In 2013 it seems like White people get more offended than anyone else over the word nigger. Guilty much??? Okay that was too low a blow too soon.
But I absolutely hate when I see them pale faceded crackas on TV discussing the word nigga or nigger (if you nasty). But it doesn't stop there, I would feel the same way if I saw a man on CNN having a debate on how harmful the word CUNT is to women. Sit down and shut up!
I watched a interview with Matt Flour, i mean Lauer and Paula Deen and during the course of the interview he said, " The N word is the worst word you can call a African American". Well that just further solidifies my stance on being anything but a African American, because I can think of far worse things a person can call me other than a nigger. Criminal, liar, failure, bad father... are just a few things that would sting me more than someone calling me nigger. Honestly I've only been called a nigger a couple times in my life, and in both cases I acted out in a violent matter. Not because i was offended but because I was taught that was the proper response by my peers coming up. As i got older i realized that type of mentality is what has a lot of my peers behind bars. Acting autonomously to situations that don't really bother them, just because that's how they were trained.
Like i do with any conversation over a word I'll present you with a definition of the term. Merriam-Webster had this to say:
Definition of NIGGER
1. usually offensive; see usage paragraph below: a black person
2. usually offensive; see usage paragraph below: a member of any dark-skinned race
3. : a member of a socially disadvantaged class of persons <it's time for somebody to lead all of America's niggers … all the people who feel left out of the political process — Ron Dellums>
Usage Discussion of NIGGER
Nigger in senses 1 and 2 can be found in the works of such writers of the past as Joseph Conrad, Mark Twain, and Charles Dickens, but it now ranks as perhaps the most offensive and inflammatory racial slur in English. Its use by and among blacks is not always intended or taken as offensive, but, except in sense 3, it is otherwise a word expressive of racial hatred and bigotry.
Now the reason I like to use a dictionary definition, is to take the emotion out of the word and make the argument strictly professional, for lack of a better word. Now how I feel about that word is this. It is simply a WORD. Any word only holds as much power as the receiver gives it. My dad told me something long ago that I will never forget. My father (yes I know who he is) is a very smart and talented man. He has taught me a myriad of things to which 80% of them I don't remember, but this one thing I will never forget. He told me this during a commercial break of my favorite show of all time, The Wonder Years (I'm full of surprises), he said, "Son, do you know what N.A.A.C.P. stands for?" I stuttered out, 'Yea, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People'. He told me "No. Niggas Ain't Always Colored People". And from that day on, I never took direct offense to the word. How can I get mad at a White person or any person other than a black person for using the same word that is screamed and shouted from every rap rooftop? These entertainers do shows in Europe and have the crowd rap nigga filled lyrics back to them. So what are these fans to do when they have a celebrated Black man pretty much justify their use of the word? Are they supposed to know that it's not okay to say it after the show? The way I see it is, Black people have two options: stop being so sensitive over a word you flaunt in front of the world, or simply keep the word in house. I seriously have a playlist of "nigga free" music i play when i have White people in the car with me. Just because i personally don't believe other races should say it in public or my presence. Yes its a double standard, but our society is full of them. I wouldn't call a random broad or ho a bitch to her face, even if she refers to herself as one. Nor would i call one of my gay friends a faggot in their presence but i might say it when describing them to someone else. "He a fag, but he cool though". These are things that i believe that 75% of us do. The White people i see on TV keep asking, "Why can you say nigga and i can't?" My response to that is Why do you WANT to say it so badly? Just respect there are double standards in life and this is one of them.
I could've been more eloquent but hey... I mean who actually reads the stuff anyway? When we get 100,000 views then maybe I'll rehash everything I've already said.
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