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Discussion: Use of the Word Ni**er...
Member Since: 8/16/2011
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Originally posted by zach
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Let's NOT! White people can't use it for OBVIOUS reasons.
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Member Since: 5/14/2011
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Originally posted by VAN de
Let's NOT! White people can't use it for OBVIOUS reasons.
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Oh please! Using your principles I'm assuming you would blame the child if his father was a rapist.
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Member Since: 3/30/2011
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Originally posted by VAN de
Let's NOT! White people can't use it for OBVIOUS reasons.
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Why?
Because people who happened to be the same skin color as me once persecuted people who happened to the same skin color as you? Neither of us were involved. It has nothing to do with us. You don't "deserve" to use that word any more than I do.
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Member Since: 8/17/2009
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black ppl took a negative word, and basically said LOOK, this don't bother us no more, now this our word, you used it to degrade us but now we takin ownership of it, but aside from us taking ownership, you are forbidden to use it.
9/10 when a white person says the word, their being negative.
so to all the ppl crying about the word get over it, it ain't never gonna stop being used in the black community & it will never be allowed to be used in the white community ever again, it is what it is.
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Member Since: 3/30/2011
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Originally posted by stronger23
black ppl took a negative word, and basically said LOOK, this don't bother us no more, now this our word, you used it to degrade us but now we takin ownership of it, but aside from us taking ownership, you are forbidden to use it.
9/10 when a white person says the word, their being negative.
so to all the ppl crying about the word get over it, it ain't never gonna stop being used in the black community & it will never be allowed to be used in the white community ever again, it is what it is.
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Why should someone have a privilege because of their skin color?
And what about if a white person says it not in a negative way?
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Member Since: 5/17/2010
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No one, regardless of race, should be using that word. Black people in particular should be erasing that god awful term from our everyday lingo and verbiage because our ancestors were dehumanized and disrespected by the use of that word. Every time it comes out of your mouth your pissing on their collective legacies. The Civil Rights icons must be rolling in their graves at the lack of restraint people show when speaking to one another.
And don't give me that ******** about black people "taking the word back". Apparently, it still has the same venom and hatred behind it that it did decades ago, otherwise you wouldn't be ready to beat the **** out a white person when they use it.
And Miss Stronger23, you sound like a damn fool.
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Member Since: 8/17/2009
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Originally posted by Thisisit
Why should someone have a privilege because of their skin color?
Logan Holmes
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it's not about having a privilege or skin color , it;s about impact, white ppl back in the day used the word as negative term for many years.
black ppl took the word, and redefined the meaning & it became part of BLACK CULTURE. & eventually crossed over to puerto ricans who now probably use the word just often as blacks)
white ppl know the impact & the history of the word, so im not buying the whole "i didn't mean it in a negative way" we cant relate, so why would you be saying the word? PERIOD. ?
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Member Since: 8/17/2009
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Originally posted by ****y On Venus
No one, regardless of race, should be using that word. Black people in particular should be erasing that god awful term from our everyday lingo and verbiage because our ancestors were dehumanized and disrespected by the use of that word. Every time it comes out of your mouth your pissing on their collective legacies. The Civil Rights icons must be rolling in their graves at the lack of restraint people show when speaking to one another.
And don't give me that ******** about black people "taking the word back". Apparently, it still has the same venom and hatred behind it that it did decades ago, otherwise you wouldn't be ready to beat the **** out a white person when they use it.
And Miss Stronger23, you sound like a damn fool.
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i could careless how i sound to you, your're not relevant to me., we can debate on it being wrong all day long, it wont change the fact that word is used in the black community & will forever be used in it.
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Member Since: 4/24/2011
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Quote:
Originally posted by Thisisit
Why should someone have a privilege because of their skin color?
And what about if a white person says it not in a negative way?
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Ignorance is a bitch SMDH :stupid:
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Member Since: 5/14/2011
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Originally posted by stronger23
it's not about having a privilege or skin color , it;s about impact, white ppl back in the day used the word as negative term for many years.
black ppl took the word, and redefined the meaning & it became part of BLACK CULTURE. & eventually crossed over to puerto ricans who now probably use the word just often as blacks)
white ppl know the impact & the history of the word, so im not buying the whole "i didn't mean it in a negative way" we cant relate, so why would you be saying the word? PERIOD. ?
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Shut the **** up you ignorant piece of ****... ( ok not really but still )
You are judging people by what their ancestors may have done. Like my previous post, if your father was a rapist I wouldn't blame you for the crime. Don't act like what most white people did when they had slaves. That would make your mindset similar to them.
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Member Since: 5/17/2010
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Originally posted by stronger23
i could careless how i sound to you, your're not relevant to me., we can debate on it being wrong all day long, it wont change the fact that word is used in the black community & will forever be used in it.
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And you and every other black person using it will continue to sound incredibly ignorant.
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Member Since: 3/30/2011
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Originally posted by stronger23
it's not about having a privilege or skin color , it;s about impact, white ppl back in the day used the word as negative term for many years.
black ppl took the word, and redefined the meaning & it became part of BLACK CULTURE. & eventually crossed over to puerto ricans who now probably use the word just often as blacks)
white ppl know the impact & the history of the word, so im not buying the whole "i didn't mean it in a negative way" we cant relate, so why would you be saying the word? PERIOD. ?
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Originally posted by Thisisit
Why?
Because people who happened to be the same skin color as me once persecuted people who happened to the same skin color as you? Neither of us were involved. It has nothing to do with us. You don't "deserve" to use that word any more than I do.
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What your ancestors did =/= what you did
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Member Since: 8/17/2009
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Originally posted by Auraeolus
Shut the **** up you ignorant piece of ****... ( ok not really but still )
You are judging people by what their ancestors may have done. Like my previous post, if your father was a rapist I wouldn't blame you for the crime. Don't act like what most white people did when they had slaves. That would make your mindset similar to them.
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are you really comparing slavery to a rapist? o ok, your done.
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Member Since: 8/17/2009
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Originally posted by ****y On Venus
And you and every other black person using it will continue to sound incredibly ignorant.
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and that's our problem not yours .
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Member Since: 4/29/2011
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Originally posted by iBeyoncé.
I call my friends Ni**ers all the time.
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And used in a non-offensive context.
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Member Since: 8/17/2009
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Quote:
Originally posted by Thisisit
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What your ancestors did =/= what you did
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so are you upset that you can't use the racist word? is that the problem?
"black ppl get to use it, why cant i" ?
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Member Since: 5/14/2011
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Originally posted by stronger23
are you really comparing slavery to a rapist? o ok, your done.
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Yes. The same way of thinking. Prejudice. I might as well label you a racist yourself.
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Member Since: 3/30/2011
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Quote:
Originally posted by stronger23
so are you upset that you can't use the racist word? is that the problem?
"black ppl get to use it, why cant i" ?
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Huh? I can use it. all I want. I don't, because I don't like the culture it's associated with.
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Member Since: 8/17/2009
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Originally posted by Auraeolus
Yes. The same way of thinking. Prejudice. I might as well label you a racist yourself.
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no it isn't .
no one is blaming all white ppl of being racist, but when you use a word that white ppl used to degrade black ppl what do you call that?
what your family did , doesn't justify you as a person, just because your father was a rapist doesn't mean your're a rapist.
your an idiot to even compare the two. not similar in any way shape or form.
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Member Since: 8/24/2008
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Girl shut up you didn't even go through slavery.
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