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Twitter users post the N-word 500,000 times a DAY
Twitter users post the N-word 500,000 times a DAY, shocking figures reveal
- N-word is used on social network site 500,000 times a day, figures show
- Over past month, it has been posted by users more than 13million times
- In contrast, 'bro' and 'dude' only used 300,000 and 200,000 times per day
- Figures reveal ingrained nature of N-word in today's U.S. youth culture
- It now features in college debates, video games and even Christian rap
- Comes as the NFL is trying to implement a 'zero tolerance' policy toward players' use of term on the field following several high-profile incidents
- US Army recently apologized after saying 'Negro' was acceptable term
- They have now changed policy regarding description of black personnel
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'It’s such a regular part of my vernacular. It’s a word I use every day,' actor Tehran Von Ghasri, a D.C. who is both African American and Iranian American, told The Washington Post.
The 34-year-old added: 'I’m still uncomfortable with [a] white guy saying, "You’re a cool n***a". But in 25 years, I would hope that my kid’s not uncomfortable — because that white guy wouldn’t mean it in a demeaning, degrading way. He would mean it as a positive thing.'
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Shocking: Twitter users write the N-word - arguably the most racially charged word in U.S. history - 500,000 times a day, it has been revealed. Above, a graph showing the word's usage on Twitter over 30 days
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Originating from the Latin word for black, 'niger', the N-word infiltrated American popular culture in the 1980s and 90s, where it remains a controversial term.
Many people, including ex-NFL player Donté Stallworth, claim that because today's generation was not directly involved in the civil rights struggle, they do not use the term in a racist manner.
'I’m empathetic to the older generation because they lived it, [but] why are we still attaching ourselves to that word?' said former wide receiver Stallworth.
'Let evolution happen. Let pop culture take that word away to the ocean, and let anyone use it... That word's not meant for us anymore. "N***a" is a part of pop culture. It’s just a word.'
Others believe that the N-word in its '-a' capacity is endearing - as opposed to its alternative '-er' ending, which is supposedly linked to the term's historic, racist origins.
But Dineytra Lee, a Los Angeles dancer of African American and Puerto Rican heritage, argued: 'You change a vowel or two. It doesn’t change the meaning.'
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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz3IhAOzS52
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