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Lena Dunham Breaks Silence On N-Word Controversy

Truth rating: 10

3:54 pm, February 22nd, 2013

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Lena Dunham has responded to the controversy that erupted after comedian Lisa Lampanelli used the N-word when referring to the “Girls” star in a tweet.

Lampanelli tweeted a picture of the pair at last weekend’s Writers Guild Awards, along with the caption, “Me with my n—a @LenaDunham of @HBOGirls – I love this beyotch!”

Among the observers who called out Dunham in the following days was writer Shayla Pierce, who blasted her in various articles and tweeted, “.@LenaDunham has showed her true colors on this whole n-word debacle. Her silence speaks volumes.”

With that, Dunham broke her silence on the N-word.

She tweeted to Pierce, “That’s not a word I would EVER use. Its implications are beyond my comprehension. I was made supremely uncomfortable by it.”

Dunham then explained why she hadn’t said anything about Lampanelli’s caption.

“Perhaps I should have addressed it, but the fact is I’ve learned that twitter debates breed more twitter debates,” she told Pierce. “Don’t like the idea that my silence read to you as tacit approval. It wasn’t.”

Dunham continued, “But 140 characters will never be enough for the kind of dialogue that will actually help us address issues of race and class.”

Referring to Pierce’s article on the N-word, Dunham said, “Beautifully written– & I’m sorry that any of those feelings were evoked for you, especially by a sentence with my name in it.”

Pierce replied, “Thank you so much. And I do <3 you and your work. Thanks for addressing this *hugsies*.”

What do you think of Dunham’s response?

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  • Martina

    WTH? Why is she apologising?!
    Are black people apologising every time they use that?!
    This world is just topsy turvy crazy!

  • Mario is a Putz

    Now she should respond back with 2 words “Fu*k Off”

  • guest

    You are so right.

  • Regina1180

    I don’t think she apologized for the use of the word. I read it as her apologizing for the feelings it stirred up.

  • http://profiles.google.com/gbthrasher Greg Thrasher

    Glad Lena did not reply with Yiddish n-word !!

  • jackalexandria

    maybe when all those shitty artists stop popularising the N word in their music, people will stop using it. Blame Jzee, auto tune brown and Kaki west.

  • Linds

    Am I the only one who would have found it hilarious if Dunham had responded by only saying “nigga please”?

  • Kyle4

    I’m pretty sure it was politically correct white people who were more offended over the usage of the word than black people. There’s a big difference between using the word “nigga” and “nigger” which holds much more power behind it.

  • Martina

    Yes, but her apology clearly indicates that pressure she is under becouse of the criticism.
    Normaly, she would not feel the need to comment on that, to explain or apologise.
    And it was not even her who used the N- word.
    But especially becouse of her silence, she become criticised.
    And she caved!
    I would not!
    If her conscious is clean and clear, she should not apologise for something she did not even do, because she is afraid that certain people may take a stand against her.
    I call that bullying!
    On one hand we have equal rights and freedom of speech but we still accepting fact of right and rightest!
    You should not loose your brain and logic thinking just because you are under constant pressure someone will dislike you.
    She did not apologised because she felt she need to, but because she knew she has to, she was affraid that if she did not, it could create some problems.
    I find that disgusting!
    Not her, but the fact that this is reality.

  • Jayjay

    Honestly if black people do not want white people to use the word, then they need to stop referring to each other as the word. See what I did there? better skirt around using word as a word, utterly ridiculous. I can see the problem if this women had called a black person the word but she was clearly using the word to refer to a white female. Just so stupid, makes me so glad that I live in country where there has actually been some movement to mend fences.

  • http://twitter.com/Nathiest Nathiest

    “I’m pretty sure it was politically correct white people who were more offended over the usage of the word than black people.” THIS! You know its true.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1663484158 Phalen Shearouse

    omg a white woman said the “n word”?!?!? where’s the “outrage” when a black guy refers to another black guy as the “n word”? better yet when he’s calling black women bitches and hoes? plus, if the lady is so outraged, where’s the tweet to Lisa Lampanelli? Who, btw, says it all the time.

  • human being

    oh god here comes some white ppl who are gonna get angry because they can’t use the n word but blacks can… I hate that argument…. hey I’m not black but this is what I think . whites brought black kids women and men on a boat
    sold them and raped some and used them for their own advancement /help whatever. during tht time they called them the n word, so are u guys really sad that u r not able to use the n word again? really?! that’s your big complaint in your life,? your life must be damn near perfect if that’s what your worried about. I don’t think whites shd call blacks the n word and yes it’s fine if blacks want to call each other the n word because that’s a human beings way of dealing with the fact that their ancestry was raped beaten and sold., get over it white ppl, your complaints are very silly and minor.

  • human being

    grow up , why r u sad u can’t use the n word? it’s friggin disgusting to hear this argument…why do u think its ok for whites to use this word? don’t u understand that blacks were brutally beaten and raped by your ancestors and using that word is going to bring back a sad history. learn from the past . if blacks can’t call each other n word then it makes it a word only white slavemasters can use that’s why blacks say it to each other.

  • Monique

    There are more white people who get upset by the use of this word than black people. I don’t like the word so I don’t personally use it, but I don’t care if white people say it. It’s when the use the more derogatory “nigger” that I, and majority of blacks have a problem with because it is used in a hateful, racist way.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002247699259 Matthew Warner

    She should have immediately called a press conference condemning the use of the “N” word, then formed an anti “N” word coalition complete with awareness bracelets (black of course) and a rally. With the Democratic leadership we have in place, I have no doubt that we can finally constitutionally ban the use of the letter “N” and finally solve this “N” word problem!

  • jackalexandria

    lol. thats probably the most stupid comment Ive seen on GC.

  • jackalexandria

    so your saying blacks and whites should have two separate languages? you are a bloody idiot. There is only one english language. Your comment is just as racist as the word itself. Think about it.

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