coogar:

that's reverse racism in my opinion!
if you get offended because a white man calls you a nigga then you should be offended when a black man uses the same word! tolerating it from a black man and not tolerating it from a white dude is reverse racism - you are now giving a black man a privilege to call you a nigga but you are denying a white man the same privilege!

we either ban the word completely or get on with it - regardless if who uses it on us!

pak:


@Berem
What is that on you profile pic ?
You just corrupted me

If I do anything wrong this weekend na you O

Okija_juju:


To the contrary.. The most important factor in the 'N' word, is CONTEXT When a black man says Nigga! Its simply means brother.. When a whiteboy calls a black man Nigga! It means NIGGA! You call it reverse racism, I say blacks use nigger not in subjection to racial subordination, but in defiance of it..

berem: so you quickly ran to view my profile? You are a real nigga with a gold chain. Lol!

Okija_juju:


To the contrary.. The most important factor in the 'N' word, is CONTEXT When a black man says Nigga! Its simply means brother.. When a whiteboy calls a black man Nigga! It means NIGGA! You call it reverse racism, I say blacks use nigger not in subjection to racial subordination, but in defiance of it..

berem: so you quickly ran to view my profile? You are a real nigga with a gold chain. Lol!

Ile-Ife:
It will always be offensive coming from a white man because it was used on black people picking cotton with their lips sealed and legs chained together. it was used on black people who were lynched for various frivolous reasons. it was used on[b] black people for foolishly exchanging their loved ones for mirrors and bottles of liquor.[/b] at least for this generation, it's will be seen as offensive coming from a white man to a black man with a slave ancestral background (African-American) no matter the context.

coogar:

how can you make sense from what you typed above? when a blackman says it, he means brother! when a white man says it then its offensive? so a white guy cannot use it in the same context as a black man? a white guy cannot see you as his brother?

kunle.t.ade:
for me i think there is a difference between Nigga and Nigger

Okija_juju:


How so?! If I may ask?! ..

Okija_juju:

NO!!! A white man has lost the right to use the word Nigga! Whites made the 'N' word an issue that it is today! Nigga was from the word Negro.. A white man can call me Negro, but not Nigga! Black people frequently use the word "nigger" to identity with and bond with each other. For some, this relates to a common identification between blacks with the oppression represented by the word "nigger". Blacks should be allowed to refer to each other however they want seeing as the insult originated out of an aim by the white man to dehumanize us.
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*Kails*:
Coogar! Long time no speak!
Hey buddy! its msdarkskin btw.

stagger: That word has its origins on the slave farms of the US, where African slaves were referred to as "niggers" by the slave masters and overseers.

So that is why it is seen as an obscene word because of its origins. That is why any white man who uses the word "nigger" on a black man, will be lucky to make it out alive if he uses it in certain places, especially the ghettos or rough streets. Not cool at all to be called nigger.

Tolaaaaannni: I think Nobody should use the N word. White people definately should Not use it, and neither should

Blacks. I honestly don't get the usage of the "N" word by Blacks, I mean it was meant to make them feel inferior

about who they are. Why in the world are they still continuing that cycle of opression? Some people say they use the "N"

word as a term of endearment, but I personally say that is B.S.

cap28: when a white man uses the word nigger on a black man he is reminding you of your inferior status and the fact that he has had his foot on your neck for the past 500 years, he is reminding you of how his ancestors ra.ped your mother, wife, grandmother and sisters, he is reminding you of how his ancestors lynched you for fun and sat around with their mates laughing and eating while your lifeless body (thats where the world picnic - pick a nigger, came from) hung from a tree or burnt at the stake, he is reminding you of your zero status and powerlessness in the world order, he is reminding you that YOU COME TO HIM FOR JOBS, HOUSING, EDUCATION AND SURVIVAL , a black man can use the word nigger on another black person but it will never ever conjure up the terrible and hateful memories of slavery, ra.pe and lynching that that word connote because the black man in recent times has remained powerless.

a white man's use of the word nigger is a reminder to you the black man that you are still beneath him - it is a way of showing you how contemptuous he is of you and everythign you stand for.

Deyinka007:
NIGGER- a black man with a slavery chain around his neck.

NIGGA- a black man with a gold chain on his neck. -Pac

cap28: when a white man uses the word nigger on a black man he is reminding you of your inferior status and the fact that he has had his foot on your neck for the past 500 years, he is reminding you of how his ancestors ra.ped your mother, wife, grandmother and sisters, he is reminding you of how his ancestors lynched you for fun and sat around with their mates laughing and eating while your lifeless body (thats where the world picnic - pick a nigger, came from) hung from a tree or burnt at the stake, he is reminding you of your zero status and powerlessness in the world order, he is reminding you that YOU COME TO HIM FOR JOBS, HOUSING, EDUCATION AND SURVIVAL , a black man can use the word nigger on another black person but it will never ever conjure up the terrible and hateful memories of slavery, ra.pe and lynching that that word connote because the black man in recent times has remained powerless.

a white man's use of the word nigger is a reminder to you the black man that you are still beneath him - it is a way of showing you how contemptuous he is of you and everythign you stand for.

Woman Is The Nigger Of The World lyrics
Songwriters: Ono, Yoko; Lennon, John;

Woman is the nigger of the world
Yes, she is, think about it
Woman is the nigger of the world
Think about it, do something about it

We make her paint her face and dance
If she won't be a slave, we say that she don't love us
If she's real, we say she's trying to be a man
While puttin' her down, we pretend that she's above us

You know, woman is the nigger of the world, yeah
If you don't believe me, take a look at the one you're with
Woman is the slave to the slave
Ah, yeah, if you believe me, scream about it

We make her bear and raise our children
And then we leave her flat for being a fat old mother hen
We tell her, home is the only place she should be
Then we complain that she's too unworldly to be our friend

Well, now, woman is the nigger of the world, yeah, she is

If you don't believe me, take a look at the one you're with
Woman is the slave to the slave
Yeah, if you believe me, you better scream

We insult her every day on TV
And wonder why she has no guts or confidence
When she's young we kill her will to be free
This is the one that I can never remember
But you get the message anyway

You know that woman is the nigger of the world
Yes, she is, if you don't believe me, take a look at the one you're with
Woman is the slave to the slave
Yeah, Connely was right, we scream it

We make her paint her face and dance
We make her paint her face and dance
We make her paint her face and dance

You know, we make her paint her face and dance
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance
We make her paint her face and dance

blackcat1: I thought nigger was caved out of the word Niger. As most slaves sold were from this region.

afam4eva: The first technical question we should ask is, what does Nigger really mean apart from the fact that it's used to describe black people. I think Nigger is just like the use of Okoro to describe Igbo people which is technically not offesive.

navygrl: that word literally means the color black in Latin. That is the true definition. Just as the true definition of negro is the color black in Spanish. The corrupted and slang uses of the word is where the offensive nature comes from, not the original word