The word "NIGGA"

[CalvinTy]

Box said it best when it's how the word is used often to lessen the dirtiness of the word, "nigga".

I just watched Glory Road last night; I don't have the words in my head right now but one scene is like this: a white bb teammate asks the blacks "why do you say 'bad' all the time"? Something like that.

They respond, "oh, it really doesn't mean 'bad'... it's to emphasize how good/cool it is."

When Box mentioned about how some words are used MORE often to lessen the impact, I thought of that scene in that movie.

I don't say dawg or such... but I would unconsciously imitate whatever others say.... have one cool black coworker who loves to say, "my bad" when he made a mistake... I reply that back to him as well.

Another black coworker, who I've been friends with for years do say "hey bro" and I say the same.

I can see why some ppl think if "someone uses that word to me, why the heck not in using it?"

But "nigga"... that's one slang word that can stay ONLY within right circles, really.

* CalvinTy

 

[TheRightSide]

i went to the bash. I'm not a degenerate, Right Side. way to call everyone that attended the Bash a degenerate.

Also if you go to the bash, there are a good amount of "plus-size" posters. Many of them are great guys. I hope you go to the bash so they can beat the fuck out of you for making fun of someone just b/c they are overweight. Making fun of someone's body type is just about as retarded as making fun of someone for their skin color.

No need to go there. Maybe the poster Sugarbear should chime in, i have a feeling that guy would kill you with his bare hands if you made fun of him in person.

LOL Go fuck yourself. This is between me and Gyno. Why does he need someone to stick up for him. Hey I'm overweight myself dumbass. Why are you putting your 2 cents in this. Reread my post dipshit I called him a degenerate not everyone that went to the bash. Like I said in the past ever since he has gotten back from the bash he feels he is above us all that didn't go. Like what we have to say doesn't mean anything. I did not call you a degenerate but if you feel that way maybe you should seek help.

Have a good night brother

TRS

 

[donkeybucks]

the word is used very frequently to lessen the sting of it

my black friends say they call each other nigga because the more you make the word sacred and think it is a disgusting word and hold it in high regard, the more the word means.

by saying it all the time, and commonly referring to each other as nigga, it lessens the sting of the word.

like if i say fuck you might be offended. but if i say fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck, you become immune to it

the word nigga went from being a disgusting word, to becoming a sign of friendship among two people....know what i mean, my nigga?

now THATS powerful

still, i dont use the word, because im white. black people went through a lot of shit from white peoples ancestors, and they should be able to do whatever the fuck they want to with the word...

i dont use it, and it pisses me off especially to hear some little white punk call his white friend nigga

dumb

 

[Arodd]

LOL Go fuck yourself. This is between me and Gyno. Why does he need someone to stick up for him. Hey I'm overweight myself dumbass. Why are you putting your 2 cents in this. Reread my post dipshit I called him a degenerate not everyone that went to the bash. Like I said in the past ever since he has gotten back from the bash he feels he is above us all that didn't go. Like what we have to say doesn't mean anything. I did not call you a degenerate but if you feel that way maybe you should seek help.

Have a good night brother

TRS

so you're overweight too and are making fun of someone else for being overweight? Does that make any sense? That would make you the dumbass, not me. you said he went to the bash adn met other degenerates, implying that we're degenerates for attending.

He doesn't feel he's better than everyone else, he's made friends on this site and good for him, there are some great guys on here. Never felt he thought he was "better" than anyone else though.
As far as me being a degenerate, i wouldn't quite say that. I've got a lot of time to kill right now thankfully, meaning I'm more active on the site. Degenerate does not apply to me. I'm recreational at best on here. And thankfully i've met some cool fuckin guys from the RX that i hope to stay in touch with and all that shit, ,which is more important to me at this juncture in my life than putting a grand on every game i bet to supplement my income. Might that change? Sure. But degenerate right now? Definitely not. Thanks for the assumption though.

 

[hm2.0]

Nigga = a lazy man's way of saying Niagara:

http://www.city.niagarafalls.on.ca/

"Niagara. Instead of Niagara Falls, the graffiti states "Nigga Falls":

http://www.streetgangs.com/graffiti/niagara/photo1i.html

:banger:

:lol:

only use that type of language w/ friends.

 

[newb411breaker19]

Nah not at all sir. If I haven't been offended in the time in the 3 plus years I've been on this site then nothing will. I just think the topic has been a little played out personally thats why I put the picture in there (beating of the dead horse, get it?)

But to answer your question, its basically a word IMO no one should use. Yeah I know blacks use it but damn, you have what basically is over 400,000 words in the English language and people still have to cleave to one word??

I'm black. I don't use it and yet a small minority of my friends/associates use it but thats all on them.

I have to disagree with the thesis of blacks being offended of the use of the word. In fact if you would like to come here to the DC Metro area and ride the green line or better yet to South East you can be free to use your 1st Amendment rights all you like and see what happens to you. LOL!

Now in the small chance that I do come to the annual bash, I do ask that you refrain from using that word to address me, thank you and in return I will return the same respect to you.

Peace.

Ironman, i'm a white guy and I did once take the metro (i think blue line) by myself down to benning heights in southeast/anacostia and I don't plan on doing that again soon. Nothing bad happened though luckily, just some guys throwing snowballs at me. I don't like the n word and I never say it.

 

[Ironman_8]

Ironman, i'm a white guy and I did once take the metro (i think blue line) by myself down to benning heights in southeast/anacostia and I don't plan on doing that again soon. Nothing bad happened though luckily, just some guys throwing snowballs at me. I don't like the n word and I never say it.

Yeah Newb, the blue/orange line can be pretty cruddy in some areas.

The point I was trying to make was that in certain areas using the word (and youre not black and or strapped) may not be in your best interest.

 

[newb411breaker19]

yeah that's true, that was a couple years ago and I've heard that the metro was having a pretty major renovation, I don't know how that turned out. I normally went down to that area in a van with other kids (I was a school tutor) but that day there was no van to go on

 

[CalvinTy]

Not to hijack this thread... but Ironman & newb... you interested/plan to go to Champps in Reston's next week for the DC mini-RX bash? Believe Ironman has gone in past so this is more of asking newb as he's a fellow neighbor.

Should dsethi or Raj set up a thread in Offshore about this or what? I'll be there during nights after work.

* CalvinTy

 

[ChrisParadise]

Only 2 times i used the word recently.

1) My friend owed me 10 bucks and paid me in change,nickels and dimes and shit. I exclaimed "Thats just like a nigga!'"

2) Same friend got his fat income tax check and ran straight out from cashing it at the bank to get a haircut and some new kicks, again i exclaimed "Thats just like a nigga!"

 

[gynecologist]

Yeah Newb, the blue/orange line can be pretty cruddy in some areas.

The point I was trying to make was that in certain areas using the word (and youre not black and or strapped) may not be in your best interest.

Same goes for black people using the wrong word in the wrong place as well right?

 

[gynecologist]

Not to hijack this thread... but Ironman & newb... you interested/plan to go to Champps in Reston's next week for the DC mini-RX bash? Believe Ironman has gone in past so this is more of asking newb as he's a fellow neighbor.

Should dsethi or Raj set up a thread in Offshore about this or what? I'll be there during nights after work.

* CalvinTy

Man that would be cool to hangout with Newb and Calvin..

If you guys ever make it to Vegas hit me up.. Newb said when he turns 21 he is coming..

 

[Ironman_8]

Not to hijack this thread... but Ironman & newb... you interested/plan to go to Champps in Reston's next week for the DC mini-RX bash? Believe Ironman has gone in past so this is more of asking newb as he's a fellow neighbor.

Should dsethi or Raj set up a thread in Offshore about this or what? I'll be there during nights after work.

* CalvinTy

I'm still thinking about it Calvin. But I just got a 55" HDTV and ummmmm thats looking soooo good right now. So unless Raj and the fellas are going to have some other "entertainment" or something juicy thrown in I may pass. Do the thread and I may change my mind if there is enough interest.

Same goes for black people using the wrong word in the wrong place as well right?

No doubt. Whats good for the goose is good for the gander (or at least it should).

 

[dick7470]

when i was a kid growing up in Arkansas all the black kids i played sports used the words regularly, refering to each other. i never thought of the term as derogatory. now as a adult i feel its just another thing some people in our society have put on a pedistol as some big bad thing. well so is the boogie man but my daughter out grew that bs too. my wife "HATES" the word bitch???? I'm no expert but if i'm called a lier the only thing that crosses my mind is am i or am i not? to me this so called bad word is not bad to me as i learned it so i do not find it offensive and i would challenge most we would know to illustrate how this single work would be bad or cause fear to a rational adult.

someone bury this dead horse!

 

[CalvinTy]

Man that would be cool to hangout with Newb and Calvin..

If you guys ever make it to Vegas hit me up.. Newb said when he turns 21 he is coming..

Will do, Gyne. I have traveled quite a bit in the USA as well as outside USA, but Vegas was one place I finally hit in summer of 2004... and only because I asked a friend who wanted me to cover a plane ticket for him (we were going to deaf national softball tourney in Reno, NV, that year).... to allow me to make a day's stop at LV before arriving in Reno late that night.

So I went to Vegas and quickly walked all over the strip... but 10 hours wasn't much, LOL! Someday, yep, I owe Vegas a good thorough visit! :toast:

I'm still thinking about it Calvin. But I just got a 55" HDTV and ummmmm thats looking soooo good right now. So unless Raj and the fellas are going to have some other "entertainment" or something juicy thrown in I may pass. Do the thread and I may change my mind if there is enough interest.

I can't blame you there, Ironman. March Madness & new 55" HDTV.... that begs for a party over there instead of anywhere else, grins. Yea, undy about maybe passing becuz of that. Being around RX for last few months... I definitely want to hang around with fellow RX'ers so I'll be there at Champps.

* CalvinTy

 

[Teddykgb]

if you want to use the word nigga than your trying to be black, hip hop, gangsta, ect. ALL LAME!!!!! if like me you use the word n....r than you havent bought into the whole media hype that black guys are cool and white guys are nerds.
Also why is everyone so afraid to say nigga in front of a black man? their all *****'s one on one thats why their in gangs, look who win's the ufc.

 

[soli]

I would think out of respect that folks with an semi education would not chose to use that word unless you were black...just my 2 cents

 

[gynecologist]

I would think out of respect that folks with an semi education would not chose to use that word unless you were black...just my 2 cents

What does having an education have to do with it? I know idiots who graduated H.S with honors and extremely intelligent people who didn't graduate 10th grade..

Don't see what education has to do with this subject?

 

[FatTony]

if you want to use the word nigga than your trying to be black, hip hop, gangsta, ect. ALL LAME!!!!! if like me you use the word n....r than you havent bought into the whole media hype that black guys are cool and white guys are nerds.
Also why is everyone so afraid to say nigga in front of a black man? their all *****'s one on one thats why their in gangs, look who win's the ufc.

Figures the person who makes the most ignorant post happens to be the most illiterate.

 

[Teddykgb]

Keep Sucking On That Big Black Media Cock Fat Boy