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Agreed...and the n* word is used a lot between blacks in conversations and I don't know if its from the rap music they listen to or what. But its definitely confusing today...lots of times people are just looking for you to say or imply something that could be taken as a prejudice remark as an excuse to call you out for being a racist. The lines have blended so badly it depends on who you're talking to now.
Not just blacks but hispanics also use that word
So its ok for a black of hispanic to call someone that word but darn it if a white person uses that word its racist
So many things to say but . Okay I'm calm. There is history behind the word. Once upon a time it was perfectly acceptable but again so was segregation. Times have changed and one would think the census forms would change as well. Again its not the word itself its the context and the meaning behind the usage.
Personally I do not see anything wrong with the word Negro, however the other "N" word is a different story. Negro, was a term used during the height of the Civil Rights movement, that's when our people stood up and made their voices heard.
The word Negro is apart of our Identity. Yes its in the past, maybe it should be retired, but bottom line,there are still those around that continue to identify with the term negro or black because they were apart of and remember the struggle.
I sympathize with all minorities because their are names that really hurt them; it is infuriating to them, I suppose, that they can call a white person an offensive name but it just rolls off. I do not really see any solution to this.
In romance languages the word Negro simply means 'dark' as in the Mexican Beer "Modelo Negro" I don't see the big deal....I DO, however, see a big deal about NI##$r even when used by negro/black/african/african-american people.
Why would a white person use if unless s/he was racist?
That's kinda my point. I mean we can say well its Spanish for black or talk about the United Negro College Fund and just hem and haw at it all day but really and truly a white person using the word is probably racist. That's really the bottomline of the matter.
Personally I do not see anything wrong with the word Negro, however the other "N" word is a different story. Negro, was a term used during the height of the Civil Rights movement, that's when our people stood up and made their voices heard.
The word Negro is apart of our Identity. Yes its in the past, maybe it should be retired, but bottom line,there are still those around that continue to identify with the term negro or black because they were apart of and remember the struggle.
I comprehend what you're saying but respectfully disagree. I certainly don't identify with it. I've never in my life heard of someone identifying with that word.
I comprehend what you're saying but respectfully disagree. I certainly don't identify with it. I've never in my life heard of someone identifying with that word.
unless your 60 or 70 and from the south, you wouldn't identify with it, unless you grew up with a relative from the civil rights era and listened to the stories you more than likely again will not. Our generation wouldn't identify with the word, but at the same time, many of us don't run away from it.
That's kinda my point. I mean we can say well its Spanish for black or talk about the United Negro College Fund and just hem and haw at it all day but really and truly a white person using the word is probably racist. That's really the bottomline of the matter.
I'm sure there are people that are old and use it and don't mean anything by it, but I would quetion a younger person that said it.
I'm sure there are people that are old and use it and don't mean anything by it, but I would quetion a younger person that said it.
Exactly...that's my point in a nutshell. My mom who is 61 refuse to use the term African American and hates checking AA box. There are those in the south that are wondering what the big deal is about the term "Negro". My 75 year old aunt said, until Jesse Jackson coined the term African American in the 80's, we were either Negro or Black.
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