We Pronounce It 'N-wordSpace'

If your friends are like our friends, you probably received a deluge of emails inviting you to join NiggaSpace, because, well, what we need now more than anything else is more social networking sites. And hey, "You definitely don't have to be black to join! We just want to embrace the black culture that continues to innovate and strive!", reads the greeting on the site's front page. Awesome.

However, not everyone is happy with the site, believe it or not.

"That's insane!" said City Councilman Charles Barron. "People need to understand that you don't take a word meaning lowlife and worst kind of human being and use it like that."

Because it we don't stop people from using the n-word on the internet, young black men will start using the word to refer to each other. We can still stem the tide.

WEB SITE N-WORD OUTRAGE [NYP]
NiggaSpace

Update: We have been informed that Fishbowl had this story first, and moreover, the (uncredited) quotes in the Post article come from Fishbowl's interview with 'Tyrone'. Oh, and judging by the Chappelle's Show reference, the dude is definitely white. Or Asian.

9:50 AM on Mon Oct 30 2006
By suki
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JAH at 09:58 AM on 10/30/06
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I bet you their theme song is the Luther "2LiveCrew" Campbell classic...

"Can a Nigga Get Table Dance"
raincoaster at 10:11 AM on 10/30/06
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Wouldn't it be "N-ovate and strive"?
candiedyams at 10:14 AM on 10/30/06
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at least N-space has RSS feeds...MySpace doesn't have that!
Aatom at 10:33 AM on 10/30/06
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N-Space: 60% fewer sexual predators than MySpace!
ZiggyStardust at 10:47 AM on 10/30/06
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Connectedness Index: 215

TAN to the WHITE courtesy phone, please...
The Real JR at 11:30 AM on 10/30/06
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Connectedness Index: 176

So basically it's cool for me to go around calling my peeps my Kike bitches, right?
Cheap Shot at 11:58 AM on 10/30/06
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Does that mean that the site doesn't want to work?
Carmen Van Kerckhove at 12:17 PM on 10/30/06
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I guess they're gonna go head to head with CrackSpace: http://tinyurl.com/vxulu
Alfonso X. Alfonse at 12:18 PM on 10/30/06
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Well, Cheap Shot, that and spending its days complaining about the Police website harassing it.

I'ma make the Italian "Facebook". "Wopface".
dmac at 12:21 PM on 10/30/06
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When asked if he would ever shut the site down or change the name, Tyrone adamantly said, "No! The only time I would consider it is if it comes to the point where everyone is offended by it."

Well, at least he didn't say "Until News Corp. buys it." Actually, wait, I bet Rupert will snap this puppy up in a week or two.
ChupaCaBrooklyn at 12:46 PM on 10/30/06
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I checked the site and saw nothing about African-Americans and NASA.
visavis at 12:59 PM on 10/30/06
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We just want to embrace the black culture that continues to innovate and strive!

Okay, a white person obviously started this site.
ambitious at 02:02 PM on 10/30/06
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Word, visavis.

But Nigga Know Technology-I think that shit's real. I don't know which is worse.
visavis at 02:06 PM on 10/30/06
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I'd say the former.
Whew, what a relief.
yourfriendandneighbor at 08:06 PM on 10/30/06
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I'm starting MySpics. Who's in?