The N Word

A wake up call for those of you using the word Nigger as a term of endearment

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• Nigger
• Wakeup
• Cornell
• West
• African
• American
• PSA

[SpectacleTv]

So U agree with me! Great

[deepinsidedorothy]

i can't relate to fearing a word. or is it not fear, but something else? you tell me. i don't get it.

[SpectacleTv]

it's not fear my brother. It's disapointment that the people that use it as a term of endearment do think about it as the battle cry of their opressors.

[awwaless]

u knw wat i dnt get is, whyt ppl hav been saying the word nigger for hundreds of yrs but as soon as the black ppl try to reclaim it, its now bad all of a sudden????

[SpectacleTv]

Hmm " ...bad all of the sudden!" You think it only recently became offensive. Interesting

[KejiaSista]

it was offensive all my life.

[SpectacleTv]

@KejiaSista Dont understand what you are tryin gto say please expand your thought.

Paul

[natmanprime]

*sigh*

try it this way:

'nigga' is hurtful because it means 'subhuman'.

It's also hurtful because it's racist because it's exclusively addresses blacks.

if you allow it to be used indiscriminately against members of other races, it's still hurtful because it means subhuman. BUT it's not racist anymore.

So does that mean people can use it as a term of endearment? NO because IT STILL MEANS 'SUBHUMAN'.

Just use it to insult folk like normal.

would you say "you subhuman cunt" to a friend/lover?

[natmanprime]

censorship doesn't work.

However, good advice does work.

the association OF the word WITH a particular race is ITSELF racist.

so the solution is TWOFOLD:

1) stop making the word exclusively about blacks

and 2) stop using it as a term of endearment.

why is this simple concept so confusing to you????

a NIGGA is a NIGGA

sim-ple

you CAN'T eliminate the word OR it's power, but you CAN reduce it, AND spread it fairly, so that when you call one black man a nigga not all blacks will be offended.

[u2hubbard]

The problem with the n word is that it has been made available to everyone. The focus should be on strengthening brothas and sistas and not giving attention to niggas. Nigga get stronger with the more attention you give him.

[SwiftBitness]

I Think that we need to stop using it right now. Swift Bitness

[JALUVRAS363]

THE BLACK PHARAOHS AN IGNORED CHAPTER OF HISTORY tells of a time when Kings from deep in Africa conquered ancient Egypt

[JALUVRAS363]

I think if young people were more aware of their history, and the suffering and inhumanity that their forefathers endured, and the role that this word played in that history maybe they would be more sensitive about it. Maybe if so called bullshit entertainment tv (bet) would have more programs of substance instead of "bling,whips and ho's" maybe the youth would be more conscious

[deepinsidedorothy]

my brother, i love that. i don't know shit, i don't know anything, but it just seems to me that this effort to stamp it out has to indicate that somebody somewhere still feels threatened by it. and it's not my story, i don't really have any business mucking around in other people's issues, but i was always interested in this one, the idea that a word could have so much power in people's lives. heavy shit. thanks for your reply.