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Originally Posted by NVash
No, I did not read Post #131, I said I havent read all of the posts. Merriam Webster is apparently Dictionary.com, I typed in websters.com and got redirected to Dictionary.com. Havent gone to reference.com.
http://www.reference.com/browse/Nigger
http://www.reference.com/browse/Nigga
I guess you could say using all these references makes it reputable, if you feel like reading. Id rather have a short answer. See Im wondering, have you ever heard a Caucasian called an 'n-word'? I havent. Latino? Nope. Universally offensive? I dont see how. Only when said by a Caucasian to an African American. I dareday a Latino might even get away with calling an African American an 'n-word', but the minute it slips out of a Caucasian persons mouth expect trouble.
Maybe we live in different places. Some people take offense, some couldnt careless. I see most people dropping it like its nothing but they say 'nigga' instead. Truthfully if you ask me thats a nicer way of saying the 'n-word'.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Nigga
And look at that, Dictionary.com agrees with me. An extremely offensive word they say. Thats funny because EVERYONE around here uses it just as they said. 'Yo thats my nigga', 'What up my nigga', 'Nigga owes me money', whichever way you want to say it.
What about real slang usage?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Nigger
Look at definition number 4. Used to insult people then as a term of endearment? In the same conversation? That makes no sense at all.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Nigga
Well look at that, definition number 1, its just a modern day version of the 'n-word'. Who knew?
I guess my point is I think people need to stop getting so up in arms about it. Its just a word. People need to get over it. I dont care about where it came from. Those were horrible times to be sure but enough about what happened back then. What about now? What is the African American culture doing now to get over that name, to prove that it is just a word? Definitions numbers 2 through 5. Exploiting it. Call a Caucasian a 'cracker' and he might laugh at you. 'Honkey' same thing. Call an African American an 'n-word' and he might beat you to death. I see a problem here. And look at rap. Seriously, take a look at rap music. Mostly African Americans and how many times do they say nigga? Its just ridiculous. They can say it all they want but a Caucasian says it and its racist? None of it makes sense.
Now maybe this was already brought up. But what Im saying is why in the World should this book be taken and redone just because a few people, anyone know what race they are, want to get insulted when most people didnt care to begin with and still dont care now? |
I think the problem is that you are looking at a commercial business and trying to push that onto an entire race. Rap songs are for the young things of all races. Please don’t mistake that for the general public. There are millions of people who are terribly offended by the word period, no matter who says it. I am one of those people.
If you meet some young man who curses like a sailor, wears his pants two sizes too small, and likes to call people “nigga,” understand that he is one of the ignorant ones who needs prayer, guidance and an education. I look at those young men and women with pity and sorrow.