he was 1950s's greatest and a little kid in the back said gangsta rappers. that's the only way he has connection to it. let's take a look at another slide and see how we go. okay. this is a video that we watched. it is -- ignore the promotion at the bottom. it is the n-word, divided we stand. we are given an opportunity to see any number of interpretations of the word. even if we had no historical context. if we just went looking for how this word is used, we still have controversy, do went? -- do we not? >> yes. >> the controversy being what? someone help me. it's offensive to certain people but not to everybody. we have audiences who think they could use it, others don't think they could use it at all. in watching this video, we also got a chance to see there are many different definitions for the word, something everyone here has to admit to. we can't assume it has only one meaning. its primary, the one it's known for, is a derogatory term to people of color. we can say black people and i'm sure we'll be okay. but there is also the idea of who can use the