It is remarkable how one word can carry with it so much hate and pain and suffering. Just six letters strung together to form two short syllables. And yet I find it difficult to say it out loud. In Go Tell It on the Mountain James Baldwin's characters only use that word when scorning those they direct it at. Today, this use of the word is still prevalent, however, it has also become associated with many other connotations. While it is impossible for me to ever fully understand the pain and suffering that this word has caused and still causes, I feel strongly that Baldwin would agree that those feelings are in some way muted by the casual way in which the word is now often times used.
In the novel the word comes up often, but usually under similar circumstances. Whether it be Florence cursing Gabriel for his berating of Roy or John remembering how his father sought to stress the title under which he and John both existed, the word consistently turns up at heated points in the......

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Title: The N Word
Approximate Word Count: 598
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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