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One Missouri Western State University student wants to put an end to the N-word.

Jacqueline Love wrote a paper for her oral communications class about the origin and meaning of the N-word. On Saturday, she presented her research at Rolling Hills Library, as part of a series on Black History Month.

We, as a human race, need to put a stop to the N-word, Ms. Love said.

Part of her paper focused on the etymology of the word. It was first used in 1574 to denigrate black slaves, and it shares a Latin root with the word necrosis. Many things need to be done, she said, before American culture stops using the word.

I would tell them to please get your history on the word, she said. Why we are saying it. Do you realize how much of a devastating impact it is having?

Our culture has glorified the use of the word, Ms. Love said, and some people now use it in endearing terms. But that needs to stop as well, because its not the original context of the word.

Even the smaller kids nowadays, you see them around the street and you hear them say the word, she said. What are we doing to correct that to stop them from saying it?

The presentation was mainly attended by blacks, with a few whites in attendance. Ramadhan Washington read a passage from the book African Holistic Health by Laila O. Afrika. In it, the author described how words and their original meaning can show the lifeblood of a culture.

Mr. Washington believes that this idea applies to the N-word.

Those who use the word should know the etymology of the word to put it into perspective, he said.

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Stop using the N-word, Western student urges