Piers Morgan Shares His Opinion On The N-Word, John Legend Disagrees With Former CNN Host Via Twitter

Former CNN host Piers Morgan recently offered his opinion on the use of the N-word. His theory led to a back and forth exchange via Twitter with "All of Me" singer John Legend.

In a column for Daily Mail titled, "If black Americans want the N-word to die, they will have to kill it themselves," Morgan said in order for the term to be completely expunged, black people must lead the way as the solution to other race's use of the word.

In part, he worte:

Yet far from receding in society, it's spreading; out of the once clearly defined confines of private usage in the black community, into the public hallways of every school in America.

This has to be wrong, doesn't it?

Better, surely, to have it expunged completely. Eradicated, obliterated, tied to a literary post and whipped into such brutal submission that it never rears its vicious head again.

As noted by Vibe, Legend denounced the idea in a series of tweets and direct responses to Morgan.

"Ya'll better thank @piersmorgan for providing that simple, straightforward solution to racism. So brilliant. why didn't we think of this???," he tweeted.

The singer followed up tweeting, "If only this entire race of hundreds of millions of diverse people would agree on a vocabulary change, people would treat them better."

Morgan defended his opinion responding to Legend directly.

"I wasn't offering a 'solution to racism' @johnlegend - I was suggesting something that might help a bit. Am I wrong?"

Read more of their exchange after the jump.

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