05-19-2014, 10:28 PM
[quote='Duchess' pid='362232' dateline='1400536540']
I'm coming to the conclusion that I don't have a true understanding of what that word means to the black community. I know what I've read & heard but how can I take their serious thoughts seriously when it's okay for them to use it but no one else is supposed to. I've heard many arguments regarding that as well as there being a difference between nigga & nigger.
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Nigger is a derogatory word for a black person, it's derived from the word negro and can't be applied to anyone other than a black person. The same way you wouldn't call anyone a chink or spic other than a Chinese or Mexican person for example. Black people adapted it as a word only they can use amongst each other, otherwise it holds the same derogatory context as always.
So if you're not a black person then the appropriate time to use the word nigger is when that black person is behaving like a fucking dick head and there is no better word to call them.
I'm coming to the conclusion that I don't have a true understanding of what that word means to the black community. I know what I've read & heard but how can I take their serious thoughts seriously when it's okay for them to use it but no one else is supposed to. I've heard many arguments regarding that as well as there being a difference between nigga & nigger.
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Nigger is a derogatory word for a black person, it's derived from the word negro and can't be applied to anyone other than a black person. The same way you wouldn't call anyone a chink or spic other than a Chinese or Mexican person for example. Black people adapted it as a word only they can use amongst each other, otherwise it holds the same derogatory context as always.
So if you're not a black person then the appropriate time to use the word nigger is when that black person is behaving like a fucking dick head and there is no better word to call them.