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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
^Well, that seems fair enough, i suppose. But maybe a tad confusing.
 
"It's our racist word, not yours."

"If we call eachother that, it's cool; if you call us that, we'll curbstomp you."
 
Wake said:
"It's our racist word, not yours."

"If we call eachother that, it's cool; if you call us that, we'll curbstomp you."
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All of which is utterly idiotic.
 
lewstherin said:
i don't believe the people who say they've never said it. like the thread title says....it's one of those "taboo" words.
everyone has said it just to hear themselves say it.
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Mark Furman never said it. He was under oath whan he said that.
 
Its become a word more than itself it could of slowly died away but instead has been empowered.I mean isnt it pathetic you can ruin someones day with one word?
 
theplaydrive said:
Nigger is a racial epithet - it's not a matter of PC. There are words in every language that are meant as insults some of those insults are based in race, "nigger" is one of those words. This has nothing to do with political correctness, it has to do with the definition and use of the term.
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If that were true the blacks would not be using on each other. It is not aninsulting word among themselves.
 
Is "nigger" equal to "cracker"?

If not, why?

Are they not equivalent racist slurs?
 
Magnum said:
Mainly whitey. I don't really like blacks using it either. Bill Cosby was right on that one.
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There is no excuse for using whitey.
 
Wake said:
Is "nigger" equal to "cracker"?

If not, why?

Are they not equivalent racist slurs?
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Umm. Wake are you really asking this? If you were such a deep thinker? You would know what is correct.
 
For one week, I think I am going to feign extreme upsetness any time I hear a black person use the word cracker, just to see how miserable I can make my own life over the use of one stupid little word.
 
Mason66 said:
I thought the N word was nancyboy.
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HULK NOT SISSY! HULK STRAIGHT!

Wake said:
Is "nigger" equal to "cracker"?

If not, why?

Are they not equivalent racist slurs?
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No. Think of it this way. When the white man calls the black man a nigger, he's asserting that the black man deserves to be whipped. When the black man calls the white man a cracker, he's acknowledging it.
 
Viktyr Korimir said:
HULK NOT SISSY! HULK STRAIGHT!



No. Think of it this way. When the white man calls the black man a nigger, he's asserting that the black man deserves to be whipped. When the black man calls the white man a cracker, he's acknowledging it.
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True story.
A guy I work with's last name is "Whiting" and he is a black guy.
When saying "Whiting" it almost sounds like Whitey.... I found that extremely odd the first time I had seen him but hadn't seen his name spelled.
 
Kali said:
Umm. Wake are you really asking this? If you were such a deep thinker? You would know what is correct.
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Unlike other black people, I am disgusted with such racial hypocrisy emanating from their side. They say a racial slur against black people is worse than a racial slur against white people. To not realize that all racism is equally wrong reveals the racist.

All racism should not be tolerated, justified, or compared. It is hate; there is no justification. Stop using the past as a constant excuse. Progress.
 
Wake said:
Unlike other black people, I am disgusted with such racial hypocrisy emanating from their side. They say a racial slur against black people is worse than a racial slur against white people. To not realize that all racism is equally wrong reveals the racist.

All racism should not be tolerated, justified, or compared. It is hate; there is no justification. Stop using the past as a constant excuse. Progress.
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Really? So you see no difference between racism against a minority than against a dominant majority?
 
theplaydrive said:
Really? So you see no difference between racism against a minority than against a dominant majority?
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I see hatred.

You see justified hatred.
 
theplaydrive said:
Really? So you see no difference between racism against a minority than against a dominant majority?
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Can you explain why it matters if they are a miniority or not?
 
Wake said:
I see hatred.

You see justified hatred.
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Please stop telling other people what they see and believe, particularly when you have no idea what you're talking about.
 
Caine said:
Can you explain why it matters if they are a miniority or not?
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The effects of racism on a minority have more influence than the effects of racism on a majority. For instance, if 10 people were in a room - 2 black, 8 white - and both groups were racist towards one another, which group would be more affected? Answer: The one with the black people.
 
theplaydrive said:
Please stop telling other people what they see and believe, particularly when you have no idea what you're talking about.
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What do you believe, then, theplaydrive?

Surely, when you take issue with a racial slur directed at one race, yet overlook a racial slur directed at another, it leaves room for speculation.

Do you think all racism is equally wrong, or that some hatred is justifiable?
 
theplaydrive said:
The effects of racism on a minority have more influence than the effects of racism on a majority. For instance, if 10 people were in a room - 2 black, 8 white - and both groups were racist towards one another, which group would be more affected? Answer: The one with the black people.
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This seems a little strange, theplaydrive. It almost seems as though you think numbers justify racism. All are affected, numbers be damned. Neither might nor numbers equal right.

If I were in a room with 9 white people---we being the only living humans---would it be right for me to racially slander them because I should assume they are barely affected?

Theplaydrive?
 
Wake said:
What do you believe, then, theplaydrive?

Surely, when you take issue with a racial slur directed at one race, yet overlook a racial slur directed at another, it leaves room for speculation.

Do you think all racism is equally wrong, or that some hatred is justifiable?
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I don't evaluate racism solely from a moral standpoint since racism is not solely a moral issue. Like you, I believe that all racism is morally wrong. At the same time, I recognize that some racism has more harmful and meaningful effects than others. In the United States, racism against whites clearly has less harmful affects since whites make up the majority of the population (and the majority of authority) and are more likely to encounter people who think of them as equals. It is the opposite for black Americans.
 
Wake said:
This seems a little strange, theplaydrive. It almost seems as though you think numbers justify racism. All are affected, numbers be damned. Neither might nor numbers equal right.

If I were in a room with 9 white people---we being the only living humans---would it be right for me to racially slander them because I should assume they are barely affected?

Theplaydrive?
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There is absolutely nothing in my posts to even suggest that I believe racism is justified. Some advice: read what's there, you don't have to interpret.
 
theplaydrive said:
Really? So you see no difference between racism against a minority than against a dominant majority?
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Racism is racism, no matter who it is against. Why do you try to justify racism?
 
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