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The Nigga Word?
#26964271 - 10/01/20 04:46 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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Why do black people still say the.. n word even though it originated from white people calling black slaves the same n word?? Isn't that kinda backwards and weird? Why keep that word popular and frequently used towards friends and pretty much everyone? It doesn't make sense to me.
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Re: The Nigga Word? [Re: Kelazam]
#26964346 - 10/01/20 05:23 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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Kelazam said: Why do black people still say the.. n word even though it originated from white people calling black slaves the same n word??
Words change meaning over time. It's pretty standard. Another extreme example would be the word "f**got," which used to mean a bundle of sticks that was used for sacrificial burnings way back in the day. Some of the people that were burned back during that time were homosexuals, as punishment for their homosexuality. It's where the word "flaming f**got" comes from. Now you can see how words change meaning over time.
N****r was used by white people to assert superiority over black people in early America, but now it is primarily used by black people to show kinship with other black people. It carries a different meaning now, and it matters who uses it and in what context.
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Why are you asking questions in hope of finding a reason to be racist?
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Ah that makes a lot of sense now, thanks for answering
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King Klick said: Why are you asking questions in hope of finding a reason to be racist?
This doesn't make any sense.. Why would I want to find a reason to be racist?
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Re: The Nigga Word? [Re: Kelazam]
#26964402 - 10/01/20 05:53 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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Looking for a reason to be a pos is a common thing. Excusing your own misgivings for a reason? Everyone looks for that.
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Re: The Nigga Word? [Re: Kelazam] 1
#26964414 - 10/01/20 05:57 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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You can say the N word too, you can go to the hood and demonstrate how much you like hip hop culture by calling everyone nigga, they will get a kick out of it
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dude it's just a question that I have had for a while. I get it now. Meanings change. I still don't get why they kept the word despite it's brutal past meaning instead of just making a new word or something.
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Re: The Nigga Word? [Re: Kelazam]
#26964424 - 10/01/20 06:01 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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Kelazam said: dude it's just a question that I have had for a while. I get it now. Meanings change. I still don't get why they kept the word despite it's brutal past meaning instead of just making a new word or something.
Because making it their own took the power out of the word.
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It's imo the most powerful curse word that someone could say publicly.
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I say we start calling each other honky and take the word back, my crackers
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viraldrome said: I say we start calling each other honky and take the word back, my crackers
What are you taking back, the time you were so racist that black people called you names?
Thats not on equal footing.
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Kelazam said: It's imo the most powerful curse word that someone could say publicly.
So why are you asking why it's such a big deal? Are you fucking stupid or just a piece of fucking shit?
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viraldrome said: I say we start calling each other honky and take the word back, my crackers
Shut your dumbass up. Why detract from a huge fucking issue? What's your goddamn problem?
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Re: The Nigga Word? [Re: Kelazam]
#26964442 - 10/01/20 06:10 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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Kelazam said: It's imo the most powerful curse word that someone could say publicly.
Maybe if it's a white guy throwing down the er version.
I've always been a sucker for a well timed 'cunt'
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Re: The Nigga Word? [Re: Kelazam]
#26964461 - 10/01/20 06:17 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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Kelazam said: Ah that makes a lot of sense now, thanks for answering
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King Klick said: Why are you asking questions in hope of finding a reason to be racist?
This doesn't make any sense.. Why would I want to find a reason to be racist?
You don’t need a reason to be racist.
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Seemed like a legit question to me as well, I've always had some cognitive dissonance on that.
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viraldrome said: I say we start calling each other honky and take the word back, my crackers
What are you taking back, the time you were so racist that black people called you names?
Thats not on equal footing.
How dare you accuse me of being racist? You literally have a black friend no one can see. I have never even heard anyone even use the word honky in real life. I kind of like it though. I'm pretty thick skinned. No has ever called me "whitey" either.
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viraldrome said: I say we start calling each other honky and take the word back, my crackers
Shut your dumbass up. Why detract from a huge fucking issue? What's your goddamn problem?
Why are you so easily upset? Did a white guy steal your bike?
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Lol that was a crazy scene in that movie. For those that haven't seen that, Bruce Willis (in Die Hard 3) has to go to a street corner in Harlem and wear a sign that says "I hate n-words" because the villain told him if he didn't he'd blow up a school
Predictably some black dudes see him and get ready to open a can of whip ass on him before Samuel L. Jackson saves Willis from getting killed
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Re: The Nigga Word? [Re: Kelazam]
#26964502 - 10/01/20 06:36 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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Kelazam said: It's imo the most powerful curse word that someone could say publicly.
Cunt
To answer your original question. It’s about claiming domain over a word. The word used to be solely directed at blacks to denegrate them. Then black people started using the word themselves in a positive, friendly way. Now black people have effectively taken total control of the word. That’s fairly empowering.
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