It does not have the same meaning anymore. Before we go on, do you understand that. When a black person refers to another black person as nigga, it is not meant to be used to tear that person down. Do you understand this?
Yes I do. 100%. But I am saying that it does have the same effect and for me at-least, it really made me question why I used the term and why the "cool kids" used the term. If someone is saying/receiving that word from their friends: "Nigga". What happens when a racist calls them a "Nigger"? There is a serious mental disconnect going on there. And I personally feel that black people have fallen in a trap of their own making.
this is like, a right winger's caricature of black america. This is the kind of shit pastor Jesse Lee Peterson of FoxNews fame says about black America. so I think I'll stand by what I said.
QUESTION: After segregation and "The end of racism" with O'bama. How are black people in America doing?
Edit: I'll make it easier for you. Just tell the truth.
How many role models do black people have in America that are not in the fewest of the few top positions entertainment wise? How many black scientists, educators, inventors, musicians do you learn about in school. Compared to Caucasian ones? I am not denying that black people have been given the short end of the stick and are STILL continually being done so. But at what point does one realize that the society they're in quite literally doesn't value them and rise to do something about that? Start investing in their communities and becoming that role model? Nobody is born a leader or a steward of faith and belief. Everyone has to work and earn it. I am saying that the culture in the "black commmunity" is broken. There is nothing wrong with it, but it is broken. Nobody is dragging away black fathers kicking and screaming from their children these days. Nobody is saying black people can't go to school. And yet "we" are still lacking behind. Why?
It is the sinister idea that we are still somehow slaves. Still "inferior", still too stupid, incapable of learning. And "we" wholeheartedly accept that. I am saying that the word "Nigga" is a part of that problem that needs to be addressed. Bill Cosby tried speaking out about that and what happened? He was largely ignored. Yet when someone calls a black person a nigger or injustice is carried out against a black person, everyone rallies. Why can't people rally to raise their communities and take it back? Why is it that people only wait until someones hate breaks a life that they act? You may have been insulted. Denied a job. Denied equal treatment. Denied even love. But what did you do about it? Did you rally to bridge connections? Sought to start your own business? Took any job to support your children's education?
OR did you say: "The man is keeping me down. There is too much racism, why bother?"
Because I will tell you that those words are ingrained in the minds of way too many black people. It is incredibly dangerous and a big reason why "we" suffer so much. because we do not believe in ourselves. We do not respect ourselves or deem ourselves worthy and capable. Calling another black person a "Nigga" or "nigger" is downright demeaning and insults all the people that fought against such bigotry.
This goes back to what some people have been saying of "Only black people can use it without fear of retribution". Women can use it much more freely. But I doubt many other women would see them as being respectable and or if a woman walking by had been a victim of abuse due to her gender or dress...yeah.
