Mike Tyson and Kenan Thompson debate the N-word
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The Nword is a literal "curse" to black people. We were tricked and brainwashed into calling ourselves that word via mass media (blaxploitation films, comedians and ultimately rap music). None of you made a conscious decision to start using that word.....the decision was made for you by the powers that be who understand how powerful words are. Words are literal spells.
The biggest affect that word has had on blacks is that it ultimately devalues black people.....in the eyes of black people. That word keeps black people viewing themselves and each other as "less than" on a subconscious level. "N1ggaz" are less than dogs and nobody respects a "n1gga" in society.
Also, there's an extremely negative and hateful energy behind that word. That word mainly comes out when we're upset with each other. Most of you who use it don't even realize that you sound like a KKKLANSMEN when you use it
I threw that word away years ago. It disgust me now. Honestly, I hate having to read it constantly here on the Coli.
At this point, BY DEFAULT I don't trust any black person who can't talk without using that word. I assume that person has little to no racial pride in being black. I've found that most black people who use that word have a certain disdain towards black people and it manifests itself via that word.
He or she may be black as far as skin, but mentally we're 2 completely different people.
Show me a black person who doesn't use that word and I'll show you a black person who more than likely has a high sense of racial pride
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but homie had never been that funny to me outside the celebrity jeopardy skit on snl
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Hate on a clean highly successful breh brehs
I want everyone who reads this post to ask yourself WHY do you use it? Take a hard look at yourself and ask yourself that question.
I'm willing to bet that the reason you first started using it was to fit in.
Think about it. You're born into a society where literally everywhere you look , the Nword is there. Music, movies, stand up comedy, cartoons, your family and friends.
You looked around one day and realized that people that look like you always say this word. You realized that it was a popular and "cool" word to say.
So , unless your own family drilled it into your head not to use it, you started using it......to simply fit in.
You didn't one day at the age of 12 start researching and say
"I'm gonna start calling myself and other black people n1gga as a positive term of endearment to uplift my people " 
Nope, you simply started using it because you were born in this society where people like you used it and it eventually became a habit after you picked it up to fit in.
The word is degrading and dehumanizing and I wish the average black person who uses it would realize how dumb it makes them sound.
I'm willing to bet that the reason you first started using it was to fit in.
Think about it. You're born into a society where literally everywhere you look , the Nword is there. Music, movies, stand up comedy, cartoons, your family and friends.
You looked around one day and realized that people that look like you always say this word. You realized that it was a popular and "cool" word to say.
So , unless your own family drilled it into your head not to use it, you started using it......to simply fit in.
You didn't one day at the age of 12 start researching and say
"I'm gonna start calling myself and other black people n1gga as a positive term of endearment to uplift my people " Nope, you simply started using it because you were born in this society where people like you used it and it eventually became a habit after you picked it up to fit in.
The word is degrading and dehumanizing and I wish the average black person who uses it would realize how dumb it makes them sound.
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Tyson always had a negative view of himself. That's what happens when children don't get the love from their parents that they deserve
fukk any black person looks like using that shyt in any form when CACs pioneered the damn thing specifically to shyt on us in perpetuity
you are bytch, fakkit and a c00n burrito if you are black and using it
you are bytch, fakkit and a c00n burrito if you are black and using it
I TELL MY TEAM THAT ALL THE TIME AT WORK. I CAN'T TRAIN BEING COACHABLE. A GOOD PERSONALITY AND WILLINGNESS TO LEARN TRUMPS TALENT ANYDAY FOR ME. WHAT GOOD IS YOUR TALENT IF I CAN'T TRAIN YOU AND NOBODY WANTS TO WORK WITH YOU.
You can't good nikka your way out of systematic oppression. Words ain't shyt.
Everyone plays dumb with cultural colloquialisms when it comes to black people.
It will go the same way it came in organically. One day a generation just won't say it and that'll be back. Doesn't require a don't say n**** campaign.
Everyone plays dumb with cultural colloquialisms when it comes to black people.
It will go the same way it came in organically. One day a generation just won't say it and that'll be back. Doesn't require a don't say n**** campaign.
That shyt was NOT organic
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I was with you until you got here.
While I can agree with you that it was a “popular” word, it never came across as “cool”.
It was mostly always used with the disdain you speak of in your first post.
It was used against others (Black or otherwise), or as an adjective to describe substandard condition or behavior.
The few times it was not is where people seem to call it a “term of endearment”.
I vehemently disagree. At best, it is more apt to say it is more of a term of “commiseration” in that sense...
which is why it is a no-go for other groups who cannot commiserate with us.
In short (I know...”how you gonna say ‘in short’ after you typed all that?” Lol) - in my view,
there is a proper (narrow as it may be) context for the word. I can absolutely understand people
not using it, but sometimes that may be the best word to describe the situation.
It grew naturally from the culture of the time and it will die the same wayThat shyt was NOT organic
Don’t know how you could watch him impersonating Steve Harvey and Lavar Ball and not at least smile. He’s talented if you watch him.