Considering the history of the racial slur in question, I wouldn't hold it against a black person to be offended by the use of the word, particularly by a white person. It's not like it's use as a derogatory term is non-existent anymore, it is still used as a racial slur among some people. Even if it's a term of endearment between black people, the connotation between a black person calling another black person that term is significantly different from a white person calling a black person that term. It's still a racial slur in the American lexicon, and it's only been a couple decades since systematic racism was "officially" outlawed.
Besides, it's not like it's a particularly special word to begin with. Any context where you would use it as a term of endearment can be replaced with a different word anyways.
I personally am not comfortable with any racial slurs, and I will make my discomfort on the use of those words clear when they are used, regardless of who uses them. Personal experience as a child experiencing teasing for my Asian heritage, and outright discrimination for my mixed background, gives me a low tolerance for any use of racial slurs.
Besides, it's not like it's a particularly special word to begin with. Any context where you would use it as a term of endearment can be replaced with a different word anyways.
I personally am not comfortable with any racial slurs, and I will make my discomfort on the use of those words clear when they are used, regardless of who uses them. Personal experience as a child experiencing teasing for my Asian heritage, and outright discrimination for my mixed background, gives me a low tolerance for any use of racial slurs.
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white people have this misconception that the n-word is a term of endearment. it's not.
babycakes is a term of endearment.
sugarpie is a term of endearment.
nigger is not.
slavery might not be happening anymore and jim crow might be gone—but when a white person uses the n-word casually, it's a reminder of the powerful oppression that once was (and still is, to a lesser extent).
the n-word is the only thing in our culture over which Black people have exclusive domain. all Black people know (and damn near all white people understand) that any use of the n-word by any other race other than Black people (Hispanics have been given somewhat of a pass with using the word) is socially unacceptable simply because the n-word has historically been used as a term for power and oppression over an entire population of people which literally lasted hundreds of years.
the use of the n-word amongst Black people is really a reminder to the dominant society that all the power that word once had—the dehumanization of an entire population for hundreds of years—has now been completely stripped away. using that word is the one thing a Black person can do that a white person cannot do in a social setting.
babycakes is a term of endearment.
sugarpie is a term of endearment.
nigger is not.
slavery might not be happening anymore and jim crow might be gone—but when a white person uses the n-word casually, it's a reminder of the powerful oppression that once was (and still is, to a lesser extent).
the n-word is the only thing in our culture over which Black people have exclusive domain. all Black people know (and damn near all white people understand) that any use of the n-word by any other race other than Black people (Hispanics have been given somewhat of a pass with using the word) is socially unacceptable simply because the n-word has historically been used as a term for power and oppression over an entire population of people which literally lasted hundreds of years.
the use of the n-word amongst Black people is really a reminder to the dominant society that all the power that word once had—the dehumanization of an entire population for hundreds of years—has now been completely stripped away. using that word is the one thing a Black person can do that a white person cannot do in a social setting.
Originally Posted by Pidgenere
You can expect blacks to be mad when whites say it.
White people lost that privalege way back when they decided that they were gonna do what they did to the black race.
that's racist
anyway, this has become a discussion on the use of the word "nigga" for some
reason, as if the discrimination of black people is the only form of racism :r
humanity is just genetically racist, it's not until someone is demeaning a particular
group or person that people take notice of it
and race is just a social construct that people use to label people with different
characteristics
Last edited by ThePirateKing; Oct 11, 2015 at 11:07 PM.
The past makes you wanna die out of regret, and future makes you depressed out of anxiety. So by elimination, the present is likely the happiest time.
"humanity is just genetically racist, it's not until someone is demeaning a particular
group or person that people take notice of it"
You can't be "genetically racist", racism is a dogme, an ideology claiming people that look differents are not from the same "race" and people from "different races" (ie. not looking the same), behave according to his/her race... the ideology also claims that some races are superior to others and shouldn't mix.
Racism is fundamentally stupid, we're not genetically pre-disposed to stupidity ; racism is a social matter, not a biological one, and the main cause is ignorance.
group or person that people take notice of it"
You can't be "genetically racist", racism is a dogme, an ideology claiming people that look differents are not from the same "race" and people from "different races" (ie. not looking the same), behave according to his/her race... the ideology also claims that some races are superior to others and shouldn't mix.
Racism is fundamentally stupid, we're not genetically pre-disposed to stupidity ; racism is a social matter, not a biological one, and the main cause is ignorance.
Originally Posted by HiPower
the use of the n-word amongst Black people is really a reminder to the dominant society that all the power that word once had—the dehumanization of an entire population for hundreds of years—has now been completely stripped away. using that word is the one thing a Black person can do that a white person cannot do in a social setting.
So the power the word has has been allegedly stripped away, but it's wrong for anyone but black people to use it?
Anyway, I don't really think that referring to white people as "the dominant race" is really help the whole race scene. Everyone is equal.
Not all black people were slaves, and not all white people owned slaves. Please read what I wrote earlier in response to slavery.
I think I might be retired.
