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Tonight, a cnn special, "the n word." only six letters, just two syllables, yet lethal. a word so powerful, so controversial we have to warn you that what youll hear and see could offend you. but in order to explore the word and all of the meaning, there are times we actually have to say it. ill say it if its pertinent and my guests can feel free to say it if they are comfortable doing it. lets talk. joining me here in studio is a famed jazz musician. professor at columbia university and a fil...

Community. you see it every day. whatever paula deen said or didnt say or feeling, shes not that important. shes going to be wealthy and happy no matter what happens at the end of the day. the reality is today and tomorrow morning, what the "n" word produced is still happening. its not from the past. and i think thats where we need to put more energy and let paula deen go where she goes. lets look at whats going on. >> i know that tim wise feels the same way. weve spoken about this a lot. tim, y...

>> hey -- >> i have never. >> okay. >> ive been followed by black and white people. >> what about you, levar, have you ever been followed? >> listen, im going to be honest with you, and this is a practice that i engage in every time im stopped by law enforcement. and i taught this to my son who is now 33 as part of my duty as a father to ensure he knows the kind of world in which hes growing up. when i get stopped by the police, i take my hat off, my sunglasses off, i roll down my window, take m...

They would have a sting, too. black is less human in many eyes of people and how she looks and speaks and conducts herself. >> the difference, though, honey boo-boos get a show. she wont. >> its highly unlikely or a show to make us cringe. it is like this. every now and then im walking around in new york and somebody will say, john, i love your work on cnn. and i have to think to myself, wait a minute. they think im don lemon. we dont look that much alike. theres a certain -- not racists but a c...

Of many people. and thats what shes laboring under in terms of how he she speaks as well as how she looks and conducts herself. >> the difference is, though, that the honey boo boos of the world will get a show. she wont. its highly unlikely or it would be a show that would make all of us cringe. its kind of like this. every now and then im walking around in new york and somebody will say, john, i love your work on cnn. and i have to think to myself, wait a minute, they think im don lemon. and w...

>> yes. >> you dont think its a racial comment? >> no. >> you dont think that creepy ass cracker is a racial comment? >> no. >> is there really a difference between witness rachel jeantel? >> the difference is a difference of 47 years. >> reporter: anti-racism activist tim wise. >> to expect a 19-year-old to know the history of a term like cracker as opposed to a 66-year-old knowing the history of an "n" word is a ridiculous comparison. >> reporter: and did martin bring racism into it by using t...

Abolition struggle going back hundreds of years. lets aspire to that rather than making excuses for the history of the region and its racism and people who still seem somewhat trapped in it. >> those are our closing thoughts. tim wise, thank you. alexis and of course howard. we appreciate you guys and well see you real soon. straight ahead in the newsroom for the second time in days police search the home of the new england patriots tight end aaron hernandez walking away from the house with ab...

Colonies when georgia was a colony before the revolution. there were whites in the georgia colony who petitioned king george to end slavery because it was an evil institution. so im less concerned with paula deen than with the ahistorical way in which people have defended her. oh, she is 66. shes from the south. what do you expect? what i expect is that she and other white southerners step up and be instead of that person be bob zellner, be ann braden. be virginia foster. >> or be tim wise. >> w...

Online. howard bragman is in l.a., the vice chairman of reputation.com. in nashville, tennessee my friend tim wise an author and antiracism writer and activist. so lets talk about people supporting her. there have been women outside her restaurant, people in her restaurants, many african-americans, supporting her. and she is being supported by a pastor in her hometown as well. first lets listen to the ladies supporting her outside the restaurant. >> just because you said the word, the "n" word d...

Secret anymore. if you have something this damaging out there, you need to be ahead of it. i agree with howard. this was handled so poorly especially because there is somebody who was wronged here. this woman that has sued paula, she wants her case in the public eye. she knows it is going to do even more damage. this is how she is going to get her money. its news. there is not a secret, paula. this is something that is public record and something that you had to know people were going to find ou...