Riley Cooper's N-Word Controversy

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(The Root) โ€” The n-word just can't stay out of the news lately.

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Earlier last month, Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Riley Cooper was caught fighting outside a Kenny Chesney concert. On Wednesday, video surfaced of Cooper inside the same event, huffing and puffing inside, threatening to "fight every nโ€”ger" there.

For many, this raised the obvious question: How many black people are really going to Kenny Chesney concerts?

Cooper apologized for using the slur in a series of three tweets.

https://twitter.com/RileyCooper_14/statuses/362672311092002816
https://twitter.com/RileyCooper_14/statuses/362672504944336896
https://twitter.com/RileyCooper_14/statuses/362672589581193217

But it was too late. Twitter had already gotten hold of the video and was on its way to ripping into the player with the hashtag #RileyCooperWillFight. It's easy to threaten to beat up a bunch of black people when none are around, Cooper. Why not threaten to fight every lion at the North Pole while you're at it?

https://twitter.com/NsisongLBF/status/362676723508187137
https://twitter.com/fivefifths/status/362672027003404288
https://twitter.com/brokeymcpoverty/status/362672910533529600
https://twitter.com/desusnice/status/362677374476763137
https://twitter.com/JamilahLemieux/status/362678494016184320
https://twitter.com/StephBMore/status/362672607503458304
https://twitter.com/ethiopianboy/status/362671325325705216

Tracy Clayton is a writer, humorist and blogger from Louisville, Ky.

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