I know most people argue that its slang and means bro but why use such a derogatory word? when will people stop using this word whether it be in rap music or in their everyday vocabulary i think its degrading and should not be used by anyone regardless of the color of skin and if you do use the word would u explain why you still use it?
Looks at title. Looks at subject matter. Knows this will not end well... HOWEVER, the word is common by all races these days, and is accepted far too easy. It'll never change.
All goes back to how ppl were raised really. You were raised in a household where the N word is used often, its no big deal. I still say the n word at least 3-5 times a day, just because my mom, grandmother, grandfather, cousins, uncles, etc all say it all the time around me. Does that make it right to say? No. But is it a big deal like people seem to make it out to be? Hell no imo. And I call all my friends (black, white, mixed, Arabic, etc) ***** too. They all say it... theres no problem. They know their role when saying though. They're smart enough to not say it around new ******. Simple yet effective. We all ****** man. NT yall my ******
This right here is the EXACT problem with the entire usage of the word in 2013. It's accepted to be slang for saying what up to your friends because of the culture that rappers have created. I clearly have no problems with it though.
im black and I don't have a problem with a any race using the N word . to me its js a word and I understand tht many years ago it was used in a very mean and messed up way . some might say tht my approval of people using the word might mean tht I don't care about my heritage but times have changed and I think people have to . I love white people , latinos , Asians , all races and the N word to me is js a word thts like "dude , bro , mann , dogg , etc " ... I mean when it gets used out of the wrong context then I think differently but when im around my friends I js don't care .
Popular culture makes it seem cool. When it's incorporated 10+ times into a popular hip-hop song, what do you expect people to do? I'm not promoting it one bit as I was a young, naive, ignorant fool when I said it when I was a teen but hearing how rampant it is used NOW but the teens, that **** is borderline disgusting. I'll stick with pop culture as the main culprit, how black culture is deemed cool but non-blacks with everything else, will imitate to try and seem cool. I still find myself being very conscious when I'm going along to hip-hop songs from the 90's and I have to go blank when the N word is used in lines. Go to any bar and when Juicy comes on, you already know every single non-black will be extra hard on the "If you don't know, now you know" line. That **** always makes me look at the crowd around me and how nonchalant it's used. From then to now, it's still used way too commonly in all aspects of pop culture. Until that changes, the use of it won't.
I think that some of it has to do with context. I don't think that the word itself is bad, but in certain contexts. Also if they grew up, where the word was used freely or frequently. I think that they plays a factor in why people use it.
A better question is, how the hell do you have 5000 posts in 6 months? Get a life bruh. And this thread has literally been made 100+ times.
Black people turned the one word that was used to describe and degrade the entire race throughout hundreds of years of slavery and oppression into a term of endearment, while simultaneously attempting to justify it's acceptance by any means necessary. Only in America And... [Grizzly Hebert]I'm black if that matters[/Grizzly Hebert]
This is a trap thread that will ultimately turn into a race war thread ending in bans and a long method man essay. Only thing missing is some WATER to cool off the fire and rustle the jimmies
I ponder this topic a lot actually. One reason is most of the people that use it are so far removed from the word's filthy roots that it has no true meaning to them, rappers along with society have turned it into a "common" word. As strange as it sounds, I feel that slaves began using it jokingly with one another as a way to mimic the "master" in attempt to keep their spirits up; almost like a parody (although, to my knowledge, it's not well documented, I'm sure humor was commonplace in slave quarters after hours, possibly the only way to band together and share some type of comradery (sp?). The frequent usage desensitized them and they found themselves using it freely amongst each other. An analogy would be a military training instructor's interaction with trainees in basic training. Although the instructor is harsh and verbally abusive and often calls the trainees names, they eventually grow "numb" and find humor in his antics and begin calling each other the names, outside of his presence of course. Another theory I have is that it's symbolic of turning around something that was meant to oppress a people and instead using it as a way to bring them together, almost as a team. Whats most bizarre is how so many blacks feel as if they have gained ownership of the word. They've earned the right to use it and no other race dare not utter it. The same thing is happening with ladies and the B word. They call each other that like its cool. And then of course you have the people that frankly dont care. Moral of the story, you can't use logic to understand humans. We are a weird creature. S/n, I'm gonna be pissed if I typed all of this and the thread is locked by the time I submit.