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What We Talk About When We Talk about the N-Word

• FJP:   In Django, the N-Word, and How We Talk About Race in 2013, Grantland's Rembert Browne quotes a recent interview between film critic Jake Hamilton and Samuel L. Jackson. Rembert's article is here: http://goo.gl/x28ug
• Hamilton:   There's been a lot of controversy surrounding the usage of, uh, the N-word, in this movie.
• Jackson:   No? Nobody? None ... the word would be?
• Hamilton:   [Whispered.] I don't want to say it.
• Jackson:   Why not?
• Hamilton:   I don't like to say it.
• Jackson:   Have you ever said it?
• Hamilton:   No, sir.
• Jackson:   Try it.
• Hamilton:   I don't like to say it.
• Jackson:   [SAMUEL JACKSON SCREAM] TRY IT.
• Hamilton:   Really? Seriously?
• Jackson:   We're not going to have this conversation unless you say it.
• [Pause.]
• Jackson:   Wanna move on to another question?
• Hamilton:   OK. Awesome.
• Jackson:   [Laughs.]
• Hamilton:   I don't like — I don't want to say it.
• Jackson:   Oh, come on.
• Hamilton:   Will you say it?
• Jackson:   No, fuck no. It's not the same thing.
• Hamilton:   Why do you want me to —
• Jackson:   They're gonna bleep it when you say it on the show. SAY IT.
• Hamilton:   I, I can't say it. If I say it, this question won't make air.
• Jackson:   OK, forget it.
• Hamilton:   I'll skip it. Sorry, guys. It was a good question.
• Jackson:   No it wasn't.
• Hamilton:   It was a great question.
• Jackson:   It wasn't a great question if you can't say the word.