Book Looks To Bury The N-Word
A former sitcom star goes into a racist, “N-word”-filled tirade at a comedy club in L.A. An L.A. author is promoting a book critical of the “N-word” and African Americans who use it. In book publishing, it’s called perfect timing. H. Lewis Smith‘s Bury That Sucka seeks to “spark” heated conversation to “bring about real change.”
So what does Smith think about Michael Richards? He writes via e-mail to FishbowlNY:
“Was Michael Richards out of line? Of course! Am I disturbed about it? No!
I am more disturbed about the conduct of those African Americans who themselves use the word and also those African Americans who condone such usage.
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