Ive yet to meet a person who can explain to me why they, I or any other black person would want to be referred as "nikka" in the first place...like you cant just call me by my name
Chuck D urges rappers to stop using N-Word
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Ive yet to meet a person who can explain to me why they, I or any other black person would want to be referred as "nikka" in the first place...like you cant just call me by my name
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I'm going to start using the term "negus" which is an old Egyptian term for "king".
Let's not decide to stop using words amongst each other because they make white folk uncomfortable. Especially when it was white people that indoctrinated Black's with the mindset that resulted in Black's looking at themselves with such disdain to begin with.
Let's not decide to stop using words amongst each other because they make white folk uncomfortable. Especially when it was white people that indoctrinated Black's with the mindset that resulted in Black's looking at themselves with such disdain to begin with.
Yeah right. I'm starting to hear it more and more when around ignorant black people
So should we throw all curse/slang words in the bushes?
the ones with the painful history of denigrating our ancestors and that our ancestors lost blood and life over? yeah sure I'm down for that
the ones with the painful history of denigrating our ancestors and that our ancestors lost blood and life over? yeah sure I'm down for that
The word ****** did none of that.
Words don't lynch people
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.........................umm ...... you realize that the whole debate over "my nigg-er" and "my nigg-a" is basically about a vowel (which is odd in itself) ........ and you imagine that saying "my negus" will not sound like "my nigg-as" ..... especially with peoples' accents ... 
.I respect the attempt ... but
...okThe word ****** did none of that.
Words don't lynch people
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How frivolous and vain
or to treat it with some reverence when you publicly don't
or to treat it with some reverence when you publicly don't
Same way as you respect any other slang. I dont know or understand Russian slang, and its not for me to use. If I went to Russia trying to repeat some shyt just cause i heard them say it and I thought it was cool, I'd probably get bussed upside the head and not one Russian would be asking. "How do you expect others to respect the words, when we say them everyday"
Do you realize how popular hip-hop is? Not to mention how easily the younger generation is influenced by music and media. I'm sure many races who aren't black call their homeboys "my nikka" and etc. This isn't going to stop or get any better. It will only get worst. I know many black folks get upset and think of it as racism but it's far from it.
Doesn't matter how popular it is. It's our music and our slang. We shouldn't let the feelings of others dictate what we say or how we say it. And just because "it won't stop" doesn't make it any less ignorant for them to use words they don't understand.
I agree with you that use of the word doesn't indicate outright racism. But it does indicate ignorance and disrespect for us past and present.
For example. I say nikka all day everyday, but I have enough understanding and respect for the word and its legacy that I won't just go out in public saying it and I definitely won't say it around elder black folks who may be sensitive to it. That's because I understand it, it is a part of me and my parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles, my kids. No one should be running around repeating things just cause they heard it on the radio or TV.
The quote i posted sums it up perfectly.