docholliday on 21 July 2011
| ShadowSoldier said: I'm black and I use the word nigga. My thoughts on people complaining about blacks using the word (At least the non-black members) To put it lightly, while logically one race shouldn't be able to take ownership of a word..too bad it happened. A lot of people from the older generations hate that word with a passion and for good reason, but a lot of them understand why newer generations of black man use it towards each other. And that basically comes down to taking the pain out of a word that caused so much harm. A professor of mine even said that it's almost Poetic Justice that, black people were able to take that very word that caused so much harm and injustice and discomfort, into a word of endearment and love for one another, while making white people uncomfortable when it's used around them at the same time. And if you're wondering why only black people are allowed to say the word, put it like this. Slavery and every other injustice blacks had to endure for centuries gave us the right to dictate how and who should be able to use that word, as I've stated before the Hip Hop culture has given blacks the ability to flip that word from a negative into a positive reserved exclusively for us. The black community on a whole has been very divided over this issue but for the most part both sides understand why the other feels the way they do... |
Holy shit, THANK YOU.
