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The Tabooed N-Word

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  • I say it often; and I mean it.

    Votes: 1 1.8%

  • I say it sometimes; and I mean it

    Votes: 2 3.5%

  • I say in infrequently; and I mean it

    Votes: 6 10.5%

  • I say it often; but in a joking manner

    Votes: 2 3.5%

  • I say it sometimes; but in a joking manner

    Votes: 4 7.0%

  • I say it infrequently; but in a joking manner

    Votes: 10 17.5%

  • It spontaneous/ Never know when I may say it

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I never say it

    Votes: 32 56.1%
  • Total voters
    57
apdst said:
That's not at all what I'm saying. It's, "taboo", because of political correctness, it's, "offensive", because black people don't want to be thought of as, "niggers". They didn't used to, at least.

You know that poltical correctness has run amuck when, "niggardly", is hailed as a racial slur.
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You know that political correctness has run amuck when " niggardly " is hail as a racial slur and the Nation refuse to educate it's ignorant people to Wake Up, Sit Up, Stand Up, Reach Up, Teach Up,And Stamp Out The Ignorance That Prevail IN THE MINDS AND HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE WHO INSIST ON USING THE N WORD AND SEE NO WRONG IN USING IT !!!!
 
I don't think I've ever said the word out loud in my life. I may have written it a couple of times while discussing racism and racial stereotypes, but I've never said it.
 
JohnWOlin said:
I hear a lot of people reuse the word nigger to mean just in general trashy or unkempt people, a phenomenon that typically only happens south of the Ohio River. I use the word nigga a lot typically in these ways:

"Nigga you gay"
"Get out my way nigga I got crack to sell!"
"Nigga whaaaaaat?"
"**** yo couch nigga"

I use it pretty often around people that are comfortable with it.
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People who use this N word so often and their comfort in using it might mean, they didn't get a proper education or if they did get one, it was a niggardly one, so it is normal that they would think this is a very fine way to speak and address people they know and meet...
People who are comfortable with using the N word and those who are comfortable with hearing it, or cut from the same cloth...
 
I actually feel kinda sorry for weak minded people who allow others to have so much power over them
 
negro

colored

black

african-american


hey brown people....pick a freakin name and stick with it. african-american is a misnomer, seeing how 90% of them have never set foot in africa and no one in their family has come from africa in 150 years and they would **** themselves if they ever had to go to africa.

that's like me calling myself scottish-american because my great-great-great-great gandfather was from scotland.
 
OscarB63 said:
negro

colored

black

african-american


hey brown people....pick a freakin name and stick with it. african-american is a misnomer, seeing how 90% of them have never set foot in africa and no one in their family has come from africa in 150 years and they would **** themselves if they ever had to go to africa.

that's like me calling myself scottish-american because my great-great-great-great gandfather was from scotland.
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i dunno buddy, generations of Irish Americans still call themselves Irish-Americans
 
StillBallin75 said:
i dunno buddy, generations of Irish Americans still call themselves Irish-Americans
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equally stupid though, at least with them they do retain some of the irish culture.

there is nothing remotely african about american blacks. they don't speak any of the african languages, they don't dress like africans, the only thing they have in common with any african is dark skin and a mexican with a really cool tan has that.
 
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OscarB63 said:
equally stupid
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Depends. I think if there is a distinct Irish-American culture, then it might be appropriate.

I tend to use "black" more than "African-American," though, because the latter is just a mouthful.
 
StillBallin75 said:
Depends. I think if there is a distinct Irish-American culture, then it might be appropriate.

I tend to use "black" more than "African-American," though, because the latter is just a mouthful.
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see my edit
 
Minnie T. Mouse said:
People who use this N word so often and their comfort in using it might mean, they didn't get a proper education or if they did get one, it was a niggardly one, so it is normal that they would think this is a very fine way to speak and address people they know and meet...
People who are comfortable with using the N word and those who are comfortable with hearing it, or cut from the same cloth...
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Lady what are you talking about?
 
StillBallin75 said:
i dunno buddy, generations of Irish Americans still call themselves Irish-Americans
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Yeah a few do but they won't riot over it. Black people each other nigger all the time but if a white guy does it he's got serious trouble.

There is a serious double standard here.
 
apdst said:
Depends on who you're talking to. I remember when it was ok to say, "colored", oh but don't say that **** now! You'll have hand-ringers pissing in their panties over it.
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Yeah, PC screwed it up for the NAACP.
 
I mainly use the word "nigger" when I want to make some bedwetting, hand-wringing, liberal crybaby piss their pants. works every time.
 
Councilman said:
Yeah a few do but they won't riot over it. Black people each other nigger all the time but if a white guy does it he's got serious trouble.

There is a serious double standard here.
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Calling someone Irish isn't an insult, (usually), nor is it a racial epithet.
 
StillBallin75 said:
Calling someone Irish isn't an insult, (usually), nor is it a racial epithet.
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it used to be. there used to be help wanted signs that said "irish need not apply"
 
theplaydrive said:
You're trying to tell me that nigger is offensive because of political correctness. that's ridiculous.
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TPD, I can agree up to a point. Truth is, I think the word is inflammatory in and of itself. I can't even think of another word that can have the same emotional impact. I wonder though, if the word was more commonly used and were not so forbidden, if that would actually remove the "power" to offend that the word has. Right now using that word guarantees you a response. What would happen if using that word was not a big deal anymore?
 
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OscarB63 said:
african-american is a misnomer, seeing how 90% of them have never set foot in africa and no one in their family has come from africa in 150 years and they would **** themselves if they ever had to go to africa.

that's like me calling myself scottish-american because my great-great-great-great gandfather was from scotland.
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if african-american isn't appropriate because "brown people" (which is actually what Indian Americans refer to themselves as for the record) haven't been to Africa, black isn't an appropriate name either since no one is actually black. and calling yourself white is just as inappropriate as calling yourself scottish-american because you're not actually white. every racial label is a misnomer.
 
theplaydrive said:
if african-american isn't appropriate because "brown people" (which is actually what Indian Americans refer to themselves as for the record) haven't been to Africa, black isn't an appropriate name either since no one is actually black. and calling yourself white is just as inappropriate as calling yourself scottish-american because you're not actually white. every racial label is a misnomer.
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I've seen "black" people, you can't say no one is actually black and I've seen some people who are damn near white.

but at least color descriptors are vaguely descriptive.
 
OscarB63 said:
negro

colored

black

african-american


hey brown people....pick a freakin name and stick with it. african-american is a misnomer, seeing how 90% of them have never set foot in africa and no one in their family has come from africa in 150 years and they would **** themselves if they ever had to go to africa.

that's like me calling myself scottish-american because my great-great-great-great gandfather was from scotland.
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I am Dutch/German. I frequently refer to myself as such.
 
Redress said:
I am Dutch/German. I frequently refer to myself as such.
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I know a "white" guy who moved to the US from johannesburg. he is an african-american. some guy who was born in harlem is no more african american than I am the pope
 
X Factor said:
TPD, I can agree up to a point. Truth is, I think the word is inflammatory in and of itself. I can't even think of another word that can have the same emotional impact. I wonder though, if the word was more commonly used and were not so forbidden, if that would actually remove the "power" to offend that the word has. Right now using that word guarantees you a response. What would happen if using that word was not a big deal anymore?
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I personally think "the n word" should be retired and people should just say "nigger" when they're referring to it because I do think that the refusal to even utter the word in any context gives it more impact than it has to have. At the same time, no matter how much we say it, I think it will always retain its status as an insult. However, I think if people were able to say the actual word and not the substitutes, we would all be able to talk about it more "matter of factly" since now every mention of the word carries with it emotional baggage.

In other words, I agree that keeping it "forbidden" heightens the intensity of the word's impact when it's used and I think that being able to say "nigger" instead of "the n word" would take that intensity away and enable people to see it merely as a word that certain people use to offend rather than a word that always has to offend. I think the latter is the problem a lot of people face today - that one always has to be offended when the word is said - and that perception causes a lot of problems.
 
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