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Now, I know that thousands of bloggers have seized and commented on the Micheal Richards/renewed n-word debate like latter-day cannibalistic late night talk show hosts, but as an astute chronicler of ethnomorphology, I'm here to not opinionate, but report my early (albeit not statistically or scientifically evaluated) findings.
Our friendly neighbours across the border and here in my own province of British Columbia, Canada, exist as a kind of Great White North, devoid of real diversity beyond venturing into Chinatown, going to a diverstity fair at the local university, or looking out your winding going through the fields or skid row. Real encounters with diversity, even in Vancouver, do not largely existed in a non-scripted environment, and if they do it usually ends with police officer arresting someone.
Even so, in the high school/secondary school/grades 9-12, environment hip hop and rap of all colors have become pervasive, and often use the n-word for any number of purposes.
Whereas in the early days of rap, an rapper would have said "sucker MC" to insult one, The Game in his recent single 'Its Okay (One Blood)' to say "You new nig- ain't shit but new nig-" (reduced to "you new rappers ain't shit but new rappers" in the radio edit).
In the aftermath of the Micheal Richards affair and the debate the has ensued, a strong resurgence of the word "Nucka" has come about, indicated by strong anecdotal and interview based preliminary studies of 9-12 graders in the Greater Victoria area. Thanks to the grad students who did all that great work! As you may surmise, 'nucka' is a combination of the n-word and the word sucka ( a sizable minority of white student users identify it as a combo of the n- and f- words). It first appeared in the late 1990's, but since November has been part of a change in the cultural relationship between the suburban white community and the "street" music and black community (not that they really exist in any way resembling their presentation in the 90's golden age of gangsta rap). This is an incredibely interesting ethnomorph that seemingly happened overnight.

In other news, I'm putting Jonah Goldberg on notice for his insentive and simply stupid editorial downplaying Pinochet's reign of terror and glorifying his dubious achievments, meanwhile misrepresenting and manufacturing numbers on the much more mixed-bag rule of Fidel Castro. You have two weeks. Also, the BBC is no longer called out, along with dedicated.thehideout.net for good behaviour, but William Pitt the Elder is on notice. He's had a free ride for too long.
And on the subject of Time Magazine naming "You" (us) the ,uhm, thing (?) of the year for the Internet 2.0 Revolution, I have one word: [explicitive]