to my soul. Two woman of the European persuasion, were discussing the NAACP’s symbolic burial of the “N” word. Basically they felt that there were other words that were considered derogatory to other races , but we were wasting time focusing on this one word. They compared it to the Howard Stern show, one said, “I don’t like Howard Stern but he is still on the air, I just don’t listen to him.” Well, if it was just that simple as turning a deaf ear when you hear a word that has caused deep wounds in our society. As a young black woman, I am very happy that the word was buried, it is something I hope is not resurrected. How hard will that be determines on how we as a people view ourselves… Have we developed the respect for one another that is required. Time will tell.