the "n" bomb, nigga and nigger Options

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I'm not angry, so please keep that in mind while reading this...

Due to the recent trend of people using the "n" word in such a nonchalant manner and due to my recent discontent with letting it slide, I'm making this known.

Don't use the word... at all. I don't care if you're joking, I don't care if you're serious, don't say it.

To my fellow Afro-Americans; we, as a people, have fought long and hard in this country to make it known that a) that word is an unacceptable insult and b) its a sign of blatant racism. The more and more we perpetuate such a word, the more people of other cultures will begin to use it in such a playful manner. Saying, "thats OUR word," is just as bad as saying it in a derogatory manner. Don't say it. Wonder why there's a white kid from Iowa sitting on his computer calling people, "my nigga," well, more than likely, its because you keep saying it. Or does it strike you as odd that a welloff asian kid who thinks he's a 'kangsta' uses "nigga" in his rhymes? 9 times out of 10, its because you keep saying it. Solution: don't say it.

To my humanoid brothers and sisters; you're not cool by dropping the N bomb. Furthermore, as much as you think you can say it without it being a big deal, you are offending someone. And by offense, I'm not talking about being 'rubbed the wrong way,' I'm talking about being reminded that racism still exists and by using the N word in such a glorified context, you're mocking a history of hardships. Just because you hear 50 Cent or Ludacris say it in their rhymes doesn't it make it any more acceptable. If you hear one of your black friends say it, that still doesn't give you the right to. Even if they say, "I don't care if you say it," that doesn't make it ok. Take into consideration that they're probably just as ignorant as you are. Bottom line; don't say it.

To the racists (believe me, I know they're here); Instead of threatening to take your life by going the Malcolm X route [AK-47s and Sawed Offs], I'm going to simpley and politely ask that you not use the word. If you're a close-minded racist and you can't get over the fact that times have changed and society is evolving, then keep your goddamned mouths shut. If you really feel so compelled to call someone a "nigger," do so... but do it in a group of gang members in the Traps of Atlanta.

To everyone; this isn't just an issue within the black community. Don't stand for words like chink, spic, wetback, ginny, etc. Its wrong. The more these words are used, the more racial slurs are encouraged and the more we digress as a society.

Thanks,
The Don

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  I disagree with that statement Cassie.

It is pretty hypocritical when a black person will call another black person a "nigga" , and then turn around and want to shoot another person of another race for using it.

Like Nightmare4taki said, I'm not going to front about the N word. I have used it. But it's only been in repeating words of a song. I have never called anyone a "nigga/nigger", and I don't plan on doing so.

How can we cripe about how we don't want the word to be used, and use it like 50 times in one sentence? I don't think the word is so popular because of other races being racist to black people.  It's because the word is in so many popular songs, that all races can listen too, and it's said so much in the black culture.  Monkey see monkey do.

So who are we to complain? If black people really want people to stop using that word, they'll stop using it themselves.

I've had this argument with so many of my black friends before, and they say, "You've been hanging out with too many white people" or "What kind of black person are you to NOT use the word"...things like that. They say it's their privelege, like Cassie said. They say it's representing the hardships they overcame in the past, and making light of it.

I partly agree with that last statement, except for the fact that: Many black people talk about slavery as if, they themselves picked the cotton, used the underground railroad system, and walked thousands of miles. Me? I would complain about someone bringing something up in say, last august, and complaining about it. It's old, tired, shit by now. All the way in the 1700's is a long time to be holding a grudge.

Me? Both my parents were born in Nigeria, Africa. And I am 1/4 Dutch as well. So my ancestors were not in fact, slaves. It's not looked upon that way. I'm black..I've "been through slavery" so, I should say the word right? Not right.
Nigga/Nigger. I see no difference but spelling. They both mean the same thing to me.





Before/BFore/B4/Be4/ I see no difference but spelling either. I spell it a different way, but you still know what I'm saying, right?

So don't try to make "Nigger" better, by taking off the "er" and adding, an A.

In my opinion, I don't think the N word will ever stop being used--there are just too many black people who use it. But in the future, I'm not going to be one of those people.

I agree with everything you said times like %110.
It's so disrespectful to our anscestors to use it like it's no big deal. When my Great-grandparents came here from Cape Verde, they were bombarded with the word, and shunned from the Portuguese communities because of it. That's why I personally NEVER use the word, not when I'm talking with my black friends, or with my friends of other races. I could not even begin to imagine how my father would react if I said that word in front of him, because of how horrible the connatation of the word was when and where he grew up.

I also don't see how we can promote a word so much, and still get so angry when other people use it. It wasn't our generation (notice that's the one that uses it so much) who wasn't allowed to sit in the front of the bus because of it, and it wasn't our generation who had to work in the fields because of it. So have the respect for the people who would actually experienced what the word ment first hand, and and just don't say it, it's not that hard.

Like you still have a seperate water fountain. (That complaint kills me. Two water fountains just meant shorter lines for everyone.)

I also felt some sort of need to correct this argument.

just shorter lines I suppose...