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Samuel L. Jackson demands interviewer use N-word

3:24 pm January 2, 2013, by Jennifer Brett

Samuel L. Jackson demanded a white interviewer use the N-word during an interview about the movie “Django Unchained.” The awkward interchange is below.

“There’s been a lot of controversy surrounding the usage of the N-word in this movie,” Houston film critic and producer Jake Hamilton begins in the video clip at the 13:56 mark.

“No? Nobody? None?” Jackson responds. “The word would be…?”

“I don’t want to say it,” Hamilton says.

“Why not?” Jackson asks.

“I don’t like to say it,” Hamilton says.

“Have you ever said it?” Jackson asks, picking up the pace.

“No, sir,” says Hamilton, looking more uncomfortable by the second.

“Try it,” Jackson urges.

“I don’t like to say it,” Hamilton pleads.

“TRY IT!” commands Jackson, beginning to sound like his character in “Pulp Fiction.”

“Really? Seriously?” asks Hamilton, now looking off camera, perhaps hoping someone can step in and help.

“We’re not going to have this conversation unless you say it,” Jackson states.

Hamilton pauses.

“You want to move onto another question?” Jackson mercifully offers.

“Awesome,” a relieved Hamilton says. Jackson cracks up.

Here’s the clip below, which we first saw on the Paste web site.

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MoFaux

January 2nd, 2013
3:58 pm

Samuel L. Jackson = awesome.

Mike B.

January 2nd, 2013
4:02 pm

This is a hate crime, and I hope Samuel Jackson is prosecuted to the fullest.

DBCOOPER

January 2nd, 2013
4:03 pm

Samual L Jackson = no class

Get It Right

January 2nd, 2013
4:04 pm

…and if Jake Hamilton had said “The Word”, he would have been branded as a racist bigot and run out of town on a rail.

Tawna

January 2nd, 2013
4:04 pm

The Jackson family… SMDH. Just because they WAS related to the king of pop, they think they can do ANYTHING!

mambo

January 2nd, 2013
4:05 pm

I don’t understand Jake’s reluctance to use “the word”, but I know if I was to spell it out, the ajc would mark it out with asterisks. Like this ******.

HaHaHa

January 2nd, 2013
4:15 pm

Samuel Jackson… What a cool dude! Realize how old Samuel Jackson is. He is pushing 70. You can’t get these old dudes from the Cival Rights era to compromise that often :)

WAR EAGLE

January 2nd, 2013
4:20 pm

why shouldn’t everyone use the word? we’ve gotten too PC. now midgets don’t want to be called what they are. they want to be called Elves! lets call a spade a spade and an N an N!

grachel

January 2nd, 2013
4:21 pm

WORST movie I have every seen…the N word was used one million times….NOT cool…very upsetting…violence is something we need to get away from…even to show that type of behavior on a human being was terrible!!!! money is NOT everything!!!!!!!

In the Dark

January 2nd, 2013
4:34 pm

Please remember the word was used every day, all day by white people speaking, yelling, beating, berating, kicking ,raping, killing, hanging, whipping, hurting and everything else that they did to us. So the word has to be used, if it was not, the movie would have been fake. Believe that.

RAMZAD

January 2nd, 2013
4:35 pm

One of the few American males who have not been confined to wearing panties and talking out the side of his neck.

John Cable

January 2nd, 2013
4:42 pm

Will not see the movie now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

J-J

January 2nd, 2013
4:45 pm

You can say the N word all day long…but let’s be real that is one word that we will never let die

Captain Midnight

January 2nd, 2013
4:49 pm

Jake Hamilton was being completely baited by this old racist. He didn’t bite, and that’s why Sammie starts getting pi$$ed.

Matt the Brave

January 2nd, 2013
5:05 pm

Tawna, Samuel L.’s not related to Michael Jackson. He’s from Chattanooga.

Matt the Brave

January 2nd, 2013
5:06 pm

Also, Sam Jackson is a BAMF.

Emma

January 2nd, 2013
5:25 pm

#factcheck @ grachel the N-word was not used a million times in the movie…it was used 152 times…IJS

Fred ™

January 2nd, 2013
5:26 pm

Really Jennifer? A SEVENTEEN MINUTE FORTY SIX SECOND video? Do you really think anyone who commented had the attention span to actually WATCH the video before they commented? I know that while I had the attention span I didn’t have the TIME.

How am I supposed to comment on something I didn’t see. You couldn’t have had someone edit that down for you to just the relevant part?

Oh and Happy New Year. Hope you have a great year.

Emma

January 2nd, 2013
5:27 pm

Idiot! Samuel Jackson is not related to Michael Jackson…are you kidding me???? Thanks Matt the Brave for the clarification…where do these people come from:

@Matt the Brave = What does BAMF mean?

Fred ™

January 2nd, 2013
5:29 pm

Matt the Brave

January 2nd, 2013
5:05 pm

Tawna, Samuel L.’s not related to Michael Jackson. He’s from Chattanooga.
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Really Matt? You REALLY thought that “Tawna” is that stupid? It never occurred to you that maybe some racist prick wrote that pretending to be “a stupid N-word?” Naw, that would NEVER happen………..

Jake

January 2nd, 2013
5:30 pm

I’m more offended when my Black people use it . . .which they do constantly. Even while growing up I was called a n***** by my own. And the young people of today use it constantly in social media.

Emma

January 2nd, 2013
5:31 pm

@Fred…with a name like Tawna…it’s possible…IJS

team ti

January 2nd, 2013
5:35 pm

WELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL- HERE WE GO SAYS THE JOKER!

woodrow

January 2nd, 2013
5:58 pm

I’m not going to watch this violent stupid racist movie. Not after reading this.

marco

January 2nd, 2013
6:06 pm

You tell ‘em Samuel. Either say a word or don;t, but we are not little children. DOn;t give us this BS like “the N word”, “the F word” etc. Works ok for the little ones, but adults don’t talk that way with each other.

Wes

January 2nd, 2013
6:16 pm

So War Eagle you wouldn’t mind if I used the B-Word or the C-Word to describe you? And since you are so big and bad,try using the N-Word in person and not just on your computer

My2

January 2nd, 2013
6:38 pm

Waahhhh.. violence, violence, bap bap bap…

Where’s the problem? Is it because Tarentino had the gall to show it inflicted upon White people, who SYSTEMATICALLY brutalized Blacks during slavery, on through and up until the 60’s??

SLJ is only putting it into the context of the subject matter of the movie, and there is much to be said about his wanting to lift the veil. That’s “America’s” problem. It refuses to deal with its racial history on an honest, open, and INTELLECTUAL level. This will be its downfall, which has already begun and is in full view today unless it changes.

richard

January 2nd, 2013
7:06 pm

i’m from chattanooga,tenn, same side of town, this guy is a nut. never cared for him before he became famous.lived there before he was there(old school). would not spend a penney to see him.

Brian Smyrna

January 2nd, 2013
7:09 pm

I am amazed at the article and the responses. Jennifer Britt is an idiot. It was clear to me after watching the video that Jackson was messing with the reporter. Was he baiting him a little? Sure. But, that was not him “demanding” he used the word. I was expecting something completely different after reading this article. Such sad commentary.

For these ignorant posters that are saying that Jackson is racist because of this video are just the typical mindless posters that like to take shots at anybody they can’t relate to. For those that are so offended by the use of the N-word grow up. This is a Tarantino film, he is known to push the limits. This also not a documentary on slavery. This is ridiculous.

Jake from state farm

January 2nd, 2013
7:10 pm

I would have said it. It’s JUST a word. They use it daily. But then again, I’m a cracker.

OneFreeMan

January 2nd, 2013
7:18 pm

He has no shame and he’s not the only one. Many “African” Americans enjoy saying the word and having the word said to them and at the same time want to pretend to be “down with the brothers”. Self hating at its worse. Had this guy went a long and said it, every “African” American morning show would have replayed it on the hour every hour.

Sellouts.

Old timer

January 2nd, 2013
7:27 pm

Inappropriate…

NoMoreKim

January 2nd, 2013
7:28 pm

@Fred….With just a little effort you can hold your mouse over the sliding bar and see where Samuel Jackson’s part of the video starts. I have a short attention span and managed to figure it out and here I am commenting!? Amazing isn’t it?

Oh and Happy New Year. Hope you have a great year.

poof!!!

January 2nd, 2013
7:38 pm

The word is a double edged sword. If he would have said it some blacks would be offended. These are some of the same blacks who are constantly using that word at every turn. They say they can say it but act offended when a white person says it. The context that Samuel Jackson wanted the reporter to use the word was alright to me. I just hate hearing black people throwing it around all willy nilly.

Jennifer Brett

January 2nd, 2013
8:04 pm

Everyone: in the interest of full disclosure I want to alert you that I have edited the comment posted by “Jake” above, to remove the entire word he used. I think you can probably figure out what it was. I generally do not edit posts but we did get a request to address it given the word that was used. Editing the comment above allowed his overall point to remain while removing the offensive word.

Jennifer

notaracist

January 2nd, 2013
8:42 pm

Well, I did not watch the video. But, I believe Sam J. wanted the interviewer to say the word simply because it is said in the movie. It was not as if, the interviewer was calling Sam J. an “N”, he was simply trying to get the interviewer to say what is said in the move. A movie that is about slavery, in which everyone knows blacks were referred to Ns during that time. And let us be honest. Some blacks still refer to themselves this way, although they say it means something different. And further being honest, some whites amongst their peers, still refer to blacks in this manner. I however, think the interviewer was smart to not allow himself to be bated by SJ. And personally, I do not care for the word. Regardless of what race I hear using it, it sounds like someone scratching their nails on a chalk board.

BettyBoop

January 2nd, 2013
9:26 pm

HaHaHa, exactly what are “cival” rights?

BettyBoop

January 2nd, 2013
9:31 pm

In my opinion, Samuel Jackson is childish. It was a stupid question, and an ignorant answer.

Rick James

January 2nd, 2013
9:40 pm

It was a lose lose situation for Mr Hamilton and Samuel L. Jackson knew it..At least he was honest enough to say I dont like it instead of “I never ever use that word” Then Samuel would have roasted him.

Rational1

January 2nd, 2013
9:59 pm

I am glad that the interviewer was smart enough not to be baited into this unnecessary act by Mr. Jackson. Similarly, if the interviewer had never had a beer and Samuel attempted to make him drink a beer at the interview, should he have done so? No! That was very childish on Samuel’s part. Most respectful, educated people have an IQ level that easily allows them to find another adjective to utilize in their conversation, in place of the “n” word and if lesser respectful people would do the same, the word would become extinct!

Jake

January 2nd, 2013
10:25 pm

Good catch Jennifer and I owe you an apology . . .as I stated earlier I am offended more by being called that by my own people. Some spell it a bit different but it’s a major disrespect toward our own. The young Blacks of today have no idea the pain the word has caused. No idea at all . . . how can they when some of their own parents have used it when addressing them?

Side note . . . never cared for SLJackson . . .different movies but always the same character.

I saw the movie and I liked it. I am a child of the 60s and that word does not define me.

Jake

January 2nd, 2013
10:27 pm

PS . . .Jennifer . . .I’m a girl.

David D.

January 2nd, 2013
11:19 pm

You mad Sammy?

You stupid thug punk.

David D.

January 2nd, 2013
11:20 pm

Sammy,

Come to Georgia …………. Come on. You will more than the word fool.

David D.

January 2nd, 2013
11:22 pm

I say it Sammy……..all the time.
What chu gonna do about it? cry?

Punk

Matt the Brave

January 2nd, 2013
11:27 pm

Emma, I can’t put the entire saying on here, but it’s Bad-Arse Mutha…

Bloodbike

January 2nd, 2013
11:35 pm

1) I wish the word would die.

2) Great movie, use of the word in the movie was appropriate for the time period.

3) Samuel was wrong as dirt to put the interview on the spot like he did. Not the most professional thing to do.

4) I think the word has lost a great deal of its power over the years. In another 30 years it will not be used to designate a race of people, but an individual more than not. Just saying.

5) It was a great movie, don’t let anyone one keep you from seeing it, judge it yourself.

Jimmy

January 3rd, 2013
12:37 am

Funny, it’s perfectly all right for Samuel or any other black person to use it…

Bloodbike

January 3rd, 2013
3:26 am

The word is hateful and shouldn’t be used in normal conversation. If you are going to use it, I would advice that is on the receiving end actually deserves to be describe as such and 2nd that you are prepared for the response from those who hear you use it. Bad are good, be prepared.

Bloodbike

January 3rd, 2013
3:28 am

“I would advice that whomever is on the receiving end…..”

Fred ™

January 3rd, 2013
4:16 am

NoMoreKim

January 2nd, 2013
7:28 pm

@Fred….With just a little effort you can hold your mouse over the sliding bar and see where Samuel Jackson’s part of the video starts. I have a short attention span and managed to figure it out and here I am commenting!? Amazing isn’t it?
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Wow, it sure is. I didn’t know you could do that with youtube videos. Doh. Thanks.

Now that I have SEEN the clip…….. I thought it was pretty funny. Classic Samuel Jackson. Timid people are always uncomfortable around those of us with the balls to speak our minds and aren’t worried about political correctness. I don’t know why. Personally i think the world would be a better place if folks just spoke up and quit mealy mouthing.

Always Skeptical

January 3rd, 2013
6:31 am

I saw the movie…phenomenal, and I saw the whole interview( before commenting, you should). It wasn’t about Jackson baiting the interviewer, Jackson was merely attempting to get the interviewer to elevate his “craft”. The interviewer could have easily broached race, racism and the use of racial epithets with Tarantino or the Austrian actor who played the bounty hunter, but he left the discussions of race to the black actors. What’s up with that? Mr. Jackson called him out on it. While he spent hours trying to come up with his questions for Tarantino, he took the easy way out with Jackson, who ended up with his own Django moment (see the Walz portion if the interview for clarification). He should have said the word, then maybe he could have had a conversation similar to the one Jackson and Foxx had with DiCaprio during filming…So while he fawned all over Tarantino and missed an opportunity to have a discussion of race and language with the film’s creator, or with a white actor ,he wimped out by leaving that discussion to the African-American cast members…And doing a poor job of it. Jackson was interested in providing a teachable moment and receiving better questions. If you can’t see that, you’re as bad as the interviewer.

Shaft of Gold in a Sea of Darkness

January 3rd, 2013
6:57 am

White people are spineless. We allow all races to denigrate us. We cower when they toy with us, afraid to offend them. And so we are abused for our weakness. And will continue to be so, until we are no longer the majority race, at which point we will be maligned and manhandled and ridiculed and treated like…like…the n word.

guy

January 3rd, 2013
7:01 am

Typical _? I can’t say the word.

Ricky Grooms

January 3rd, 2013
7:11 am

Sambo needs to do some more Krystal commercials like he started out doing.

Fred ™

January 3rd, 2013
7:46 am

Always Skeptical: Awesome post dude. I didn’t watch the whole clip. I watched about 5 minutes of the beginning and then the Sam Jackson stuff.

You nailed it though. Sam tried to get HIM to think and the guy couldn’t do it.

Electric_Pink

January 3rd, 2013
7:55 am

People, Samuel Jackson was joking with the interviewer. He has a reputation for putting people on the spot to create awkward situations, but it’s all in jest. Get over yourselves. Secondly, the n-word was routinely used in many parts of the US in 1858. What, Tarantino should’ve made a film dealing with slavery and not use it? It’s a movie for one’s entertainment, but it should also be realistic for historical accuracy. I agree that in today’s time, there’s no excuse for using that word, for whites or blacks, in the real world. Black people insisting that the word as a term of endearment and in their music is just plain ridiculous, and I’m black.

KBofATL

January 3rd, 2013
8:23 am

Reporters and journalists screw with the people they interview regularly by digging too much, and continuing to push questions onto the person being interviewed, even when it’s obvious the person being interviewed wants to avoid the line of questions. Apparently, when the tables are turned, it’s too unpleasant to stand for the whiners with mics.
This has nothing to do with baiting, race or racism. It’s SLJ turning the tables on a reporter, plain and simple.

Valerie

January 3rd, 2013
8:34 am

@Tawna, I never knew Samuel Jackson was related to Michael Jackson. I do believe that’s a rumor.

Samuel Jackson is speaking what many would like to say. The movie depicted the attitudes and words that were spoken at that time. Sad to say the word is still being used today. Its an ugly word and I for one do not care to use it and have not used it. The rappers continue to use it in song and gets upset when a white person uses it??? Its a double standard!

N Word

January 3rd, 2013
8:43 am

I’ll say it. ……..There, I just said it. Did you hear it?

Hoohaa fan

January 3rd, 2013
8:52 am

Nicca…who givesa fug about this 2bit actor.

Rick Day

January 3rd, 2013
8:54 am

STILL a better love story than “Twilight”.

welikebaseball2

January 3rd, 2013
8:57 am

Firstly, Jennifer Brett, why would you open up commenting for an article centered around use of the “N” word? Maybe it would be okay if you actually monitored & deleted inappropriate comments, but based on the 8th comment from the top, you’re doing no such thing. I get that you thought the interview was funny. Honestly, I did too. It’s just that there’s no way this wouldn’t turn into an opportunity for cowards (angry because they aren’t allowed to use the word openly) to sit behind their keyboards & spew things they wouldn’t have the guts to say in public. So, Ms. Brett, I get that your intent was lighthearted but, after all, this is the AJC website where there’s no such thing as a lighthearted exchange about a racially sensitive topic.

resno2

January 3rd, 2013
9:15 am

Of course it’s a double standard, and turning a blind eye to ‘the word’ is not going to fix anything. And making a big deal out of the fact that it is socially acceptable to black to use it and not whites only adds to the problem. Ignore it, and those that use it. If you don’t like it… don’t use it. duh… And those who feel it necessary to be called ‘African’ Americans are part of the problem. If you’re an American, your an American… period. Categorizing yourself only adds ammunition for feeling slighted.

forthelulz

January 3rd, 2013
9:25 am

@Tawna you do realize Samuel L. Jackson isn’t part of Michael Jackson’s family right? Not everyone with the last name “Jackson” is related to the king of pop…

adamreyn

January 3rd, 2013
9:27 am

When is “cracker” gonna become the “C” word or “redneck” the “R” word or “hick the “H” word? My thinking for all of these streotypes is this… if you don’t want to be stereotyped, don’t act stereotypical.

welikebaseball2

January 3rd, 2013
9:35 am

@reson2: So, do you also believe Asian Americans or Latin Americans should just be called ‘Americans’?

resno2

January 3rd, 2013
9:50 am

welikebaseball2: Yes. They are Americans, are they not?

adamreyn

January 3rd, 2013
10:00 am

oh, I almost forgot….we need to make “White Trash” the “WH” word and “Trailer Trash” the “TT” word

adamreyn

January 3rd, 2013
10:02 am

people are so funny, they want to away with segregation, but demand the right to segregate by denoting themselves as African, Asian, or Latin American. i agree with resno2, to me we’re all just Americans.

adamreyn

January 3rd, 2013
10:07 am

i can see what Mr. Jackson was trying to do and I appreciate it. He was trying to pull the cover off the over-sensitivity in dealing with the root issue. But seriously, until we as a people can have a honest dialogue that there are huge double-standards in how racism is only aggressively gone after if it originates from a white person when there is enough racism from all parties involved that needs to be addressed. One thing, IMHO, that causes resentment is the fact that racism from a white person is pounced on while racism from any other color is treated as if its justified. until we can be real about it, it will never go away.

JG

January 3rd, 2013
10:09 am

We forget why Samuel Jackson was even there….to promote HIS movie. The reporter should have just walked away and left him sitting there. If the media would quit giving celebrities a pass on bad behavior, then they’d lose their forum for promoting their work, then what would they all do? This was just rude behavior, and we all know what he was trying to accomplish, it was just rude and childish self promotion. Certainly the reporter had a job to do and wants the story, but this was not much different than the self-promoting behavior seen on Houswives, Jersey Shore, or the K’s. Also, who cares what the interviewer thinks or how he feels? This was an interview with Jackson and apparently people care what “he” thinks, so why bait the reporter?

baited?... NOPE... ignant!!!

January 3rd, 2013
10:27 am

if the interviewer was so uncomfortable with saying the N-word, then why was he NOT uncomfortable bringing it up? that’s like asking some1 homeless do they pay rent!! but y’all didn’t see that. y’all so lame!!

Sammy

January 3rd, 2013
10:36 am

Is Samuel Jackson on crack again?

welikebaseball2

January 3rd, 2013
10:57 am

@resno2: Fair enough. It’s obvious we just see the issue differently. One man’s “category” is another man’s heritage. And there’s nothing wrong with one acknowledging their own heritage. If someone identifying with & celebrating their heritage/ancestry divides us, then it goes way deeper than what we choose to call ourselves anyway.

welikebaseball2

January 3rd, 2013
11:02 am

@adamreyn: So, because I acknowledge my African roots, or if an Asian acknowledges their Asian roots, it makes us segregationists? I couldn’t disagree more. And for the record, simply calling everyone “American” denies & disregards the very history of how America became America. That’s all. I’m out. Blessings to you guys. I’m all for intelligent exchange & would continue ours if I didn’t have to get to work. It’s some of the other ignorance on here that’s intolerable.

jbfj

January 3rd, 2013
11:13 am

Lost all respect for Jackson years ago after he had a flat out racist conversation on ESPN in a so called chat with another racist, Bill Russell of the Celtics. It was very embarassing to see both guys resort to that but Jackson has started acting like he is better than anyone, including blacks. Jamie Foxx is starting to act the same way now that he has won an Oscar. These atheletes and movie stars seem to forget quickly where they actually came from and how fast it can go away. And it’s not just blacks, but Jackson is all about the money and could care less about his fans. I saw him last year at the new Cobb Center at a local event and he was a total jerk to a few people that wanted to take a picture with him and he was not doing anything or going anywhere, just standing around.

4xtra

January 3rd, 2013
11:16 am

I am black and I love it……..
Lets put it out there….
you idiots need to SHUT YOUR MOUTH
The HELL with political correctness…..you clowns say that word all day EVERYDAY.
Then you have enough nerve to smile in a black persons face even though some of you hate blacks because of the few you see on the news who are out here doing stupid stuff.
**Veiled racism is more DANGEROUS than a someone burning a cross**
Yea….I said it

JS

January 3rd, 2013
11:17 am

saw the movie, it sucked. worst tarantino movie ever. oh and black people use the word too, so quit blaming whitey.

MoFaux

January 3rd, 2013
11:52 am

RE: BAMF. This is a reference to a scene in Pulp Fiction when Mr. Jackson is asking for his wallet back from the diner robbers. “It’s the one the says BMF on it!” I believe the “A” should be missing though. It’s just BMF.

You people need to lighten up. Yes, I said YOU PEOPLE, meaning anyone, white black or purple, who can’t stand ANY word being spoken in such a context. There is a huge difference between using a word in a derogatory manner and using it in a conversation not meant as an insult. Censorship is lame.

gunga din

January 3rd, 2013
12:01 pm

reporter should have used the racial slur and added the required MF in front of it !!!

Always Skeptical

January 3rd, 2013
12:05 pm

@ JS,

There’s a first season Saturday Night Live skit between Chevy Chase and Richard Pryor made just for you…

Drong

January 3rd, 2013
12:33 pm

If i was the interviewer I would of stood up and smacked Samuel upside the head!

DragonKing

January 3rd, 2013
12:35 pm

It is an ugly word that is only used by ugly people.

G. Patton Hughes

January 3rd, 2013
12:42 pm

Okay, I finished watching the video.

All you folks giving Jackson grief for trying to make the interviewer say the “n-word” are totally oblivious to the fact that Jackson was just being himself … which is to be guy in charge.

The whole crew, which included Tarintino and other cast members had been asked really tough questions that put the interviewer at an advantage. He’d done his homework and was throwing those interviewed for a loop as he sought to get past the obvious … which was good to a degree and is obviously his controlling interviewing style.

However, Jackson, to his credit, didn’t want to play that game. When he got thrown the “n-word” question regarding the extensive usage of the epithet, he turned the tables … bang. It was a simple interpersonal power play designed to throw the interviewer off his game. I’m sure from Jackson’s POV, he wondered why he should have to answer the question of why the n-word was used so often in the film if the interviewer couldn’t use it once. He avoided that question rather elegantly in my opinion.

Big C

January 3rd, 2013
12:54 pm

@Drong. And you would have gotten your ass beat!
@Always Skeptical. Amen. My thoughts exactly.
My feelings on it is this. It is historically such a hateful and demeaning word, those who are not Black or have never experienced racism from Whites will never know the feeling that word provokes. I believe Jake is a liar, and the rest of you are liars, if you say you’ve NEVER said that word!. This movie is a historical piece, and in this historical time, the N word was used terribly. In the late 80’s and 90’s, we used it as a term of endearment. Now, since the “Rap” game has gone mainstream, and other races are listening to it, the term, itself has become mainstream again as well. However, you can never take away the hate and pain that word has caused, and I truly wish people would stop using it. I dont’ use it around my children, nor do I allow them to use it. And I cringe, the moment my relatives try to use it around my kids. We have to learn to be respectable to others. If it offends Little People to be called Midgets, then stop doing that! If gay people don’t want to be called other words, respect that. If ugly people don’t want to be called ugly…Well there’s nothing you can do about that.

SamE

January 3rd, 2013
12:58 pm

If there was a way I could make the Nword dissappear from our minds I would do it. NOTHING good comes from ANY racial slurs, in ANY context. All the folks who continue to degrade their cultures by using racial slurs, I can only pray that your eyes will be opened.

Missy

January 3rd, 2013
1:07 pm

Its sad how many didnt watch the video and commented with strong and divisive remarks. Please watch and understand the context of the interview before commenting. Jackson was having fun with the interviewer. He used the moment to turn the tables on him since the interviewer had up to that point pressed the crew with some uncomfortable questions. It was funny. I dont see how adults could watch this clip and feel so strongly, it was prettly light in contrast to the headline of the story.

Chip Shirley Show!

January 3rd, 2013
1:25 pm

What a stupid mouthbreathing bigoted hatemonger Tarantino is. He is an exploiter of hate violence and racism all for his sensationalistic monetary gain…the scum of the earth…
I DIDN’T HEAR JACKSON SAY THE N -WORD EITHER!
———————>DJANGO ‘UN-GOOD’
Once again Tarantino takes on a rough subject concerning violence, race and sex…and once again he makes a joke out of it and pats himself on the back while he mouth breathes a nerdy laugh.

Tarantino is Bevis and Butthead as a ’supposedly’ serious director….GROSS!

The actors and director did a Fine Job on this movie. The PRODUCER was at fault for his treatment of the subject. It was lighthearted and sensationalistic and lacked a true heart for the intense subject at hand. That is Tarantino.
You would NEVER see a cool Jew assassin partying and killing his way through Nazi Germany, like Clint Eastwood and we as a society should not have this crap shoved down our throats by corporate cinema!

This is an intellectual snuff film.
———->http://chipshirleyshow.blogspot.com/

So Many Idiots in One Place

January 3rd, 2013
1:32 pm

FYI The N word refers to ALL RACES, COLORS, ETHNICITY, EDUCATION LEVELS, INCOME LEVELS, ETC. DO YOU READ ME? OVER & OUT IDIOTS!!

Roekest

January 3rd, 2013
1:44 pm

Oh, I use it everyday when I’m driving around Atlanta…

MT

January 3rd, 2013
2:00 pm

It was an attempt by Jackson to intimidate the interviewer, Pure and simple.

MT

January 3rd, 2013
2:12 pm

FYI The N word refers to ALL RACES, COLORS, ETHNICITY, EDUCATION LEVELS, INCOME LEVELS, ETC. DO YOU READ ME? OVER & OUT IDIOTS!!

Wrong, the word is southern slang for Negro. Just as many people in the
south do not say window, they say “go look out the winda”. This crap about the N word applying to all races is political correctness,just like people trying to change history to make it read the way they want it to.The word was never originally intended to be demeaning, it was just slang for negro.Yes over the years it come to be that, because of groups like the KKK and racism. But then again so has Cracker.

MT

January 3rd, 2013
2:17 pm

@Drong. And you would have gotten your ass beat!

Big C

How do you know?
You don’t think Jackson may have ever gotten his ass kicked.
Action movies are one thing, real life is another.

Big C

January 3rd, 2013
3:52 pm

Computer gansters. LOL!!!

Quantavious Argene Mack, Jr. the 3rd

January 3rd, 2013
4:38 pm

Yo yo yo………..martin luther da’ kang!!!!

Atle Stephanopolis

January 4th, 2013
2:36 pm

It was a good article until Samuel started acting like an animal.

I dropped my fried twinkie

January 5th, 2013
1:28 pm

#factcheck @ grachel the N-word was not used a million times in the movie…it was used 152 times…IJS

The movie is 165 minutes long so I guess the Only time the N-word wasn’t used was during the ending credits. Did you really have to say the N-word once a minute?

Peach Buzz

January 7th, 2013
10:39 am

Noodle… ok now I’ve said it.