Ridiculous…… why not spend your time figuring out how to fix the traffic problems, or the lack of water, or a million other things……..

BY CHARLES RABIN

Miami-Dade Commissioner Barbara Jordan has proposed a symbolic resolution.In a move that may prompt debate over freedom of speech, Miami-Dade County Commissioner Barbara Jordan is trying to do away with the n-word.

She’s proposing a symbolic resolution that would create a moratorium on the word throughout the county — though it has no consequences for anyone who uses the slur.

Jordan said her resolution, which asks the county’s 35 municipalities to adopt similar measures, is not a response to recent digressions from radio host Don Imus and comedian Michael Richards, or an attack on the hip-hop music industry, where use of the term is somewhat common.

Instead, she said, it’s aimed at a word that is simply unacceptable in any circumstance.

”Every time I hear the word, I cringe. Maybe I’m just old school, but it bothers me,” said Jordan, one of four blacks on the 13-member County Commission.

On Monday, the local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union called Jordan’s proposal a waste of time. And a friend of Jordan’s — one who had a famous run-in with the law over his own choice of words — questioned whether her moratorium was appropriate.

Rapper Luther Campbell of the group Two Live Crew, who was at the center of a famous obscenity case, said he applauded Jordan’s effort, but he warned her to be careful.

”I don’t think government has a role in free speech,” said Campbell, who said he punishes his kids on the Liberty City Optimists club football team when they use the word.

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