"New York City symbolically banned use of the word nigger today, the latest step in a campaign to expunge the most vile of racial slurs from hip hop music and television.
The city council unanimously declared a moratorium that carries no penalty but aims to stop youth from casually using the word, considered by most Americans to be the most offensive in the English language.
The New York City measure follows similar resolutions this month by the New York state assembly and state senate. Supporters of the ban are taking their campaign to The Recording Academy, asking it not to nominate musicians for Grammy awards if they use the word in their lyrics.
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Not much chance of blacks taking any notice, I think. Their vocabulary will remain privileged.
