Ban on the N-word

[Crooklyn]

See, that's my point. If I, a white male, walked up to someone of african-american heritage and said a line from (for example) a rap CD, I'm using it in the same context. But usually it would not get the same reaction as the song got. And that's where the trouble starts.

...but you'd be an idiot to just do that randomly to another black guy on the street. It's common sense.

If you're a white male, have a black friend, and you both listen to a rap song and recite it, there's a likelihood they won't even flinch if you just happen to say the N-word as a pass-by.

 

[Mr. Smash'n Bash]

This is ******ed, its a violation of the First Amendment of our Constitution and shouldn't be passed.

 

[Spider-Nerd]

in my 20 years of life, I've learned the following. Using the N word with the ending prefix...er has a derogatory connotation. Ending in, n, followed by igga, as in reference to another close friend or brother means just that, friend or brother, regardless of skin color, race, or ethnicity. It's been used around me by whites, blacks, latinos, asians, and not just gansters. Then again, those 20 years were spent mostly in new york city and on the campus of a university with 30k students, where people are a lot more understanding of everything.....

 

[Man-Thing]

I think Jesse Jackson should ban the "reverend" from the first part of his title and replace it with "leech".

 

[The_Dark_Knight]

Jesse's being mad n**gerish these days.

Hahahaha

Thats too funny

 

[chamber-music]

Its like Gold Digger by Kanye West.

(She gives me money)
Now I ain't sayin' she a gold digger (When I'm in Need)
But she ain't messin' wit no broke n****z
(She gives me money)
Now I ain't sayin' she a gold digger (When I'm in need)
But she ain't messin' wit no broke n****z
Get down girl gone head get down (I gotta leave)
Get down girl gone head get down (I gotta leave)
Get down girl gone head get down (I gotta leave)
Get down girl gone head

On Radio they blank out the N****Z part.
I never got why he just didn't say Brothaz instead.

 

[NHawk19]

I dont like the word I dont use the word but it shouldn't be banned . . . .

It only has power if you let it, and banning it would increase that power.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Its like Gold Digger by Kanye West.

(She gives me money)
Now I ain't sayin' she a gold digger (When I'm in Need)
But she ain't messin' wit no broke n****z
(She gives me money)
Now I ain't sayin' she a gold digger (When I'm in need)
But she ain't messin' wit no broke n****z
Get down girl gone head get down (I gotta leave)
Get down girl gone head get down (I gotta leave)
Get down girl gone head get down (I gotta leave)
Get down girl gone head

On Radio they blank out the N****Z part.
I never got why he just didn't say Brothaz instead.

....cuz it doesn't rhyme with "digger"

 

[Memphis Slim]

The word N---er was the last word this two men and others like them heard in their ears.

 

[Memphis Slim]

The word N---er was the last word this two men and others like them heard in their ears.

We have it too good. We've forgotten what that word was all about.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Speechless...

 

[terry78]

The fact that the one white guy is smiling is what pisses me off even more.

 

[AndThePickles]

It truly is physically sickening to think about the lynchings that went on back then.....crowds of white people would act like they were at a carnival or something. It was supposed to be a fun, entertaining event.

 

[Memphis Slim]

Elderly blacks must be kicking themselves in the head for going through all of that crap just so no one would ever call black people ni--ers again! And then blacks (the younger generation) turn around and use it on themselves. They have got to be scratchin' their heads!!

These people could have stayed safely in their homes and ended up with the same result. I don't think they ever imagined a day when blacks would enjoy using such a word on themselves.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

So, you can't wrap your head around the need for people to take a term of degradation and use it to create a sense of community and empowerment?

 

[terry78]

Gays call themselves queers, women call each other the b-word, asians sometimes call each other "chink", latinos sometimes use wetback. They get no slack whatsoever, but because ***** is so widely used and heard about, we do.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

Gays call themselves queers, women call each other the b-word, asians sometimes call each other "chink", latinos sometimes use wetback. They get no slack whatsoever, but because ***** is so widely used and heard about, we do.

Yeah, it seems pretty unfair. A word is just a word, a meaningless arrangment of sounds or static images. There's no such thing as bad words, just bad intentions.

 

[AndThePickles]

^I don't like any of those terms either. If another woman seriously called me a B****, I would be mad.

 

[Memphis Slim]

So, you can't wrap your head around the need for people to take a term of degradation and use it to create a sense of community and empowerment?

Ask that guy with the water hose on his back.

There's nothing "empowering" in that word. Those people in those photos were the ones that won black people their "empowerment". They didn't need that word...they needed laws to be changed.

Like I said. We have it too good.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

Ask that guy with the water hose on his back.

There's nothing "empowering" in that word. Those people in those photos were the ones that won black people their "empowerment". They didn't need that word...they needed laws to be changed.

Like I said. We have it to good. i

Dude, by creating such fear and taboo over the word "******", you've let all of those racists win. Because you let their meaningless arrangement of sounds hurt you so deeply that you seek to erase it, you've given them the power that they needed, and you've feuled their fires. Taking "their" insult and using it to create a sense of brotherhood and community however, makes them crazy.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Well, the reason I support awareness of the hip hop artists about that word is that it's causing white kids in the suburbs to think that the word "******" is appropriate to say. It starts off with just being in song lyrics, then it makes its way into conversations, and so on. Can anybody hear honestly say that the N-word has enhanced a single hip-hop song? No, then why can't they find a different word to use.

This isn't even me taking offense to the word b/c the word isn't harming me at all. I got all the "angry black man" out of system within 4 years of moving to Delaware

 

[AndThePickles]

Well, the reason I support awareness of the hip hop artists about that word is that it's causing white kids in the suburbs to think that the word "******" is appropriate to say. It starts off with just being in song lyrics, then it makes its way into conversations, and so on. Can anybody hear honestly say that the N-word has enhanced a single hip-hop song? No, then why can't they find a different word to use.

Exactly.

 

[Memphis Slim]

Dude, by creating such fear and taboo over the word "******", you've let all of those racists win. Because you let their meaningless arrangement of sounds hurt you so deeply that you seek to erase it, you've given them the power that they needed, and you've feuled their fires. Taking "their" insult and using it to create a sense of brotherhood and community however, makes them crazy.

The fact that you used the word "meaningless" to discribe this only validates what I just said. This young generation has it too good. All of those sacrifices for nothing. Respectfully, that reasoning of yours is just an excuse. You already "are" empowered. You can live where you want. You can vote. You can go to school. You can even marry someone of another color. Saying "ni--er" is gonna give you more power??

Sorry...can't buy it.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

The fact that you used the word "meaningless" to discribe this only validates what I just said. This young generation has it too good. All of those sacrifices for nothing. Respectfully, that reasoning of yours is just an excuse. You already "are" empowered. You can live where you want. You can vote. You can go to school. You can even marry someone of another color. Saying "ni--er" is gonna give you more power??

No, I was clearly talking about the African American community the whole time. As an Irish-American, my anscestors weren't involved with the slave trade, and were treated horribly upon arrival in this country as well. I still don't get upset when someone calls me a "mick", or even if a black person (or any person of color) were to call me "cracker". Words are only as powerful as you make them, and that's where the absurdity of this whole issue comes in. Wishing to ban the word only makes it more powerful, and it won't just go away forever.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

No, I was clearly talking about the African American community the whole time. As an Irish-American, my anscestors weren't involved with the slave trade, and were treated horribly upon arrival in this country as well. I still don't get upset when someone calls me a "mick", or even if a black person (or any person of color) were to call me "cracker". Words are only as powerful as you make them, and that's where the absurdity of this whole issue comes in. Wishing to ban the word only makes it more powerful, and it won't just go away forever.

What the ban will do is reduce the frequent use of the word in music and comedy routines mainly. So if you hear the N-word, it'll only be from somebody wishing to harm you or a friend. The fact that fans of hip-hop almost have to hear it if we wanna listen to our favorite artists is unfair. It's said FAR too often in songs and that repitition gives off the impression that the word is commonplace. The word shouldn't be taboo but it shouldn't be a required part of a song either.