The Word Nigger/Nigga

My overall view on this controversial word & the power it still has today

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[Nightwinds]

ITT: Its ok to be racist if you're black.

[TheDreadMan]

@Nightwinds not really, as a matter of fact not at ALL racism from ANY RACE is not cool

[jo3yz3]

dude nigger is a word just like anything else not for blacks or whites but for all people equally to be called niggers. i have a dream that black children and white children can call each other nigger freely without thinking its about race and just thinking that the person being called a nigger (white or black) is just a lazy ignorant slob ass nigger

[ktownpunkkid]

I dont think mankind i supossed to be either proud or unproud of their skin color! And not judget by it either.

[MrMallymal68]

Continuing: As a result of the Atlantic Slave Trade, "nigger" was then associated with slavery. As a result of 500 more years of conditioning and demoralization of being something other than human, The Word "Nigger" evolved into "Nigga", a term of endearment within the African American communities; ghettos specifically. As an American of African decent, I've view the term as out right deplorable! Hard to remove hateful words from language(s) that have been used negatively for centuries.

[xrevabyss]

Nigger is a noun in the English language, most notable for its usage in a pejorative context to refer to black people (generally people of Sub-Saharan African descent), and also as an informal slang term, among other contexts. It is a common ethnic slur. The word originated as a term used in a neutral context to refer to black people, as a variation of the Spanish/Portuguese noun negro, a descendant of the Latin adjective niger, meaning the color "black"

[MultiNatester]

Niggers!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hellofaname]

It's just a word. Its all about context behind the word.

[MoirTJ]

@xstrakooldude25 Where in that did I even begin to "question" you "about what you do and how you live?" My argument was fairly straight forward. Racism, regardless of it's direction or target, is wrong and one variety of racism isn't inherently worse for any reason. To put it bluntly, to call one form of racism worse than another on the basis of who it's prejudicing is racist in itself as it biases one unduly.

I didn't say anything about you, black people or OP. Only the subject of the video.

[ChChChEm]

i think its bullshit. you should be able to tell if someone is using the word nigga in a friendly or negative way. So you see no difference in " whats up nigga" or " your a nigger."? i use "nigga" as kind of like a friendly word. i use it for my friends or whatever. kind of like "dude" , i dunno, i just think its BS that when a white person says "nigga" its automatically racist. thats all im sayin.

[kris6682]

the way blacks have re-purposed the word is great its what you have to do change the meaning and it doesnt hold power over you anymore but if you still get offended when a white person say whats happenin nigga in a non derogatory manner then your defeating the purpose of re-purposing the word black people today are proud of being niggas as they should be but your only hurting your cause when you say white people shouldnt say it because your giving the power back to the word

[WowItsKaila]

A lot of you are racist. Nigger is the most derogatory word in the English language. Why would you want to put someone down like that. I'm a 13 year old black female and my black friend and I always say what's up my nig but whites didn't go through what my ancestors went through therefore you have no right to talk about us or say it in a derogatory manner.(: