Ja Rule "Black People need to come together as an entity to figure out the N-Word"

[IGSaint12]

The "n word" isn't the only word like that though. I mean, I don't really recall much fuss being made over "jigga" or "boo". I'm sure people are familiar with "jiggaboo" as a racial slur. They are words that are used in rap songs and videos.Common's the only rapper that I've heard that even remotely called out the use of "boo" to describe Black women.

I have never heard the words Jigga and Boo used much or at all and definitely not on the same level as nikka. Try finding a rap song without the n word versus those words you listed. It's a stark difference.

 

[SuperNintendo Chalmers]

State sanctioned genocide
Underemployment
Unemployment
False war on drugs
No Black wealth
Mass incarceration.
Infant mortality
Dismantled and poor educational systems
Income gaps and inequality
Environmental issues
No economic base therefore no political power
Crumbling cultural nstitutions and lack of community infrastructure

And this is the most pressing issue of Black people. This is the concern? This is where our energies must be directed on.

fukking clown shyt

I'm convinced that people who focus on issues like this or what's wrong with black woman, the gay agenda, aren't serious about doing the real work to build up the Black community and just focus on these hamster wheel issues as a distraction or because they generally don't have a clue.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

cacs took it? pretty sure they invented it.

this has nothing to do with cacs, more to do with us using a racial slur created by cacs on each other. fukk them nikkas is not an endearing statement.

what many people fail to realize is that the root to nigg(er) is the same as negro which black people all over the americas once called themselves freely. Yall do know what Garvey called his organization, right?

 

[JustCKing]

I have never heard the words Jigga and Boo used much or at all and definitely not on the same level as nikka. Try finding a rap song without the n word versus those words you listed. It's a stark difference.

Both of those words are still excessive especially boo. Jigga often replaced "nikka" in songs.

 

[DJDONTNOBODYPAYME]

I still say the word has too much power. You can't stop somebody from using a word. What can be controlled is how we respond to it. The only thing that needs figuring out is why we still allow the word to have as much power as it does.

The word has that much power becuz we keep giving it life. Whether it be in the Arts or in Conversation. That's literally the only reason why. Crackers usin it behind closed doors ain't got nothin to do with nothin. If they were running around here saying it out loud everywhere you go it'd be one thing. But they don't anymore (in general) so that excuse is Dated

 

[Kings County]

Sure we can. We don't need all 50-60 Million of us. Just a dedicated 12 and some funding

so u saying we as black people
should be banned from saying nikka?

 

[DJDONTNOBODYPAYME]

State sanctioned genocide
Underemployment
Unemployment
False war on drugs
No Black wealth
Mass incarceration.
Infant mortality
Dismantled and poor educational systems
Income gaps and inequality
Environmental issues
No economic base therefore no political power
Crumbling cultural nstitutions and lack of community infrastructure

And this is the most pressing issue of Black people. This is the concern? This is where our energies must be directed on.

fukking clown shyt

I'm convinced that people who focus on issues like this or what's wrong with black woman, the cat agenda, aren't serious about doing the real work to build up the Black community and just focus on these hamster wheel issues as a distraction or because they generally don't have a clue.

But if knowledge is key and if knowledge is the solution to all of those issues. Then why negate that One piece of knowledge and bask in all of the rest? Why do you want to keep your dog collar on knowing that you're not a dog?

 

[JustCKing]

The word has that much power becuz we keep giving it life. Whether it be in the Arts or in Conversation. That's literally the only reason why. Crackers usin it behind closed doors ain't got nothin to do with nothin. If they were running around here saying it out loud everywhere you go it'd be one thing. But they don't anymore (in general) so that excuse is Dated

I'm not talking about the usage of the word itself. I'm talking about the effect and the influence that it has. People literally want to erase the word. What gives this word more power than any other derogatory word?

 

[DJDONTNOBODYPAYME]

so u saying we as black people
should be banned from saying nikka?

Nah, and I spoke on that a little down the line too.


I'm just saying that if you're going to put something out in the Entertainment/Arts world then imposing Fines and Censoring it (like the word "rape" is) is necessary.


We can't pick and choose how we wanna act on the First Amendment, the First Amendment is tha First Amendment. So that means if I can say nikka on B.E.T. then that means Sean Hannity can say nikka on Fox News. After all, regardless of the Cable Company they still show the same programs.


But in reality we wouldn't like that. In reality a muthafukka would feel some type of way. So why contradict the Constitution? Why contradict our ownselves for the sake of a faded memory that lost it's real meaning.


White Mike ain't my nikka, he's my Homie
Sandro ain't my nikka either, he's my Friend
Chinese Eddie damn sure ain't my nikka, that's my Brotha. Same with Black Tim.


It's a false narrative trying to present a modern world where the majority of children are all in harmony calling each other nikkaz. Maybe in New York City and California they are but elsewhere that's just not happenin.

 

[Jimi Swagger]

the real issue is that black people feel the need to hold on to the habits of the hood.

Its why you see black kids coming from a good home still trying to act like they grew up poor.
As a whole...black folks associate habits of poor people to the habits of black people.

Which is why street slang has stuck, and become somewhat mainstream.

Never understood why street culture was so popular and why people wanted to be poor or disenfranchised. I remember those The Streets Raised Me t-shirts. I knew so many black kids who were New New from ATL who had grandparents that were educated home and business owners. fukking up their parents' hard work. Hanging out with people who weren't going anywhere and raised to accept their lot and fate in life. Also, knew some poor focused, studious people who wanted to get out of the hood and didn't associate with people where they were from (nor their shyt relatives). They were called bougie and wannabes yet are doing much better than their cynics. Don't know if it is social conditioning and being on the bottom rung for so long. Hope the next generation changes that mindset. White suburban kids go through that phase too but it's just that. Seen alot of buppies and immigrant blacks who come from good homes get lost in that shyt.

 

[DJDONTNOBODYPAYME]

I'm not talking about the usage of the word itself. I'm talking about the effect and the influence that it has. People literally want to erase the word. What gives this word more power than any other derogatory word?

Everything that came with it. Including all of the controversy just to get people to stop using it like people weren't & still aren't dying from it.


Redefining it has yet to prove that we took away it's true meaning or it's psychological impact when other people use it

 

[JustCKing]

Everything that came with it. Including all of the controversy just to get people to stop using it like people weren't & still aren't dying from it.


Redefining it has yet to prove that we took away it's true meaning or it's psychological impact when other people use it

This isn't the only term that's detrimental though. Nobody's calling for the burial of the "b word" or saying that it should be erased. Yet, it's as degrading and derogatory as the "n word" even though it's been popularized and re-defined by Pop culture.

I'm saying if we're talking about removing this one word or making special cases for it, it gives it more power than it initially had.

 

[DJDONTNOBODYPAYME]

Never understood why street culture was so popular and why people wanted to be poor or disenfranchised. I remember those The Streets Raised Me t-shirts. I knew so many black kids who were New New from ATL who had grandparents that were educated home and business owners. fukking up their parents' hard work. Hanging out with people who weren't going anywhere and raised to accept their lot and fate in life. Also, knew some poor focused, studious people who wanted to get out of the hood and didn't associate with people where they were from (nor their shyt relatives). They were called bougie and wannabes yet are doing much better than their cynics. Don't know if it is social conditioning and being on the bottom rung for so long. Hope the next generation changes that mindset. White suburban kids go through that phase too but it's just that. Seen alot of buppies and immigrant blacks who come from good homes get lost in that shyt.

Because being a "nikka" is sensationalized like it's supposed to be a Great thing.

They're no different than the other Poorer children trying to find their Self Esteem and Wisdom from the Arts. If you condemn them then you gotta condemn all of the Poor black kids who don't take advantage of Job Programs and Grants and all of the like only exclusive to them. That is a real thing too uknow

 

[DJDONTNOBODYPAYME]

This isn't the only term that's detrimental though. Nobody's calling for the burial of the "b word" or saying that it should be erased. Yet, it's as degrading and derogatory as the "n word" even though it's been popularized and re-defined by Pop culture.

I'm saying if we're talking about removing this one word or making special cases for it, it gives it more power than it initially had.

Which is why I said we should completely ban or legally change our ethnicity to ****** or nikka or some variated spelling of those two words.


We can't say on one hand that it does hold power and then on the other say it won't have power if we ignore it. You either dead it or you don't.

We're going to spend more time "re-defining" it (in real life) than we would if we just not use it in the Arts. If you wanna show a Film on t.v. or play a song on the radio that has some cussing in it then all you would do is switch up a word or two (or fill in the pocket; Film) so why not take the same approach to it when it comes to that.


I've never heard anybody say "that nikka's more Black cuz he says nikka alot". Never heard that and I never will. Because the word isn't sensationalized like in that way. It's no different than saying "umm" or "uh" when you're talking.

 

[JustCKing]

Which is why I said we should completely ban or legally change our ethnicity to ****** or nikka or some variated spelling of those two words.


We can't say on one hand that it does hold power and then on the other say it won't have power if we ignore it. You either dead it or you don't.

We're going to spend more time "re-defining" it (in real life) than we would if we just not use it in the Arts. If you wanna show a Film on t.v. or play a song on the radio that has some cussing in it then all you would do is switch up a word or two (or fill in the pocket; Film) so why not take the same approach to it when it comes to that.


I've never heard anybody say "that nikka's more Black cuz he says nikka alot". Never heard that and I never will. Because the word isn't sensationalized like in that way. It's no different than saying "umm" or "uh" when you're talking.

And banning it gives it more power than it already has. If we're going to ban that word, then it's time to look at derogatory terms as a whole.

My point is, the problem isn't the word. It's how the listener interprets it. What does the person on the receiving end of the word feels when hearing the word? More importantly, why do they feel that way when hearing it? That's what needs to be explored because that's the root and source of the issue.

Banning a word is extreme and unrealistic.