nikka is a derogatory term

[Amo Husserl]

https://www.thecoli.com/threads/40-of-hispanics-now-say-that-seeing-racism-where-it-does-not-exist-is-a-bigger-problem-than-people-not-seeing-racism-where-it-really-does-exist.993918/

https://www.thecoli.com/threads/do-black-caribbeans-in-america-deserve-reparations-from-america-also-math-hoffa-podcast.993857/

 

[Pazzy]

Stopped saying that word when i was 15 after waking up when i was at a low point. Its amazing what happens if you open yourself to knowledge. Its okay to not curse at all either. I know its hard but whats the use of being profane and vulgar if you dont know when to act like you have class when its time to. Its crazy how folks dont know when and the time to be a certain way at all. Nothing wrong with acting like you have sense. Nowadays people think its cool to be trashy and off the chain all the time.

 

[CreepyMcCreeperson]

The original N word has been b*stardized and altered by the colonizer

Oh really? They knew that?

 

[Voice of Reason]

I agree

 

[Everythingg]

A swastika was originally a positive symbol, but once the Nazi's got a hold of it it was turned into one of the most negative symbols in existence. Just because a word or symbol represented something else in the past, does not change the fact that it symbolizes something negative in the present.

We know that the majority of the time, when some derivative of the N-word is used these days, it is invariably used as an epithet and not a term of endearment. If the word people use when they want to degrade someone used to be a term of endearment, then it no longer is that by the context in which it is being used in these days.

So these days, no matter how it is sliced, the word is used in a derogatory and dehumanizing manner to describe Black men.

That’s like cacs taking the black fist and turning it into something negative and we just going along with it because, well, they redefined it… That ain’t it champ.

Things like the n word, swastika, confederate flag etc.. had other meanings before cacs turned it into negatives. We can either reclaim things in their original meaning, or go along with any redefining cacs do just because…? Then later complain about “white supremacy”

 

[Jasonmask]

What ever happen to the whole negus explanation kdot stans we’re pushing during TPAB? I agree I’ll still use it because I have decreased the usage a lot like I’ll rarely say it around non black people even if they from the block or whatever. I’ll add that calling someone a real nikka is degrading as well like if a bytch call u that after u did something for her damn that’s a L.

 

[Mike809]

I don't refer to men as that , or refer to women as bytches

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

The original N word has been b*stardized and altered by the colonizer

Somewhat true, but not, due to recent scholarship.........

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Recent scholarship presumes that the word “******” has always been a racist epithet thrust upon African Americans to demean Black social identity in the United States. But how is it, then, that the word “******” emerge as a slur more virulent than other racially coded language from the post-revolutionary period such as “African,” “Black,” and “darky?” This article demonstrates that before 21st century hip hop made popular the word “nikka” with a soft “a,” “******” had long been two words with multiple meanings: one for Black speakers and another for white. Using evidence drawn from blackface literary and cultural productions from the 1770s to the 1840s and from the writings, speeches and memoirs of Black activists and authors from the 1820s to the 1860s, this article shows that the violence and power behind the word was based precisely on the fact that African American laborers used the word themselves. “******” had once described an actual labor category. Black laborers thus adopted it into their own vocabulary as a social identity to claim a sense of national belonging, akin to a proto-pan-Africanism. Once blackface theatrical productions gained popularity in the early 1830s, in a trick of ventriloquy, white performers and later their audiences put the word “******” into the mouths of Black caricatures to authenticate these anti-Black portrayals. In doing so, whites blamed Black people for using language meant to subjugate them and thus accused African Americans for being self-acknowledged “******s,” a discursive weapon in the fight for white supremacy that, in turn, buttressed white notions of national belonging. In response, Black transatlantic abolitionists denounced white usage as a great verbal symbol of American hypocrisy.

Link to actual paper:
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=hst_facpubs​

 

[Uachet]

That’s like cacs taking the black fist and turning it into something negative and we just going along with it because, well, they redefined it… That ain’t it champ.

Things like the n word, swastika, confederate flag etc.. had other meanings before cacs turned it into negatives. We can either reclaim things in their original meaning, or go along with any redefining cacs do just because…? Then later complain about “white supremacy”

You don't reclaim something as positive by continuing to use it in a derogatory manner. Instead, what you end up doing is solidifying its new negative meaning when you do that. I have not seen one example lately out in the world, on the internet, not even on this website of that word being used positively. So no, as long as the word is used as an epithet or derogatory means of addressing Black men, I will continue to see it as a derogatory word.

 

[Wildin]

That is not yall friend y’all are bullies

I think on some gen z shyt we actually are bullies.

If you make more than 2 consecutive jokes at a person you're now bullying them.

 

[Uachet]

The original N word has been b*stardized and altered by the colonizer

I will need an actual source for this. So if you have an actual citing for that, i.e. the actual researcher who stated this, I would be greatful.

 

[Magic Mulatto]

I made a conscious decision to stop saying/typing that word recently…

It’s really fukking tough!

Didn’t expect it to be such a challenge…but as someone who should have never been saying/typing it in the first place, I remain committed…

 

[Everythingg]

You don't reclaim something as positive by continuing to use it in a derogatory manner. Instead, what you end up doing is solidifying its new negative meaning when you do that. I have not seen one example lately out in the world, on the internet, not even on this website of that word being used positively. So no, as long as the word is used as an epithet or derogatory means of addressing Black men, I will continue to see it as a derogatory word.

Umm “that’s my nikka” is DEFINITELY a term of endearment in black spaces. And while no one is saying you have to or should use it, knowing the original meaning of words goes a long way. One thing for me is for sure and that’s that I’m not going to allow cacs to redefine words or symbols as they wish and go along with whatever whim they decide to go with. Of course, you do you tho.


Oh and ultimately, the ONLY reason you view it as negative is because of cacs.

 

[8WON6]

about @2:50

 

[King Harlem]

Words evolve over time. The English language are full examples of this.
That word is weird because people have a hard time excepting that it can be both used in a derogatory way and as a term of endearment. All about context, but I'm not mad if people don't believe it should be used.