"The use of fingernail clippers is strictly prohibited from this day forward!"

this premise could be a goldmine of tasteless snark...

If his history is any indication, Roker may very well have quite a surprise in store for that poor doctor.

Can we just shut down NASA and the Olympics both? Maybe invest that money into making the SEC Network 3-D? Or 4-D! Yeah, 4-D!

that's why I roll my eyes at the phrase "the black community"

sometimes I think if Jerry Sandusky had called one of the kids he raped a "nigger" the focus of Gawker (and a lot of the commenters) would be that he was a scumbag because he was a RACIST and not, you know...the other stuff

I don't think race was the primary object in all this. I think it was more about bullying somebody they saw as weak. If Martin had red hair they would bully him about that, if he stuttered it would be that, he just happened to be black so that's what RI ran with. I don't believe there was any motivation or thought to…

Can we still say "wigger" or does it have to be "wigga"? This is so confusing.

I think it's the polar opposite of a "Get Out of Jail Free" card.

Was this written by a NFL player?

Ok, I'm white and rural but here's my take on that. It's use by blacks is "taking control of it" by saying "YOU can't control me with that word anymore, I control this word now".

Actually, I think he DID know his audience. He wasn't saying that to Martin to fit in and joke with him, he was doing it while bullying him. THAT is what this story has always been about, right? We've all gotten sidetracked on the racial aspect.

This is all because of the rape culture in the Dolphins locker room.

Well, it didn't HAVE TO be written. It's not like it's going to change any lives or win any awards.

And going back to the initial crux of this story, before all this "nigger/honorary nigga" talk started, this was about regular (not racial) harassment, right? Do we even know that the racial component was the main reason for Martin leaving the team? I know that makes it the headline grabbing story, but there was…

Richie Incognito does sound like a bad remake of Karma Chameleon now that you mention it.

(seriously though, Sun Chips are pretty good)

Calm down, treehugger. I'm not THAT white. I'm from the South.

Everybody wants their pound of flesh, and then a second pound of flesh, just to prove how UNracist they are so they can be proud of themselves and cover up some underlying insecurities.

Bravo.