Some people agree upon the usage of the n-word in certain contexts, while others believe it should be off-limits in the American language; I personally lean towards the latter. Although it can be argued that "we've taken the power out of the word" (Oprah/Jay-Z), it's not possible to erase the history of the "self delimiting language a slave woman once used"(Pitts). Even Oprah Winfrey, host of the infamous 'Oprah Show', cannot succumb to societies' pressure on revitalizing the n-word as she "know[s] the history"(Oprah/Anderson) of the "grotesque and dehumanizing" (Pitts) langauge that was "the last word they heard" (Oprah/And.) as her ancestors "were being strapped onto a tree" (Oprah/And.) This shows that even if the n-word can be redefined
