[url]http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/27/michaelrichards.ap/index.html[/url]

[QUOTE]LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Black leaders on Monday challenged the entertainment industry, including rappers, to stop use of the racial slur that Michael Richards uttered in his tirade.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson and others said they will meet with TV networks, film companies and musicians to discuss the "n-word."

"We want to give our ancestors a present," Jackson said at a news conference. "Dignity over degradation."

Jackson also asked the public not to buy a DVD box set of the seventh season of the TV show "Seinfeld" that was released last week.

Richards, who played the wacky neighbor Kramer on "Seinfeld," triggered outrage with a November 17 racial rant against two black men when he was heckled during a stand-up comedy routine at the Laugh Factory nightclub in West Hollywood. A patron recorded the outburst with a video camera phone.

Richards has made several apologies, including one Sunday on Jackson's syndicated radio program, in which he has said he is not a racist and was motivated by anger. (Watch Richards on the radio show -- 2:45 )

At the press conference, comedian Paul Mooney said he has used the "n-word" numerous times during stand-up performances but will no longer do so after watching Richards' rant.

"He's my Dr. Phil," the black comedian said. "He's cured me." (Watch Mooney say why he's done with the word -- 6:31 )

Asked about free-speech issues, Jackson said the word is "unprotected."

U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, charged that only situations such as the Richards incident turn mainstream media attention to issues involving the black community.

"This is not simply about whether or not the black community forgives or forgets, this is about understanding that this is pervasive, that this happens in all of our institutions, one way or the other," Waters said.[/QUOTE]

ok while I agree the word would be nice to get rid of there are a few things I have a problem with who is saying this. You need better leaders than Jessie Jackson, who cheated on his wife and covered it up by paying off his mistress to keep their daughter a secret yet still has the gall today to talk about the sanctity of marriage, and Maxine Waters, One of the most corrupt and racist (blames white people for almost everything bad with the black community) people in government today. Why in the hell would you want people like this holding a conference on something as important as this? Granted nothing will happen, rappers will still continue to use the word in their song, influencing the ignorant masses who listen to them to use it.

[QUOTE]Asked about free-speech issues, Jackson said the word is "unprotected"[/QUOTE]

Ahh I see your a ****ing lawyer now Jessie. Sadly to say it is protected, like it or not. While I think the word should not be used in any context I cannot force people to not use it. It is protected under the first amendment, just like accusing white people of blowing up levies during Katrina to kill all the black people is protected.