{"id":7659,"date":"2012-12-01T08:58:51","date_gmt":"2012-12-01T03:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=7659"},"modified":"2012-12-01T08:58:51","modified_gmt":"2012-12-01T03:58:51","slug":"fred-ingram-did-not-say-nigga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2012\/12\/01\/fred-ingram-did-not-say-nigga\/","title":{"rendered":"Fred Ingram did not say “Nigga”…"},"content":{"rendered":"

… because you know that word could have been OK. Not.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Former supervisor apologizes for racial slur<\/a><\/p>\n

Fred Ingram, the owner of Gretna’s Crossroads Restaurant and former member of the Pittsylvania Board of Supervisors, wasn’t happy about the results of the recent presidential election. While walking through his restaurant, he described some Barack Obama supporters as “niggers”. Rightfully so, he got called out on that remark with the local NAACP applying some heat and pressure on him. In the article, you can read that Ingram said this horsecrap remark…<\/p>\n

\u201cI just blurted out the \u2018N-word,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cIt just came right out of nowhere. It\u2019s not part of my vocabulary. I just said it. I really don\u2019t know where it came from.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fred, shut up. The word is clearly in your vocabulary like it is in everybody’s. We’ve all heard that word and we all know it’s a racial slur. I don’t give a damn whether anybody pronounces it “nigger” or “nigga”. It’s pejorative and offensive. I read or hear it almost every day. It’s just as offensive when it’s in a Jay-Z song or said by my neighbors. Nope, blacks don’t get a free pass from me by saying that it’s a term of endearment to members of their own race. It’s still offensive and sets back the campaign to retire that word from modern use. <\/p>\n

I’m proud that the NAACP immediately went after Fred Ingram for using that racial slur. I just wish they’d go after anyone of any race that uses that word in any of its forms.<\/p>\n

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Follow-up #1: You can read Fred Ingram’s apology letter here: Restaurant owner makes public apology<\/a><\/p>\n

Follow-up #2: In the Danville Register & Bee article about this incident<\/a>, it’s quite hilarious how they won’t mention the Star-Tribune by name, calling it “a weekly newspaper in Chatham”. Sparing no effort to educate us on the etymology of the word, I am appreciative of Thomas Motley’s explanation of the word in the article. Anything to fill space…<\/p>\n

Follow-up #3: In the comments on the R&B’s article, Chatham’s Merle Rutledge (the guy who sued a Chatham police officer, the Chatham Police Department, Ken Cuccinelli, Bob McDonnell and the Arizona governor & attorney general for being asked to show ID) posted that he wanted somebody to tell him how to get in contact with the Pittsylvania County NAACP leaders because he wanted to have a “Mandatory Boycott” of Ingram’s restaurant. He quickly deleted his comment when called out on his ridiculous statements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

… because you know that word could have been OK. Not.<\/p>\n

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