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Piy
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Scotland3152 Posts
November 10 2009 00:00 GMT
#61
Just don't listen to rap. You'd be killing 2 birds with one stone :p
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OhThatDang
Profile Joined August 2004
United States4685 Posts
November 10 2009 00:01 GMT
#62
if its part of the song...why not
if they really get on you for that just be like its part of the rap
they wont hit you or think its uncool...
now if u said it to them and in a demeaning tone then yeah you'd get hate

in any case if anyone is still afraid theres always the word
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PanN
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2828 Posts
November 10 2009 00:05 GMT
#63
On November 10 2009 08:45 Rebuke wrote:
i live in a pretty small town (2000) and its mostly whites. we have about 2-3 black families here and we constantly rip on them. calling them niggers, porch monkeys and when shit really gets out of hand we even stomp them out a bit

i try my best to stay away from that kinda shit but sometimes u gotta follow the pact and just feed a nigger ur shoes.


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AtlaS
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States1001 Posts
November 10 2009 00:11 GMT
#64
It's not appropriate to call someone a nigger/nigga if you don't know them well enough that they would be ok with it. That should just be obvious.

But I agree that the word "nigger/nigga" is starting to evolve. I don't think it's supposed to be used as a racial slur against black people, but used to describe black people who act like thugs and gangsters and walk around with gold teeth and stuff. I think it's starting to switch to that meaning ever since rappers like lil wayne and solja boy start to use it in their songs.

The word starts to lose it's edge and vulgarity when you hear it 50 times in any rap song that has come out in the last 5 years.
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CrownRoyal
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Vatican City State1872 Posts
November 10 2009 00:13 GMT
#65
nigger is one of my favorite words, i don't use it in a racist way though just as like something to call someone
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29 fps
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States5725 Posts
November 10 2009 00:24 GMT
#66
do some people feel that "nigger" is similar to "bitch" in the way that you don't always use it in its literal sense. rappers, etc seem to just use that word in lieu of other more politically correct words to sound more "street"

it would be bad if the word was used in its literal sense as an attack on someone, but otherwise, i dont think it's so bad.
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AoN.Warrior-350-
Profile Joined December 2008
United States147 Posts
November 10 2009 00:48 GMT
#67
Just for arguments sake
Nigger actually means any one of dark skin from Spain or Portugal... >.> ... it also meant some one who was a moron and then soon meant slaves/poor black people/ now its a mean word against blacks in general

And Cunt is a form of a knot you can find on an old boat.. later became a derogative name for a male... later to be changed over to be offensive to women

fuck is an acronym... to fuck is to Fornicate Under Command of the King.. albeit fuck now has several other uses now...

So do i censor myself no... because A) the words wouldnt be in the damn song if people didnt want you to sing along.. B) every words meaning has always changed through the years... So unless im in a car with a dark skinned Portuguese person im not offending any one... C) I use the words every day I feel as long as i dont use them in a hey bad way (IE Hey look at the dumb nigger) then the person taking offense to it really is a moron....
Frits
Profile Joined March 2003
11782 Posts
November 10 2009 00:52 GMT
#68
dunno, in holland the word doesn't quite have the same impact as in theee usa

probabablyy yes, if he did it as well, not sure though,
Whiplash
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States2929 Posts
November 10 2009 00:53 GMT
#69
Nigger is as dangerous as you want it to be.
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selboN
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States2523 Posts
November 10 2009 00:54 GMT
#70
On November 10 2009 09:00 Piy wrote:
Just don't listen to rap. You'd be killing 2 birds with one stone :p

This man speaks the truth.
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A3iL3r0n
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States2196 Posts
November 10 2009 00:56 GMT
#71
I love that word, partly because it has such an odd status right now in American culture.

I don't think I would ever say it in front of a black person even if they said it was alright, unless we were good friends.

BTW, "nigger" is always offensive whereas "nigga" is more acceptable because you are invoking the casual usage present in rap songs.
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bumatlarge
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States4567 Posts
November 10 2009 00:56 GMT
#72
Im a whitey livin in the north bronx, so I never say it, but im sure they wouldnt mind if i was singing
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Probe.
Profile Joined May 2009
United States877 Posts
November 10 2009 00:59 GMT
#73
I am white, and i would never rap in front of a black guy. However i still say nigger alot though. You know that new southpark where they said that fag has a new meaning now. I feel the same way about the word nigger.
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DoctorHelvetica
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States15034 Posts
November 10 2009 01:00 GMT
#74
On November 10 2009 09:59 Probe. wrote:
I am white, and i would never rap in front of a black guy. However i still say nigger alot though. You know that new southpark where they said that fag has a new meaning now. I feel the same way about the word nigger.


Where did you get that impression, exactly?
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lone_hydra
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada1460 Posts
November 10 2009 01:01 GMT
#75
I used to know this Asian guy in high school who calls everyone nigger crackers regardless of race. The black dudes weren't mad. They were too confused to be mad.
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Fredflintstone
Profile Joined January 2009
439 Posts
November 10 2009 01:06 GMT
#76
I remember I was talking to a white friend about NWA and I refered to them as 'Niggaz With Attitude' and he got offended and was saying I shouldn't say that cause a black person might overhear us. So I guess I'm saying it should be cool as long as you aren't using it to deliberately insult/attack someone.
Sc2ggRise
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States607 Posts
November 10 2009 01:08 GMT
#77
i like naughty words
Corr
Profile Joined January 2009
Denmark796 Posts
November 10 2009 01:20 GMT
#78
On November 10 2009 07:19 Liquid_Turbo wrote:
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On November 10 2009 06:15 Myxomatosis wrote:
If you are in a car with some buddies and you are rapping along with whatever you have in the stereo, would you censor yourself when the word nigger/nigga/niggaaaaahh comes up in some form? Would you censor yourself if there was a black guy in the car?

I can't think of any concrete examples from my past experiences, but I think I would keep singing along as if it were any other curse word. I find it weird that someone could find it acceptable to repeat words like fuck, cunt, fucking cunt etc. but saying the n-word is crossing the line. I could see how someone could be offended, but I don't believe that they should be. Any thoughts or anecdotes on this scenario or on the n-word in general?


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himurakenshin
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
Canada1845 Posts
November 10 2009 01:21 GMT
#79
On November 10 2009 08:58 YPang wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 10 2009 08:45 Rebuke wrote:
i live in a pretty small town (2000) and its mostly whites. we have about 2-3 black families here and we constantly rip on them. calling them niggers, porch monkeys and when shit really gets out of hand we even stomp them out a bit

i try my best to stay away from that kinda shit but sometimes u gotta follow the pact and just feed a nigger ur shoes.

haahahahah

this isnot a trol in canada its true there's like 2-3 black families in a neighberhood


I wouldn't say that about all of canada In some areas, there is a significant black population, such as in certain parts of Toronto, but yes in lots of parts of Canada there aren't a lot of black families.

On November 10 2009 09:11 AtlaS wrote:
But I agree that the word "nigger/nigga" is starting to evolve. I don't think it's supposed to be used as a racial slur against black people, but used to describe black people who act like thugs and gangsters and walk around with gold teeth and stuff. I think it's starting to switch to that meaning ever since rappers like lil wayne and solja boy start to use it in their songs.


I don't believe this is true. People use racial insults within their own community to unify the common struggle that they have to go through. I guess you could somewhat compare it to the term "nerd". It can be used to insult people, but then people who are called nerds seem to unify under this term

The struggle that black people have to go through I think is still something which is a relevant topic. People are quick to believe that the age of racism is over, but we should realize that all these horrendous racist things that we hear about didn't happen that long ago.

Did you know that Quincy Jones (Michael Jackson's producer) had to struggle to get Michael Jackson's Thriller to be played on MTV? because he was black

Chris Rock even mentions in his stand up how in his neighborhood, the only black neighbors are really famous black people like Mary J Blidge and other black celebrites, whereas his next door neighbour is a white dentist
Boertie
Profile Joined July 2009
Netherlands98 Posts
November 10 2009 01:23 GMT
#80
Uhmmm to the guy who is saying it is referring to some Spanish shit, I think your history is screwed.

nigger is derived from the dutch word(not proud of it) neger which in turn is derived from negeren (translated: ignore) and yes the dutch WIC made sure you got all the negers from Africa...In Brooklyn there is even a cemetery called, Begraafplaats van de Neger.

Another reason why black people are called niggers, is that most Africans who were deported to the USA were from the area called Nyger near the Niger-river, that country is nowadays called Nigeria.
I just wanted to point out some irregularities, to my opinion it is wrong to say it has to do with Portuguese of Spanish people. The only root it has is because it supposedly derived from the latin word Niger. (again the reason why the area in Africa is called the Nyger area). It simply doesn't even if mighty Wikipedia states something different.

Just to make sure, the word nigger to me is just a word, to me it has no racial slang(just like other dutch people said earlier before on this forum).

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