zionking:

NIGGER= (Naive Individual Glorifying Greed & Encouraging Racism) !!!! " Go figure.  

Tosinville:

^^Negro & Nigger are the same jare, negro is just an old word.

Ms. Potato:

Reaaaaallllyyy? Come on now. They are the ones mainly conversing to each other calling each other Nigga. Yet now they take it offensicely? If they dont like it, they should not have talked to each other calling each other Nigga, Wassup Nigga,  Yo Nigga !Nigga please," or "That's my nigga and etc etc. . . Did they not say it? 

Ms. Potato:

INked Nerd I was wondering that myself. Like Ive seen it oo. They talk to each other calling each other Nigga but when someone else calls them that, they get offensive. I find it strange in a way

Tosinville:

Ms.Potato
Thats niggaz/black ppl for you lol, there some word they prefer within themselves they won't tolerate from any other race na.

BABE!:

@Everybody(lol)
Ermmmm, It not Hypocrisy! It's History! Nigga was the word these white folks used to call the african slaves then. So if a random white dude calls them Niggas, of course they'll find it offensive! , uhn uhn Coz that ain't right Nigga!(lol) The "slavery tension" is still kind of in existence!
They can call themselves Niggas if they want to, coz they are insensitive to themselves calling themselves that!

Take for example: Mr A. had an accident which led to a deformity (He's a cripple). Him and his family have been together for so long, that they even make jokes out of his condition. They call him a cripple all the time and its like a normal thing. So now, just imagine somebody coming up to him randomly to call him a cripple. Of course he won't take it the same way as he always takes it with his family. He's not gonna take it lightly. duh!

So, same thing goes for the akatas. Put yourselves in their shoes for a minute!
I have akata friends and I call them Niggas, they don't take it offensive atall. bUT, If a white dude should, then that Nigga is dead, lol

BABE!:

@Inky. because it's not! Are you serious? The two situations  are given off different signals/meanings.  They are just saying the same word!
A black person calling the other a Nigga is just that, It ends there!
A white person calling a black dude a Nigga, oozes off the slavery time/tension. They are still getting over it! Its gonna take time!

BABE!:

^^^ehn, me I'm not joking o, coz imma whop your a$$. I will finish you within a snap of my fingers. Watin? You no get crase , I get crase pass you! Lmao, LOL,
.Lets leave it there for now. Till we meet in NY!
Don't forget to drop your number o.

ogugua88:

I don't understand how people could still be offended. If you're still offended by that word, then they're still winning.

A.D.M.:

First of all, what is akata? Is that some negative code word for AAs?
[b]
As for the question, I'm Afro-American and I find the word offensive. Here's why: I'm the type of person that never forgets my history. In other words, if it weren't for positive black folks such Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr. Malcolm X, and the rest, I wouldn't be where I am today. We all benefit from their struggle (black folks are still struggling, but that's another topic). I feel like it's disrespectful to them and to blacks in general when that word is used. No matter how far removed we may be from that era, you can't erase history and you can't erase racism. Sorry, but some people's minds will not be changed. It's also hypocritical to say blacks can use it, but non-blacks cannot. If it's good for the goose, it's good for the gander.

As for the "stop living in the past" argument, I find that argument to be disingenious. Are Jewish people wrong for never forgetting the World War 2 holocaust, even though Jews were not the only people killed? Are some U.S. citizens wrong for saying "never forget 9/11"? If not, then why should Afro-Americans forget? Why should I forget where I come from? Why should I forget about the blood, sweat, and tears my ancestors gave in building the U.S.? Remembering your history is not living in the past. Living in the past is like thinking a black person can't get a job no matter what. Any black person can obviously get a job. But knowing where you come from and using that data to help chart a course for the future is not living in the past.[/b]