re: Nigga?

Ive been called cracker and just replied yep and proud of it, now if someone called me white trash I would take that to offense but that would still be their opinion. But I dont think the "N" word should be okay for some to say it and others not to. But I dont care for the word either way.

I agree with the others.. if a black person can say it so should everyother race. As long as your not saying it in a disrespectful way I dont see any problems with it. But, I personally am not one to go around calling ANYONE "nigger" or "nigga".

Quoting Sneaker Head:“ Do you agree with the way that this word is used so freely and casually by black youth and just people ... [snip!] ... think only black people should be allowed to say it? Do you think the word should not be used at all. What are your opinions?”

I think anyone should be able to say it...but I think it's tacky and insensitive.

I dont have a problem with the word being said but i do have a problem when the word is used in every sentence that ever comes out of persons mouth is extremely ignorant. I also find people that use the word freely but get easily offended when someone of another race use the word extremely ignorant.

To me it is just a word, it's really not that big of a deal, I do think it is over used.

i dont ever use that word but i hear it often these days. i dont personally like it just because I hate the negative effects it has on people who are offended by it. I do not use that word simply out of RESPECT

Quoting Sneaker Head:“ Do you agree with the way that this word is used so freely and casually by black youth and just people ... [snip!] ... think only black people should be allowed to say it? Do you think the word should not be used at all. What are your opinions?”

I'm not offended by any words, on their own. It all depends upon the context.

I believe in free speech 100%. While I would think someone who used it, especially as a pejorative, was an idiot, I'd support their right to say it.

It would be nice if words that are pretty much only used as hatred would disappear from our vocabularies, but I don't see there being any way of forcing it, so it's somewhat irrelevant whether or not I think it "should" be used. There are a lot of things I think people "shouldn't" say, because of the impact on whomever they're saying it to, but as I have no way to stop them, I generally don't get that upset when people want to reveal themselves as idiots or bigots, because frankly, it'll ruin their credibility without me needing to lift a finger.

C.

I honestly think the use of the word by someone gives off an uneducated impression

i dont like the word
and changing the end of it doesnt mean thatits origins have changed.

neither races should say it. some blacks believethatbeing black means the right to use that wordw/o back lash.

its not a good word nor will it ever be.

Quoting RenDizzle:“ I think the word nigga has become so mainstream that people aren't offended by it much. But it is a "black ... [snip!] ... think it is offensive to black people because it has become a term of indearment. Like this is my friend, this is my nigga.”

But you are only speaking for you, because personally I HATEthat word, so you really don't know if african americas as a whole think that way.

Quoting Mrs Hovey:“ To me it is just a word, it's really not that big of a deal, I do think it is over used.”

It's just a word because it doesn't really have ameaning to you.

Quoting Watashi Wa Sessa Desu Ka:“ i dont like the word and changing the end of it doesnt mean thatits origins have changed. neither ... [snip!] ... some blacks believethatbeing black means the right to use that wordw/o back lash. its not a good word nor will it ever be.”

Amen

Quoting ♥ Mellow Yellow &:“ It's just a word because it doesn't really have ameaning to you.”

It doesnt have any "meaning" to me personally but I see it the same way as being called a cracker or white trash. IMO it is just a word the same as those are. It shouldnt be used but I wont let words like that get to me too much because it doesnt matter what they call me. Their words do not define who I am and I know that I am not those things.

I don't personally care if people use it. Its just a word.

I do think however, that if black people want other races to stop saying it towards them, then they need to stop using it themselves.

I think the context in which the word is used dictates whether it's appropriate or not. For instance if a couple of friends are joking around with each other and say it, no biggy, but if it's used as a racial slur, then yes, it's innapropriate. My fiance and his buddy's (black and white) joke with each other playing COD4 online and call each other that like it's nothing! I think it's similar to "bitch" on a smaller scale. If i flat out call someone a bitch, whom I don 't know, and am trying to be rude to, then it's innapropriate, but if I call a close friend a bitch joking around, it's ok! I know the backround on the words are COMPLETELY different, and I'm not trying to downplay the hurt that the N word causes, used in bad context,i'm just trying to make my take on the things easier to understand.