People saying its not offensive only say it cos they don't really know how the word came about. Its just like someone pointed out before, too much tv or movies make us use words without actually knowing how the word came about and think its cool to use it on just about any one at anytime. I was watching a tv programme on ait one day and a pastor was preaching and used the word "damn" twice at the church (it was a church programme). I kept shaking my head at the level of ignorance.

I take offence at the use of the word. Why must you want to attribute yourself with a word that the whites used to call the slaves while they whipped them to go pick up cotton or while they chased them out of a "whites-only" rest room.

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i find it offensive, somewhat. the word in itself is bad, but it really depends on context.
i get sick and irritated when i hear Africans (mainly the ones in Africa) using the n-word. is it by force to copy EVERYTHING? whether it be positive or negative, some people have this quest to be more "American" than the Americans and start using that dumb word so carelessly.
MY FELLOW AFRICANS, WAKE UP!!!!

I find the word offensive and any African or African American who uses it towards me, will be corrected. I am not a "nigga," I am a MAN. A proud IGBO man. You either say my name, or refer to me by my group, but I will never be recognized as some "nigga." 

i'll like 2 reply wit d words of DAGRIN (ruggedman ft dagrin-emi ni)
He said "ma lo pe mi ni NIGGA,ma lo pe mi ni DOG,o le pe mi ni HOMMIE-mo ma manage e"
Meaning "dont call me NIGGA,dont call me DOG,you can call me HOMMIE-i'll manage it"

i'll like 2 reply wit d words of DAGRIN  (ruggedman ft dagrin-emi ni)
He said "ma lo pe mi ni NIGGA,ma lo pe mi ni DOG,o le pe mi ni HOMMIE-mo ma manage e"
Meaning "dont call me NIGGA,dont call me DOG,you can call me HOMMIE-i'll manage it"

@All, Lets do some black history here, shall we. (I wrote the original version for that lil boy, Johnny)


AA, Negro, Noer, Niro, Mahogony, Ebony, Nubbian, Black, Nigger, all of these words have the same meaning. Negro is a Spanish noun descending from the word 'Niger'- meaning black. Somewhere in history it was translated to the N-word by those who refer to us as economically, politically and socially disenfranchise instead of the kings and queens, princes and princesses that we really are.

We are the descendant of the continent of Africa , countries like Niger or Nigeria hold our rich heritage. Unfortunately this misinterpretation of our heritage has been perpetuated among our own race. Rather than to obliterate this disrespectful term, we have adapted it as a cultural phrase. You've heard it " whats up my Nigga, or maybe you've said it " get out of my face Nigga". So why are we using this word and use it as our everyday language to communicate to or about ourselves? Let me dispel the myth, as a people, we are neither economically, politically nor socially disenfranchise.

Fifty six years after the emancipation proclamation, there's an emergence of blacks who capitalize in their God-given talent, embodied with a character of self-dedication, they joined together to make a New Negro Movement. And if these names doesn't ring a bell, you might be more familiar with Halem Renaissance which helped created the NAACP, other writers, actors, musicians, poets and others who came together for a new beginning. This explains Renaissance which means re-born.

People like Roy Brown, a name synonymous with the introduction of jazz, Duke Ellington, a jazz musician, Marcus Garvey, a civil right activist and Langston Hughes, a poet have all changed the history of the world. So who are you calling Nigga? We have held such confident offices in the history of this nation and Affirmative Action has got nothing to do with it. According to the definition, A Nigga will never be a Lawyer, a Doctor or a Teacher, yet we have so many AA or Africans who thrive throughout these industries. We also do hold and have held various distinct offices, from chairman of the FCC, to people like Michael Powell, his father Colin Powell, Barack Obama, Nelson Mandela and so on. We all want to be free from oppression yet we call ourselves this derogatory word.

Oprah Winfrey will never have had success or experience or the distinction of being the richest black woman in the world if she'd allowed the termination from her previous job to economically disenfranchise her. Instead, her presence is require in the most elite, social and political domains.

So, I'm sending a message to everyone who knowingly or ignorantly uses this word to describe our people to desist from doing so. Whether you're gangster rap who uses it communicate with your boys, or someone who looks down on those of us who haven't got a college education. Whatever the case, I'm conditioning you to discontinue the use of this word. It is somewhat implausible that forty years after the assassination of Dr Martin Luther King Jr that we still use this word that has no where in our lives and future. So I'm petitioning you to join me to deleting this word around our vocabulary as a people, as a Nation and the world.

In nigeria calling a person nigger those that do not know the meaning will foolishly smile but those black guys in America will burst out with you instantly

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Eh ya, EzeUche the more I read some of your posts, the more you grow on me

I'm not that bad, I just have a little bad reputation in the Politics section.

strolls in, ll be back

"They said we N_I_G_G_E_R we are much more soon we choose to ignore the obvious they didn't acknowledge, we are scholars long before the colleges".from NAS
Yes the origin is 0offensive however, it remind us of what it used to be . The word nigger can be said if it's not meant to offend anybody , (Do I mean like a slave master - N_I_G_G_ER no I'm ganster), NAS.

The use of the word should be interpreted in context and not the original.
According to what i used to hear sometime when i was younger, the word Ijesa was actually Ije Orisa and it means the food for Orisa, meaning they were the choice for sacrifice to the Gods of the ife. But centuries back they seized to be and the name stuck and they are one of the biggest sub-tribes in Yoruba and where the Penticostal movement started in Nigeria!

if a white dude calls m nigga,ill bitchhhhslap him,buh a black,nah,jus normal ish,

Sha my own is that this "Nigga tension" should be between the whites and Black Americans. The rest of you's that are following the crowd , what is your business! The white's didn't forcefully carry you to America in their ships, did they? You all got lucky enough to still be An African, or rather you were lucky enough to not have experienced what the real "Niggas" went through! So, pls let's just squash it and move on! (If you wish. I already have )

I only read the first the post and i had enough. The word nigga means no identitie so it is offensief only some african will allow ppl to call them that. If your an african born out of slaves u wont allow ppl to call u that. Go and do research before posting something like this and hipped it. No one calls me that

You niggas are still here?

Well in American hip hop black americans refer to themselves as niggahs and their women as bitches and hoes and even Eminem uses the N on a daily basis in his videos.To me it sounds retarded but then its black american culture.Why should we africans be imitating black americans and refering to ourselves as niggahs.Even jamaicans have an identity and they dont refer to themselves as niggers or coons in their music.Any african who uses the N word is a wannabe just like those funny looking africans who i see wearing gold chains around their neck with oversized trousers sagging below their asses

somebody from nigeria ,kidnapped or handed over by his or her parent and shipped or cargo abroad as a slave is called a nigga.

like me i don't know wot is the meaning but i think sincse people have been called "GUYS" i don't see the reason for not being called NIGGA

Nice promotion, you just gave that website a few more hits than it would have.

Yes i think that it is offensive; who would of thought that after centuries of it being used as a derogatory term to address our alleged "subhuman nature", we would then turn around and use it to address each other. i havae yet to hear caucasians calling each othe "cracker" or chinese calling each other "chink". There are so many positive ways to holler at each other (and if you cannot think of any, just use the names we are born with) that we can afford to leave " nigga" out of our vernacular. Just sayin'

Interesting topic. But I think this all has a standing with one major thing: Was Nigeria involved in the slave trade?
To a degree yes. So out of respect for your lost brothers maybe this word is sensitive and doesn't really have any purpose.

zibe:

People saying its not offensive only say it cos they don't really know how the word came about. Its just like someone pointed out before, too much tv or movies make us use words without actually knowing how the word came about and think its cool to use it on just about any one at anytime. I was watching a tv programme on ait one day and a pastor was preaching and used the word "damn" twice at the church (it was a church programme). I kept shaking my head at the level of ignorance.

I take offence at the use of the word. Why must you want to attribute yourself with a word that the whites used to call the slaves while they whipped them to go pick up cotton or while they chased them out of a "whites-only" rest room.

I concur. The word nigger is not even part of my vocabulary. Its a byword with negative connotations really an object of scorn. It was first used as a derogatory and racist word for African slaves and their descendants. In order to deafricanize these slaves they used the N word. It really means nothing or non existent. Think about it were is nigger land. There's no such thing but there is a land call Africa. This word has racist origin. The N word is just like some other different words has changed over time. Words go threw different meanings as history past by. For example the word nigger has been reclaimed by black youths particularly in the hip-hop culture. It clearly shows their ignorance. They even try to justify their ignorance by saying its okay for a black person to use it but not okay for whites to call a black person a nigger. If you use it in it's original meaning it means nothing but a slave!!!!!!!!!! and you or consider as nothing but property of the slave master.

Speaking of the slave trade in Nigeria the infamous slave trade in Nigeria is not known to many people like the slave trade in Ghana, Senegal, Togo and Benin. Nigeria and Ghana were former British colonies. But there was a slave port in Nigeria one is in ancient town of Badagry Nigeria near Lagos. Others were Calabar and Benin. Most of these slaves were Igbo and Yoruba, with significant concentrations of Hausa, Ibibio, and other ethnic groups.

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I concur. The word nigger is not even part of my vocabulary. Its a byword with negative connotations really an object of scorn. It was first used as a derogatory and racist word for African slaves and their descendants. In order to deafricanize these slaves they used the N word. It really means nothing or non existent. Think about it were is nigger land. There's no such thing but there is a land call Africa. This word has racist origin. The N word is just like some other different words has changed over time. Words go threw different meanings as history past by. For example the word nigger has been reclaimed by black youths particularly in the hip-hop culture. It clearly shows their ignorance. They even try to justify their ignorance by saying its okay for a black person to use it but not okay for whites to call a black person a nigger. If you use it in it's original meaning it means nothing but a slave!!!!!!!!!! and you or consider as nothing but property of the slave master.

Speaking of the slave trade in Nigeria the infamous slave trade in Nigeria is not known to many people like the slave trade in Ghana, Senegal, Togo and Benin. Nigeria and Ghana were former British colonies. But there was a slave port in Nigeria  one is in ancient town of Badagry Nigeria near Lagos. Others were Calabar and Benin. Most of these slaves were Igbo and Yoruba, with significant concentrations of Hausa, Ibibio, and other ethnic groups.

Benin was not a slave port. Itsekiri and Ijaw traders who operated in the periphery of the Benin empire can hardly qualify Benin itself (Benin proper) for the title of a slave port. Slavery was mostly irrelevant to the pre-colonial Benin economy and trade.

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