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There is not much else to say.....
There is not much else to say.....
https://www.vox.com/identities/2017...rZE4plxE_EKBYyvw195HjV9-n0RmngqGqbscjTn1lBAQo
There is not much else to say.....
Comparing the word to "honey" is useless. Honey is a term of endearment.
Comparing it to the B-word is better. The word is crass and insulting. Women should not be using it against each other. If the N-word is an insult, then blacks should not be using it against each other.
The real problem is that it should not be an insult in the first place. Niger, the root of it, simply means black. A form of it even shows up in the names Schwarzenegger and Nigeria, and niger seed (good for feeding goldfinches). We never should have gotten to this point, where the name of a race is an insult. However, since we are not to call blacks by that word, then they need to extend the same courtesy to each other. Even if they don't, I still won't use the word, but they will lose my respect.
Comparing the word to "honey" is useless. Honey is a term of endearment.
Comparing it to the B-word is better. The word is crass and insulting. Women should not be using it against each other. If the N-word is an insult, then blacks should not be using it against each other.
The real problem is that it should not be an insult in the first place. Niger, the root of it, simply means black. A form of it even shows up in the names Schwarzenegger and Nigeria, and niger seed (good for feeding goldfinches). We never should have gotten to this point, where the name of a race is an insult. However, since we are not to call blacks by that word, then they need to extend the same courtesy to each other. Even if they don't, I still won't use the word, but they will lose my respect.
Entitlement certainly. I suspect it is also used to reinforce their superiority.Just so people know, the "N" word was used profusely and specifically for black persons and slaves right before lynching - not just as an insult. That is what people want to be a part of? Blacks likely use it because it is part of their experience in real life (I know even people on here have called black people the N-word in real life.) It is an authentic part of black life (because they are still called this today).
But seriously, why telegraph to other people: why would anyone want to use that word? If you are unsure about its appropriateness, don't do it. Why do people want to fight for permission to use this word? If orange of history? Entitlement?
Entitlement certainly. I suspect it is also used to reinforce their superiority.
There are two ways to appear superior to others. The first way is to actually BE superior. The other way is to diminish others while promoting oneself. One is honest, the other isn't.
Comparing the word to "honey" is useless. Honey is a term of endearment.
Comparing it to the B-word is better. The word is crass and insulting. Women should not be using it against each other. If the N-word is an insult, then blacks should not be using it against each other.
The real problem is that it should not be an insult in the first place.
Niger, the root of it, simply means black.
A form of it even shows up in the names Schwarzenegger
We never should have gotten to this point, where the name of a race is an insult.
However, since we are not to call blacks by that word, then they need to extend the same courtesy to each other.
Even if they don't, I still won't use the word, but they will lose my respect.
Ignorance of history*
Sometimes I write with a device with "beautiful" autocorrect.
AgreedComparing the word to "honey" is useless. Honey is a term of endearment.
Also agreed.Comparing it to the B-word is better. The word is crass and insulting. Women should not be using it against each other.
You can always tell a German.As far as I know, "negger" by itself is not a word in German. (A black person is schwarzer.)
To use a racially derogatory word promotes racism. Of course, that also goes for any derogatory term used for any ethnic, religious, or national group.
I was brought up when such terms were in common usage. However my dad taught me to never use them and I never did. I was also taught to judge people as individuals, not based on some such group.
It really bothers me when I hear an African American use the “N” word. It is a racially derogatory word no matter who is using it.
Both science and religion say that we all come from common ancestors. So, there is no excuse for such bigotry.
Probably because we've been taught its a dehumanizing racial slur.Why are you bothered you when Black people use that word?