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nigger vs. nigga ??

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Postby djsoss » Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:35 am

it doesn't matter if a white person or a black person say it, or hell even if i (a mexican) where to use this word, it's still wrong. it's like calling me a wetbag or a beaner, or calling one of you a redneck, honky, or cracker. and the thing that i don'
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Postby i_like_lectric_motors » Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:54 am

If they had to experience anything near what their ancestors had to, they would be offended by it. Beatschool is dead on. If I were an older African-American, I would be appalled by this.
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Postby Klaus Von Konrad » Sun Dec 19, 2004 8:47 am

They are all just words. Words are not good or bad. It all depends on the context of the use and the intent. Rappers originally used the term nigger to shock people (that's artistically OK with me) and they profited from it. NWA were brilliant marketers o
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Postby beatschool » Sun Dec 19, 2004 9:07 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by Klaus Von Konrad[/i]
<br>They are all just words. Words are not good or bad. It all depends on the context o
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Postby middlesexnj » Sun Dec 19, 2004 11:43 am

I work in an urban school in NJ. "Nigga" is considered to be perfectly okay to use jokingly if you are a black student, but other kids cannot use it, and are referred to administration if they do. Actually, black kids can use "Nigger" as freely as "Nigga"
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Postby Ollie Stench » Sun Dec 19, 2004 12:29 pm

Using the words "nigger" or "faggot" to reclaim the hateful connotations they carry is like a Jew wearing a swastika. It doens't make it any more right, and it doesn't change history at all.

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Postby human clone » Mon Dec 20, 2004 5:40 am

Simply the word or words are not part of my vocabulary. I find it very offensive.
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