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The N-Word

Should black people stop using the N-Word?

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Integrityrespec said:
Well if there is something wrong with the use of the word as they claim and the left claims, and I'll even agree it's wrong to use, then blacks need to stop using it as well. Hard to tell me I can't use it when I hear blacks use it constantly in their daily vernacular, in their music, and in movies all the time. If it's wrong it's wrong. Same as with other things, like crime, police violence and anything else.
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PirateMk1 said:
This is an anonymous board. Why would anyone post video of themselves here? Thats defeats the purpose of the board dont ya think.



Whats that quote supposed to be? An I win button? On an anonymous board? Really?!

"Sticks and stones" thats what I go by. If black person cant handle being called nigger or anything else for that matter, thats their problem. I get called all sorts or things. People talk smack about my mama too. You know what? My mama dont care, and neither do I. Words are no mare than glorified farts and only take the meaning the listener cares to ascribe.

Being susceptible to personal and other insult, is a personal failing. It makes one much more susceptible to manipulation.
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trixare4kids said:
My knowledge comes from rappers who say they do not use the N-word.
They use the word nigga. Obviously, to them there is a difference.
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PirateMk1 said:
Nigger. Ooops. I did it again. :cool:

Go ahead tell me I cant say it or write it. Nigger. Damn, there it is again!!!. It just keeps popping up. It just wont stop!!
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CitizenBasehead said:
I hate when black people call me a Nazi, it hurts my feelings. Yes, they should stop using it.
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trixare4kids said:
I've heard Blacks use the word nigga but not nigger. You're talking about the latter N-word, right?
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Gonna go out on a limb here and say none of these fools are Black/African-American/etc.
 
Bodhisattva said:
White people are also told that they are all complicit in Institutionalized Racism just because they are white.
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And that is just as incorrect as a white person using the N-Word, or a Muslim calling a Jew or a white person a Yakubian, or a Christian calling a Jew a Kike (obviously I can't list any other examples because I'm not Muslims, or Black or Christian)

But the more we keep bringing it up the more the elite will continue to divide and conquer us (divide and conquer is a Nazi tactic btw)
 
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They should but its almost like calling your buddy an ashole. Not nice but guys talk like that to other buddies. If someone else does it though, its a different story. Personally, I hate the word. However, black people can use it because they know what it means. Just because they use it does not give white people an excuse to use it. If this is hard to understand for white people, then maybe you need a refresher course in history, empathy and understanding.
 
Bodhisattva said:
Yeah.. .right... that is what I am going to do. Go ask some black people about the N-Word.
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Why not, if there is no special connotation when said by a white guy vs a black guy?

Perhaps it has a different meaning when said by different people in different situations?

I expect most people would react differently if I called their dog a Bi+_h vs their daughter
 
Bodhisattva said:
I was called a racist by two black women in a Whiteness Studies class in college. I asked why. They said because I was white.


White people are also told that they are all complicit in Institutionalized Racism just because they are white.
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:lol: :lol: :lol:

Okay, now that I recognize that is sarcasm, silliness and total B.S., I can congratulate you on for having gobsmacked me for 70 posts when I thought you were serious!
 
DiAnna said:
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Okay, now that I recognize that is sarcasm, silliness and total B.S., I can congratulate you on for having gobsmacked me for 70 posts when I thought you were serious!
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He got me too DAMMIT BODHI :2mad:
 
DiAnna said:
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Okay, now that I recognize that is sarcasm, silliness and total B.S., I can congratulate you on for having gobsmacked me for 70 posts when I thought you were serious!
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I think he is half serious but uses reverse psychology to make points about stereotypes.
 
jaypatriot said:
But what if I love rap music and want to use the N-word in a song just like the black people do?
What should I do then? Forget about singing out loud? Or just whisper the N-word to avoid a physical altercation?
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Me? I sing that ****....Now, if I'm in front of the people that could take offense, I don't.



That's a good policy to follow.
 
Risky Thicket said:
You aren't black, Bodhi. It is not your business. Hell, the protests are about equality, equal rights, equal opportunity, and equal treatment under the law and equal acceptance. Your question precisely illustrates the oppression that gives righteous cause for protest. Your question is in and of itself racist.
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Not at all. I am approaching it from a psychological perspective. White people should not use it, obviously. Black people using it is like a self-fullfilling prophecy. It is a demeaning term that they are using on each other and I wonder if it creates a self-image of being less than equal with white people in their own minds.
 
Lord Tammerlain said:
Why not, if there is no special connotation when said by a white guy vs a black guy?

Perhaps it has a different meaning when said by different people in different situations?

I expect most people would react differently if I called their dog a Bi+_h vs their daughter
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You ask some black people about the N-Word and let me know how it went.
 
It is an isolationist word for other races, but I believe blacks use it in their culture as both a term of kinship and/or derogatory nature. I cannot ever see a way to convince them it's self-demeaning because of its negative history as a racial slur.
 
Bodhisattva said:
Not at all. I am approaching it from a psychological perspective. White people should not use it, obviously. Black people using it is like a self-fullfilling prophecy. It is a demeaning term that they are using on each other and I wonder if it creates a self-image of being less than equal with white people in their own minds.
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Nah. They use it to own and cheapen a horrible word, thereby robbing it of its power. Of course only a black person can do this. Like a gay person calling a gay friend "queer."
 
jpn said:
Nah. They use it to own and cheapen a horrible word, thereby robbing it of its power. Of course only a black person can do this. Like a gay person calling a gay friend "queer."
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That is gay... but more than that do you think that the average black person using the N-Word is an academic purposely using the term to rob it of power?
 
Bodhisattva said:
I was called a racist by two black women in a Whiteness Studies class in college. I asked why. They said because I was white.


White people are also told that they are all complicit in Institutionalized Racism just because they are white.
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Were they talking about implicit bias? Hard to know without context, and regardless for all I know you are making that up :shrug:
 
grip said:
It is an isolationist word for other races, but I believe blacks use it in their culture as both a term of kinship and/or derogatory nature. I cannot ever see a way to convince them it's self-demeaning because of its negative history as a racial slur.
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In my class in college one black lady said it was racist to call her a black person...

... the other black lady said that it was racist to call her an African American.
 
Bodhisattva said:
That is gay... but more than that do you think that the average black person using the N-Word is an academic purposely using the term to rob it of power?
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You don't have to be an academic to rob a term of power.
 
Lakryte said:
Were they talking about implicit bias? Hard to know without context, and regardless for all I know you are making that up :shrug:
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I don't have the imagination or inclination to make up something that arbitrary...
 
Lakryte said:
You don't have to be an academic to rob a term of power.
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Then how do they know that they are robbing a historical term like that of power?
 
Bodhisattva said:
You ask some black people about the N-Word and let me know how it went.
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Why would I?

I already know that it has a different meaning, and connotation when I say it vs when a black person says it.

Of course since this is at least the second time you have asked very similar questions regarding the N word, I expect you know this as well
 
Bodhisattva said:
I don't have the imagination or inclination to make up something that arbitrary...
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There's nothing imaginative about that story. And the only way to judge if you actually did anything racist would be to ask the other people there, which is impossible. So not really a useful anecdote.
 
Bodhisattva said:
Then how do they know that they are robbing a historical term like that of power?
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You don't have to be an academic to know how the N-word has been used by white people to demean black people. Please.
 
Lord Tammerlain said:
Why would I?

I already know that it has a different meaning, and connotation when I say it vs when a black person says it.
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And I have made it clear here that I do as well... I am searching for something deeper.

Of course since this is at least the second time you have asked very similar questions regarding the N word, I expect you know this as well
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No idea what you are implying.
 
Lakryte said:
There's nothing imaginative about that story. .
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Exactly...

And the only way to judge if you actually did anything racist would be to ask the other people there, which is impossible. So not really a useful anecdote
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I specifically said that they said I was a racist because I was white. That was the only qualification.

You don't have to be an academic to know how the N-word has been used by white people to demean black people. Please.
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You said that they were using it to rob the term of power. That is a pretty educated thing to be aware of.
 
Bodhisattva said:
In my class in college one black lady said it was racist to call her a black person...

... the other black lady said that it was racist to call her an African American.
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I, usually, avoid this topic like the plague because there's no winning, it only goes in circles about who's the biggest racist.

The best thing to do is try not to identify people by their skin color or race.
 
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