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RudyGarmisch
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First, this is what sparked my interest:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/24/nword.conference.ap/index.html

So, what do you think? Do you use the word? Is "nigga" a different word that inscribes a new context? Should some people be allowed to use it, and others not? Is it even relevant in our society today? Is it dead? Is it racist?
Feb 24 2007 5:35PM
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Peter.
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yeah how can blacks call eachother that and when we call them that they flip out
Feb 24 2007 5:39PM
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Steezysmurf
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k well, if black people call each other niggas, how the fuck do they get offended when non-black people say it.

I mEAN COME ON!!!!
Feb 24 2007 5:39PM
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WONTON
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nigga means "that" in chinese
Feb 24 2007 5:40PM
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killabees
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CRACKER PLEASE
MIKE BERBIGLIA

Feb 24 2007 5:43PM
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GnarBurger
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no body finds the word "cracker" insulting.




NIGGA!!!
Feb 24 2007 5:48PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Yeah, well 'crackers' have always had civil rights. It doesnt have power because its never been an empowering word.
Feb 24 2007 5:51PM
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suji.fnacks
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in paterson nj, we like to call it p-town around here, is full of niggers and they just banned the word, its agianst the law to use the n-word. To give you an understanding of p-town, you dont drive through if you dont have to, you're either there for drugs or prositution or you avoid it. Its been on cops before too lmaoo. Its right near all these rich towns like fair lawn (full of jews) you cross a bridge and theres p-town. Shortest bridge from israel to africa ya heard?
Feb 24 2007 5:51PM
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Steezysmurf
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haha, i remember fo sho one of the hardest times i laughed was when these chinese cleaning lady bitches came up in an elevator and they were saying nigga over and over. my black friend was about to bust a cap!
Feb 24 2007 5:55PM
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LostCarKeys
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I believe Tupac defined the word best:

NIGGER- a black man with a slavery chain around his neck.

NIGGA- a black man with a gold chain on his neck.
Feb 24 2007 6:21PM
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Nicholas.
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you might not want to say youre from "p-town" unless you want people to think you are a homosexual...
Feb 24 2007 6:25PM
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derick
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negga WHATTT!!!!!!
Feb 24 2007 6:27PM
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squeakywaffle
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Feb 24 2007 6:28PM
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Melvs
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It's just not a word us white people should ever use... it stems from an extremely derogetory and hurtful word which was used a lot by whites during a time when blacks were treated like lesser people.  That is why non black people should NEVER use the word.

The fact that a lot of blacks use the word is somewhat distrubing, but if they wanna call each other it, who are we as non blacks to say they can't?  I've heard some arguments that they're using it in this context to try and overcome the history that the word has had... but the fact of the matter is it's not only disrepectful, but also hateful, every and any time non blacks use the word.


Feb 24 2007 6:30PM
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SteezePatrol
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but i love ma niggas.

how is that hateful
Feb 24 2007 6:32PM
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suji.fnacks
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i'm fron yankee lake ny, i am good friends with kids from fair lawn nj, they come up in the summer, in the winter we party there. We used to get our piff from p-town now theres no many cops. You tried being funny i'm guessing?
Feb 24 2007 6:34PM
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Billek
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My aunt lives in Paterson and it is ghetto as hell. I spent two weeks in Paterson/Newark with my black cousins, it was great. There were days where I was the only white kid I saw.
Feb 24 2007 6:34PM
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RudyGarmisch
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True, but I would argue simply due to the fact that there are people who can and cannot use the word, we're still making inherent boundaries that deepen societal racism. I think if you truly want to break down the barrier and make color indistinguishable, we need to drop the labels that distinguish color.
Feb 24 2007 6:37PM
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suji.fnacks
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There is no reason for any of us to use the n-word anyway. Who cares if the black people do use it? Its the 21st century and if you're still racist then you need to go back to your trailor and watch nascar.
Feb 24 2007 6:41PM
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Nicholas.
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no dude im not trying to be a dick... provincetown, rhode island...youve never heard of it??? like seriously..its more famous for gay people than san fransisco. people call it p-town, like thats all they call it. nevermind i guess....
Feb 24 2007 6:41PM
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ThaLorax
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then you can count most of this country out cuz nascar's the US's biggest sport.
Feb 24 2007 6:44PM
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suji.fnacks
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oohhhh i see, i meant p-town nj as you see. But damnnnn more gay then san francisco, thats pretty bad
Feb 24 2007 6:44PM
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theoz
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what about in that movie Dont be a menace to South Central while drinking your apple juice? when the black guy works into the convienent store run by the chins the buzzer goes off and its like Niggaz haha and the chinese biutch pops up and is following them through the store and uis then in the freezer screaming hurry up and buy..
Feb 24 2007 7:19PM
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efritzz
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I absolutely hate when people say nigga or nigger.
i'm not black.
and i don't have black best friends.
and i'm not racist at all.
but i fucking hate it! i tell my friends that it doesn't make them sound cool..
so calm down and don't say it.
my friend didn't know what KKK was so i explained it
and she went bizerk, said it here and there SHE WOULDN'T SHUT UP!
everyone was SO pissed off at her and found it offencive with me.
I just dont like it.
Feb 24 2007 7:20PM
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RoLLLinDeep
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my boys, black white spanish asian albainan whatever all say nigga, they dont say it to belittle anyone or hateful.....they just say it cause if your boys are your boys then shit thats my nigga. i say nigga with my black friends they dont take offense to it casue its just love.

theres no way they can ban the word or distinguish who can use it......NIGGER is a different story call one of my boys whos black a nigger in a disrespectful way and theyll end your day ...... but i see nigga as more of a term of endearment like i wouldnt call someone my nigga unless they were one of my real tight boys.....its a term minorities use REGARDLESS of color to just use to relate to each other

its a whole big issue that cant really be talked about intelligently on this forum cause kids throw around nigga and nigger cause their behind a computer screen. the term nigga has different meanings to different people depending on demograpihcs, ethnicity, and economic status. I cant really expect a kid from a predominantly white upper class suburb to even understand how and why the word nigga is used. they just use it cause they hear rappers and shit say it. kids from urban enviornments with influences from everything usually have a much better understanding about the word.

my black friends refer to me as their nigga....im white .....but im their boy and its all love so they yea this is my nigga.

this is just a spiral topic that could go on forever
Feb 24 2007 7:35PM
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chickenwang
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best movie ever even tho its "dont be a menace, thru south central while drinking your juice in the hood" funnest fuckin movie ever the g-ma is the best
Feb 24 2007 7:46PM
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suji.fnacks
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uuhh prove of that?
Feb 24 2007 9:43PM
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Canuker
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i thought you meant "newb"
Feb 24 2007 10:05PM
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duhamelski
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no fucking way. sorry nick but i think footballn basketball, and baseball out number every other sport combined
Feb 24 2007 10:36PM
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ry.will
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the use of the word by white people makes me feel really uncomfortable, and i think there is a very different connotation when it ends in -er or -a.
Feb 24 2007 10:39PM
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SilkyJohnson
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the difference is in the ending of the word, they dont say nigger they say nigga. I get offened when i am called a cracker, but cracka is fine
Feb 24 2007 10:40PM
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quebski6
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whats the difference? as long as you say it and you dont mean it offensively does it really matter?? it shouldn't be taken out of context, i dont say it habitualy but sometimes when i'm just messin around i'll be like "nigga please!" or something along those lines... people just need to stop being so fucking politically correct and not worry about hurting everyones feelings... but if your saying it as a racist, thats pretty raw.
Feb 24 2007 10:52PM
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kepler.
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wheres lilG when you need him??
Feb 24 2007 11:05PM
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caitie_baby
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It isnt relevant anymore
Feb 24 2007 11:49PM
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Jamesl48
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Just use porch-monkey instead, We're taking it back.....

Porch-monkey for life
-clerks 2
Feb 25 2007 12:18AM
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lushlaxstr
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its because they are all poor and have nothing, and the only thing they CAN have is an intangible word, ae. nigger
Feb 25 2007 12:20AM
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whitewater413
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NIGGGGGGGEEEERRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Feb 25 2007 12:34AM
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Eazy_Eags
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Rhode Island? What the hell are you taking about? The Provincetown your talking about is in Massachusetts down on the Cape. Your thinking of Providence
Feb 25 2007 12:34AM
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whattheshit
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its called "don't be a menace to south central while drinking your juice in the hood"

and that scene is taken from menace II society. 

and if black people want to be have equal rights then they need to change themselves as well.  im not gonna bend over backwards to not be racist when black people can't stop using a derogatory term to describe their own people.  how can i take them seriously.  its a double standard.

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Feb 25 2007 12:47AM
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ThaLorax
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i looked it up on wikipedia and apparently it's the second most televised sport next only to football.  but that's wikipedia.
Feb 25 2007 1:43AM
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unchyll
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yeah im seriously getting really boiled at all these NIGGAS that try to pin us with slavery when they werent even alive when it happened then they go on about racial discremination but their really just some lazy ass NIGGAZ
Feb 25 2007 2:04AM
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suji.fnacks
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you guys sound like a bunch of fucking racist bigots(spelled wrong) You think marther luther king is annoying and what the black people preach is dumb, listen to your arguement.
Feb 25 2007 3:06AM
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Mr_Bojangles
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Feb 25 2007 7:26AM
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doritos
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Post of the day, for sure, besides maybe CJ's picture of a dog taking a shit.

White people can call white people niggas.
Black people can call black people niggas.
White people cannot call black people niggas because of the history behind the word... it's just degrading, unless of course you're good friends with said black person and y'all have kind of accepted it as OK.
Black people... would never call a white person a nigga. I can't think of a situation where that would occur. If it did, black people never owned white people, so I'm calling it legit.
Feb 25 2007 8:25AM
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Krish
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NIGGER!! and that not rude
Feb 25 2007 10:13AM
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Nicholas.
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woot woot yeah im a retard, i got confused for some reason. im talking about provincetown on the cape.
Feb 25 2007 10:17AM
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