Video: President, Please! N-Word Substitute Catching On

A non-profit organization dedicated to the abolition of “the N-Word” and its replacement with the word "President" may actually be making some linguistic headway in the wake of Barack Obama's victory. According to a borderline-Comedy Central segment on "NY1," some black residents in Harlem have been substituting President for the N-Word in everyday slang. (A NY1 rep confirms, "That was not at anytime a news story on NY1, nor is the person in the piece a NY1 employee.")

Nevertheless, it's still pretty amusing, and you've got to feel for the struggling hip hop artists if this thing catches on. As one young rapper puts it, "It's a struggle out here, man. Nothing rhymes with President, know what I mean? It's multi-syllabic."

And as a bonus, click through for a funny Pulp Fiction clip that's been given the Presidential treatment.

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Pretty sure this is a hoax, and that never aired on NY1. There's nothing about the story nor the name "Ralph Meyer" on NY1.com.

It's fake. There's no Ralph Meyer and the font used for the time is too thin.

You've got to love it! It has the low-rent production values and sing-song whiny narration track of the typical NY-1 piece. On first glance, the visuals almost worked.
Great parody!

That is funny. The voices in particular just nail it - from the schoolteacher to the reporter to the presidents on the block.

That is some funny stuff.

As an aside, I once linked that (original) youtube clip in the comments here and it was deleted.

GIVE THE N-WORD BACK TO THE RACISTS, WHERE IT BELONGS.

The giveaway to me for the hoax is the mic flag. If they just did a little research. A real mic flag is has the NY1 logo on two sides with the NY1 Noticias on two sides, both in raised plastic.

is there another word for fucking stupid?

I know that was real because how else would they have brought all those presidents together to make a short like that?

You all know what I be talking about with the residents in the present tense who have some sense to become proud of being presidents.

good humor for all presidents out there!

"President got shot...again."


Tres phunny this idea, very clever.

With a little more thought, using "Prez" would really have some usage...and a maybe some potential.

Who cares if it's fake, it's damn funny! The writers of SNL should take note...

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