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Discussion: Use of the Word Ni**er...
Member Since: 7/2/2011
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Nobody should use the word, nomatter what your skin color is.
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Member Since: 8/1/2008
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It's just a word you guys.
I'm completely informed about the way it used to be back in the day. But we're all equal now, if you feel ofended by the use of a simple word that makes you almost as dated as the people who use it. Both parts need to get over it.
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Member Since: 4/24/2011
Posts: 4,998
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Originally posted by Mr.Link
It's just a word you guys.
I'm completely informed about the way it used to be back in the day. But we're all equal now, if you feel ofended by the use of a simple word that makes you almost as dated as the people who use it. Both parts need to get over it.
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Stop being so ****ing ignorant, it's a very dangerous word with a lot of meanings, it's like calling a person who has cancer baldy or retarded , what r u sippin on
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Member Since: 5/14/2011
Posts: 14,089
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Originally posted by stronger23
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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You are the idiot for thinking I'm the idiot for thinking that I compared the two actions. I compared the mindset behind them.
You don't blame the children of other races for what their ancestors may have did. The same way , you don't blame the children if their father was a rapist.
Just because Black people suffered in the past, they should not have a privilege that other races cannot have. That mindset is RACIST .
Don't even bring up the history of suffering.
Jews were tortured for years. Do they get a special word for only them to use? NO!
Women didn't have rights for a LONG time. Do they get a special word? NO!
In the city of Sparta they used to kill the disabled babies. Do they get a special word NO!
I could go on and on.
In my eyes YOU are the one who is racist.
I don't even use the word but it's ridiculous if you believe only certain groups are entitled to certain rights.
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Member Since: 4/24/2011
Posts: 4,998
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Originally posted by Auraeolus
You are the idiot for thinking I'm the idiot for thinking that I compared the two actions. I compared the mindset behind them.
You don't blame the children of other races for what their ancestors may have did. The same way , you don't blame the children if their father was a rapist.
Just because Black people suffered in the past, they should not have a privilege that other races cannot have. That mindset is RACIST .
Don't even bring up the history of suffering.
Jews were tortured for years. Do they get a special word for only them to use? NO!
Women didn't have rights for a LONG time. Do they get a special word? NO!
In the city of Sparta they used to kill the disabled babies. Do they get a special word NO!
I could go on and on.
In my eyes YOU are the one who is racist.
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Did you fall and bump your head? The word was given by white people, black people are not "privilleged" by getting a racial slur. It's like a family member dying of cancer and some one using words like baldy to describe them. It's not on.
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Member Since: 8/16/2011
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Ch...I can't at the ignorance in here.
Ya black people should probably stop being hypocritical and using the word themselves, but it's already ingrained into their vocabulary. That's a whole lot to ask.
On the other hand, white people should NEVER use it unless it's about a discussion in class or whatever. Bottom line is, a racial slur that was used in a negative way by the people that oppressed my culture for hundreds of years carries a lot more negative connotation, and simply sounds way worse, when used by someone of said oppressive race.
Even if a white person isn't using it negatively, it still sounds bad. People (especially whites) are quick to forget such important events. They get mad over Affirmative Action, hate crime laws, exclusive use of a word, etc. cuz it's "not fair". Well what's not fair is that not even 60 years ago, blacks were looked at as subhumans and were violated physically and mentally in the most unimaginable ways. They were stripped of their basic rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness that ya'lls ancestors have enjoyed for the past 200 years. We're a people trying to rebuild itself from the ground up and along the way there are challenges we have had to face and continue to face that other races will never understand.
SO DO NOT EVEN TRY IT!!!
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Member Since: 5/14/2011
Posts: 14,089
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Originally posted by Demiboyx
Did you fall and bump your head? The word was given by white people, black people are not "privilleged" by getting a racial slur. It's like a family member dying of cancer and some one using words like baldy to describe them. It's not on.
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It's a great thing that they've turned the horrible use of the word into a different meaning. But I was referring to the rights certain people had using the word.
Anyway, I'm done wasting my time here. Let's just agree that we disagree and call it a day.
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Member Since: 4/24/2011
Posts: 4,998
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Originally posted by VAN de
Ch...I can't at the ignorance in here.
Ya black people should probably stop being hypocritical and using the word themselves, but it's already ingrained into their vocabulary. That's a whole lot to ask.
On the other hand, white people should NEVER use it unless it's about a discussion in class or whatever. Bottom line is, a racial slur that was used in a negative way by the people that oppressed my culture for hundreds of years carries a lot more negative connotation, and simply sounds way worse, when used by someone of said oppressive race.
Even if a white person isn't using it negatively, it still sounds bad. People (especially whites) are quick to forget such important events. They get mad over Affirmative Action, hate crime laws, exclusive use of a word, etc. cuz it's "not fair". Well what's not fair is that not even 60 years ago, blacks were looked at as subhumans and were violated physically and mentally in the most unimaginable ways. They were stripped of their basic rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness that ya'lls ancestors have enjoyed for the past 200 years. We're a people trying to rebuild itself from the ground up and along the way there are challenges we have had to face and continue to face that other races will never understand.
SO DO NOT EVEN TRY IT!!!
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Member Since: 5/14/2011
Posts: 14,089
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Originally posted by VAN de
Ch...I can't at the ignorance in here.
Ya black people should probably stop being hypocritical and using the word themselves, but it's already ingrained into their vocabulary. That's a whole lot to ask.
On the other hand, white people should NEVER use it unless it's about a discussion in class or whatever. Bottom line is, a racial slur that was used in a negative way by the people that oppressed my culture for hundreds of years carries a lot more negative connotation, and simply sounds way worse, when used by someone of said oppressive race.
Even if a white person isn't using it negatively, it still sounds bad. People (especially whites) are quick to forget such important events. They get mad over Affirmative Action, hate crime laws, exclusive use of a word, etc. cuz it's "not fair". Well what's not fair is that not even 60 years ago, blacks were looked at as subhumans and were violated physically and mentally in the most unimaginable ways. They were stripped of their basic rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness that ya'lls ancestors have enjoyed for the past 200 years. We're a people trying to rebuild itself from the ground up and along the way there are challenges we have had to face and continue to face that other races will never understand.
SO DO NOT EVEN TRY IT!!!
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Oh please don't act like your the only race who had to undergo horrible trials in their path toward freedom.
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Member Since: 8/16/2011
Posts: 19,718
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Originally posted by Auraeolus
Oh please don't act like your the only race who had to undergo horrible trials in their path toward freedom.
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I'm sorry, but do your grandparents sit and tell you stories about waking up to threats, hearing gunshots and not knowing which of their neighbors was killed, and even being turned away for care when they or a friend was terribly ill???
Stop trying to shake it off. It's fresh in my grandparents and even parents head like it happened yesterday. It doesn't go away that easy. I understand we shouldn't use it as a crunch, but those scars will take time to heal. In the meantime, don't sit there and roll your eyes and act like you've heard it all before. Well lemme tell, you don't know what the hell my family has come from, you don't what the hell we've been through.
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Member Since: 5/21/2009
Posts: 11,151
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Black people can use it, white people can't. End of story. I don't know why there is even a debate over it. White people don't have any rational reason for using it unless they're reading out of a Tom Sawyer book or something.
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Member Since: 4/29/2011
Posts: 6,884
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Originally posted by Auraeolus
Oh please don't act like your the only race who had to undergo horrible trials in their path toward freedom.
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Blacks are not. However, no race, ethnicity, or culture comes close to the plight of Blacks on this earth.
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Member Since: 7/9/2010
Posts: 28,061
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Originally posted by VAN de
Ch...I can't at the ignorance in here.
Ya black people should probably stop being hypocritical and using the word themselves, but it's already ingrained into their vocabulary. That's a whole lot to ask.
On the other hand, white people should NEVER use it unless it's about a discussion in class or whatever. Bottom line is, a racial slur that was used in a negative way by the people that oppressed my culture for hundreds of years carries a lot more negative connotation, and simply sounds way worse, when used by someone of said oppressive race.
Even if a white person isn't using it negatively, it still sounds bad. People (especially whites) are quick to forget such important events. They get mad over Affirmative Action, hate crime laws, exclusive use of a word, etc. cuz it's "not fair". Well what's not fair is that not even 60 years ago, blacks were looked at as subhumans and were violated physically and mentally in the most unimaginable ways. They were stripped of their basic rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness that ya'lls ancestors have enjoyed for the past 200 years. We're a people trying to rebuild itself from the ground up and along the way there are challenges we have had to face and continue to face that other races will never understand.
SO DO NOT EVEN TRY IT!!!
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Deal with it. You cant stop us from using the word. (of course not in a negative way)
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Member Since: 12/22/2009
Posts: 23,538
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Blacks use that word today more than anyone does. Probably even more than it was said back in the older days. I personally think its wrong if its used as an insult. But a lot of people including blacks use it as jokes simply to have fun, our generation is very chill when it comes to using words like these. We all call each other bad names and what not within our friends.
I personally don;t like to use it because its a bit to ghetto.
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Member Since: 6/4/2010
Posts: 38,919
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Originally posted by Mr.Link
But we're all equal now,
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You are nobody's informed, rotf.
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Member Since: 3/12/2011
Posts: 10,342
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Originally posted by chris1991
Blacks use that word today more than anyone does. Probably even more than it was said back in the older days. I personally think its wrong if its used as an insult. But a lot of people including blacks use it as jokes simply to have fun, our generation is very chill when it comes to using words like these. We all call each other bad names and what not within our friends.
I personally don;t like to use it because its a bit to ghetto.
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Your a f-ing mess.
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Member Since: 6/10/2010
Posts: 18,057
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Originally posted by NE.
Black people can use it, white people can't. End of story. I don't know why there is even a debate over it. White people don't have any rational reason for using it unless they're reading out of a Tom Sawyer book or something.
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Black people don't have a legitimatize reason to use it either. Unless they're discussing their history or civil rights with their family. It's so ignorant & degrading to say. I think it's stupid to use the word as "slang". How do you think our ancestor would feel hearing us using a terminology they fought so hard to remove?
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Member Since: 5/17/2010
Posts: 21,708
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Originally posted by BadBitch
Black people don't have a legitimatize reason to use it either. Unless they're discussing their history or civil rights with their family. It's so ignorant & degrading to say. I think it's stupid to use the word as "slang". How do you think our ancestors would feel hearing us using a terminology they fought so hard to remove?
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These girls are so quick to forget the horrific past that word has, yet are so quick to defend using it.
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Member Since: 8/16/2011
Posts: 19,718
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Originally posted by JonnyϟLightning
Deal with it. You cant stop us from using the word. (of course not in a negative way)
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And that's the kind of attitude that strains relations between whites and blacks in the US.
Why would you WANT to use it anyway? Why couldn't you just respect that it's especially uncomfortable hearing that word come out of a white persons mouth?
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