oh yeah, no, totally wasn't defending Snoop Dogg. nobody needed to hear that -- really unproductive. and it's not like this was news, Sterling's discrimination was well-documented as far back as 2006, so it was that much more unnecessary to fuel the fire.
it's funny though . . . i was thinking last night about how i agree that slurs should stop being used either way, but how do you approach that problem when the slurs have been adopted by their targets in an effort to own their power? (rap and the "n-word," country music and "redneck"). how do you ask these groups to surrender the words? i don't think a ban like James suggested would work in this country, but i don't know what the alternative would be either.