Since when has the N word been allowed on TV?

Bullshit. How is anyone supposed to correctly and accurately reproduce the history of the US civil rights movement (for just one example) without covering the shouts and signs, "Niggers get out".

Nowadays that word has been turned into derogatory. That's a word that's supposed to be banned from TV.

How very suppositious of you. Why do you allege that that word is not supposed to be used in television programs? What about motion pictures, do you allege that it is banned for use in movies, too?

So you think that TV should not be censored? There is something wrong with you.

No, there is something wrong with you. Who gave you the right to control what others see and hear? What qualifies you to make decisions such as that?

Keep your nasty mouth off of me, you vile little weasel.

How about you stop being a bully.

Huh?

The rules for cable TV are different than those for the public airways. The History Channel is not regulated by the FCC so they are not constrained on what they can say.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/03/29/is-there-anything-you-cant-say-on-tv-anymore-its-complicated/?utm_term=.fb1c9cbd7e82

Everyone who matters, the president, the vice president, the Whitehouse chief of staff, head of History Channel and every other channel on same server, your representatives in Congress and the Senate at both federal and state level and António Guterres.

Get writing!

Nowadays?! That word has always been a derogatory weaponized word.
And what do you mean by banned? I'm pretty positive you know very little about government regulatory groups, censorship, and FCC policy.

The History Channel is a cable TV network.


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In a History.com, at face value, the series producers are using the term in its historical context and not for mere shock value. Whether from a story or aesthetic point of view they have succeeded or failed in that endeavor? I can't say because I haven't seen the show in question.

Let's ban Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.

That word has been on antenna TV as well, not just cable. Sometimes educationally, sometimes to portray racists. It's one I have never been able to use for any reason, but it shows up and that's a fact.

Do you want some cheese with your whine?

I suspect mjbruns is disappointed with his reception here.

I figure you might already know, it has been ripped off the shelves and banned in a few school districts. (along with To Kill A Mockingbird and other "offensive" books)

The word was casually used in lots of novels prior to the ascent of the Civil Rights Movement, by Steinbeck, Henry Miller and others.

Roots (TV Mini-Series 1977)

Aired on ABC

Saturday Night Live (SNL):
Comedy skit featuring Richard Pryor and Chevy Chase
in a "Word Association"

Episode was aired on NBC in 1975

There are lots and lots of racist comments and terms that have been used for a long, long time. One of Joseph Conrad's better novels is no longer read at university, because of the title: The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' [í]. I recently stopped reading a collection of short stories by Somerset Maugham because he seemed incapable of referring to the Chinese without referring to them as "chinks."