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Originally Posted by wolfix Which brings up another subject . This may be hijacking this tread and maybe this is a subject for a complete new thread. The word 'nigger." I was raised in a city with a large black population. We were told not to use the words for several obvious reasons. In school where I had some interaction with blacks ,I rarely heard the word.
Today ....... it is used in the black community in everyday language. The hip-hop culture I think re-introduced this word to America mainstream. [I know it is used by people that would be considered racist, but for the sake of the discussion , let's leave them out of this.}
If this word is being used by a white man to describe a black man , either in a friendly way , or in a ugly way , is this a word that would offend a younger black? {I say young black because of the hip hop generation thing} And if it does offend them , would that guy be offended if it was used by a black man towards another black man?
basically, what is the status of this word today among the youth????
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You are ignoring one major thing here....context.
If I was to say to a black man " Whats up my Nigger" it is likely that, if he knew me, my colour would have little bareing on things. If I where to say "Hey you, ya F@#$ING NI^&ER", again my colour would have little bareing on things, and to me atleast the latter is clearly an aggresive act. The latter describes the situation here I think
03-04.-2006
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