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All questions in this blog are asked as I want an answer I am not trying to be sarcastic or bitchy or anything of that nature I am seriously searching for feedback
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There are alot of racial stero types and slurs but the most offensive todate has to be nigger or nigga as it is more commenly said these days.
Here are my thoughts,opinions,questions and personaly known facts on the subject!
I was told tonite that I will never understand the offensiveness of the word because I'm not black then had the same black person turn around and act like they understand the offensiveness of white slurs such as cracker. How does that make anything you say on the subject worth while?
I also had said and I quote "we are discussing the offensiveness of the word nigger" and that made someone mad. Why? because I said niggER and not niggA now how that matters I am not sure as the word is spelled with an ER and not an A. Using it with an A is simply making it "slang" it does not change the definition of the word you are using. So how does it really make it anymore offensive when it's said one way then the other?
Is it because black people say so? Is it because you think the A changes the word? Is there even a real reason?
Something I have heard time and time again from black people is they have earned the right to say it to each other. HOW? What have you done to earn the right to use a nasty word? NOONE has earned ANY right to use ANY nasty word people just do it. Even if SOME black people have earned the right to use the word in my opinion it surely is not todays youth. You did not march hundreds of miles, you did not get the shit kicked out of you because of where you sat or ate or used the restroom. You all have the same rights as everyone else in this day and age. If someone denys you fo those rights because of your color you can't blame everyone else of that color for it. Not all people of ANY color are the same.
Another one I have heard alot is oh well we don't use it in a bad way. OK well There are times when people of other colors use it amoung friends and are not meaning it in a bad way so how is it different? Just because some people use it as a slur doesnt mean everyone does. Mexicans don't go around calling each other spic and say oh we dont mean it bad, white people dont go around calling each other cracker and say oh we don't mean it bad. The term nigga has become part of todays culture because of attuides like that and you can't blame anyone else but the popula blacks for using it everywhere they go.
Next...I asked if it was seen as offensive if a white person says nigger or nigga when singing the lyrics of a song and the answer was a simple yes followed by if we were all at a club together and a song with the word came on the group on black guys would watch the group of white guys to see if they say the word when it comes up. WTF??? are you serious? What does that say about you and your race? To me it says you want people to say it so that you can be angry. Now what exactly is the point of this? I was utterly confused and shocked by the kid saying that. In my mind it almost makes you a racist because you are serching for a reason to fight a white guy. Does that sound like a tolerent thing to do?
This also brought me to ask him if he is trying to say we as white people should not listen to that music...he never said yes or no but gave me the look that I knew he thought that..again I say WTF?? are you serious?? How can you believe it's okay for you to listen to "our" music but its not okay for use to listen to "yours"?
If this is something all black people believe then I'm sorry you def. have not earned the right to use any word towards anyone because you are no better then the people who use that word as a slur you just express you racial intolerence in different ways.
Now we have comes leaps and bounds since segragation and I believe it is time for everyone to look at things a little different.
White people: It is NOT okay for you to treat black people like shit because of the color of their skin nor is it okay for you to use racial sulrs in awful or hurtful ways to ANYONE!!
Black people: It is NOT okay for you to continue being angry with white people for things white people did years and years ago. It is okay for you to be angry with those who still treat you in that manner but I feel it's a bit petty to be angry with people who use this word in the same ways you do and not to be mean or hateful
All people: It is NOT okay for you to judge ANYONE by the color of their skin. It is also NOT okay for you to hate a race for something someone of the same race did a long time ago. It is also NOT ago to blame another race for ANYTHING. People of all races have been doing right and wrong since the begining of time.
Think about this for a minute:
By definition the word nigger means a member of a socially disadvantaged class of persons.
With that in mind are there not niggers of all races?
Hmmmm, interesting subject, and also one that has carried on for generation upon generation. It's never been laid to rest, and probably never will be. Sad, but likely. I, personally, am not racist. My impressions of people are based on their behavior toward others. Not that I am perfect, by any means, but others make their impression of me hopefully in the same way...based on my behavior toward others. People ARE not what they are on the outside, they ARE their behavior, their feelings and emotions, their reactions, their opinions, their ways of dealing with life. Now, I ask, as does the author of this blog...what has COLOR got to do with any of that? If you shoot me, I will bleed; if you shoot my black neighbor, he will bleed...we will both bleed the same color; suffice to say that on the inside, we are all very much alike. We have different ways of coping and dealing with life incidences, but isn't THAT what makes us all different????? There is no one left alive from the slavery era, and those of us here today only know about it through history books....we can not be held accountable for the behaviors of people in that period of time, just as we can not be held accountable for the country being "stolen" from the American Indians. Were either of those things morally right? Of course not, but that was then and this is now. We are all Americans (well, sort of..the only true Americans are the native Indidans), and we all share the same civil rights. To hold onto bitterness that had nothing to do with any of us here now serves only to carry on the type of anomosity that the author blogs about. We are basically "beating a dead horse." Those days are over...we all have more important things to "fight." This country supposedly has a government "by the people, for the people, and of the people,"....we are ALL the people.....what about uniting so that we can work toward making that a true statement????
ReplyDeleteThis is true in some ways. but the correct term for African American people is Negro which was then transformed into the word nigger by the white man initially it had no definition until one was made. black people were being called niggers instead.so in that day and time socially disadvanted peolpe were black people. With that being said I personally have no problem with anyone using the word. but there people that do. I have white friends that tell me all the time im not the typical nigger.what they mean by that you tell me. no white person will ever understand how that word hurts some people because they werent brought over on boats and chained,beaten,spit upon,killed for not wanting to cooperate,watching your loved ones be SOLD.raped, or taken from your homeland. I know nothing of it either but my ancestors do our grandmothers knows about seggregation. but i agree with you black people its time to forgive as the bible says. my grandmother forgave and taught me not to have hate in my heart. but she also taught me not to forget so history doesnt repeat its self. oh and thank you white man for taking us out of the jungle and teaching us civilization even if you didnt want us to learn it!!!!
ReplyDeleteCyd,
ReplyDeleteyou are correct the word nigger was made a slur by white people and had no definition before that but all words came from somewhere and had no definition before someone made them up. At that time yes the disadvantaged people were black people but that is not always true now. Are some of them still black? yes but some are also white,mexican,chinese,etc. etc. so by definition in this day and age there are def niggers of all races. As far as people telling you you're not the typical nigger....I think I want to know just as much as you what the hell that means. I know ill never understand the offensiveness of the word I just dont think its right for someone to say that and 5 seconds later act as if they understand the offensiveness of white slurs. Either way the words people use can be offensive no matter who says it or who they say it to. I really wish it could ALL stop even the "non offensive" use of any of the words but sadly this will never happen.