“I feel good, man, because it’s that kind of trap that we want people to do,” Homie said when asked about his take on fans rapping to his “My N*gga” song. “It’s almost like cross-over music. I feel good. I don’t really look at nothing by it. It’s good. You make music so people can recite it and that’s what they’re doing, they’re reciting the song. … I wouldn’t say racism is worse in the South because it was so hard in the South, I think people are very nice in the South now and don’t want to go back to those days. I’ve seen very little racism since I’ve been living.” (VLAD TV)
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I dont care what color you are that word is off limits
It took me awhile to wake up to grow to come into the light but its sad some people will never grow will always remain in the dark I keep picturing Lawrence Fishburne at the end of the movie school daze ringing the bell screaming Wake Up SirJason L Olds now I get it but hey when you know better you do better some people still don’t know I will keep praying
One thing I want to state is that my contrasting posts ( many people call them negative) are never in disrespect to you Sly. Like I said before I always play the devil’s advocate. You can say “RIGHT” and I’ll say “LEFT” just for the sake of having a good back and forth brainpicking. In a world full of “yes men” you always need a “what if” man. I have the utmost respect for what you’ve done and are DOING. Don’t get it twisted.
Exactly Shawn Moore it starts within yourself Im far from a Saint but sometings I just dont do or say
I just stopped and have been telling my kids to erase it from their vocabulary you can’t expect other people to respect you if you don’t respect yourselves I totally feel what you are saying
When you know better you do better and some people just don’t in the meantime keep praying!!!
Thats how I stopped about 4-5 years ago hanging around 50-60 year olds who lived in the Civil Rights Era (which really didnt end until the late 70s) that word is very harmful to them and now myself as a man we should have some pride in not allowing it to be said even in a playful manner
if you had a real convo with me you’d know I always uplift people. I may play devils advocate on Facebook but that’s to get brain juices flowing. One thing I can’t stand is a person that makes a statement with no education or foundation of WHY they think that way behind it.
Same here. I stopped about 3/4 years ago. It came when I started hanging around older people that feel like we don’t have any respect for what they went through
Words are a big deal sometimes as harsh as a fist that particular word left my vocabulary years ago even in a joking matter I donr greet or talk to my fellow brothers with hey whats up N..I say hey or what up my brother or if I am upset or angry I say that clown etc…..not that word though too many scars behind it…We are not the N word we are Black Men….adress me as such
I’d be PISSED if a racist called me a nigger don’t get me wrong.. but I’d be just as pissed if he called me BLACK if I heard him say it a certain way.
Nooooo what I’m saying is that… if a racist calls me a nigger i KNOW what he means behind it. The same way if one of my friends calls me thier nigga I know they aren’t saying it as an ignorant dirty black.
Let’s go this way… if you hear a white guy say “our president is BLACK” but you heard the hate in his voice when he said black like it was something he just despised. Is it the same as your mother saying “our president is Black” with a smile on her face and a twinkle in her eye…. that’s what’s I’m saying Sly. No matter the word, you can say it hatefully or as a term of endearment.
Not saying that it has to hold up to my definition but “nigger” doesn’t have to hold up to yours from 1960. Because if you aren’t understanding it’s origins than you are only focusing on one thing. Things have a way of evolving. What I’m asking is since it can evolve from a regular word to a bad word, why can’t it evolve to a “good” word?
I love these discussions I can go all day
Does a racist without a tongue hate you any less than one that can talk? It’s a word. You call men and women kings and queens. That they are not. It’s no different than a woman calling her girlfriend bitch when they are talking and then when a man calls a woman a bitch out of anger. Words are all contexual. If anyone understood the etymology of the word “nigger” then they would know it came from a NON derogatory Spanish word “negro” which means black. NIGGER did not start off as a bad word. It came from a Americanized pronounciation. Exactly how barbacoa became barbeque. Its the person who chose to pronounce it like that and use it in a racist manner.The same way it started as a basic word and it became a bad word it can become a name for just a guy. Anyone that has experienced racism can tell you that a racist can say the word “BLACK” with just as just hate in his voice as he can say “nigger”
Joe Franklin is cool for different races to use if you don’t feel any hurt behind it? I’m cool on not using it because it’s so many rules behind it. No matter how cool we make it it’s someone’s grandma sitting somewhere remembering her Fam hanging from a tree w/ it painted on their shirt
I don’t see the big deal behind it. Words are only as harmful as the context you use them in. You know when someone is trying to insult you or when they are using street venacular to acknowledge you. People just want something to be butt hurt about.
He stands for nothing so we know what will happen for him I will keep praying for the ears of my children that listen to his music
There are a lot of folks not just black who are niggas. If you behave in such a way I’ll use it. Same as bitch. I don’t use it in a positive way like I hear so many either. If I use it, please be offended. Nigga, nigger is offensive. All day everyday. But I won’t pretend I don’t use these words when I’m pissed, because I do cuss. But nigger when I use it is of the lowest kind: pedophiles, murderers, this who seek the destruction of my community-no matter their color, I’m using it
If I use it it is to demean.
I don’t want to hear a bunch young black kids use it trying to be cool. If it was bad then it’s bad. You want us to use it but no one else to use it. I’m saying I don’t want to hear it at all because what’s cool to the youth is still demeaning to our ancestors that hung and died behind it. It’s very demeaning to the blacks that marched for civil rights when they hear our kids saying it
I’m not making excuses either. But I use it.
I use coon if you behave in that manner same as nigger or nigga. Anyone can be. Defined as ignorant. I know a lot of white niggas and I assure you if I use anyone of those words, please be offended. Because that is what I mean.
It’s not our fault. White people have been demeaning us with the word forever. Yes the words meaning has changed to a point. White folks should never want to use this word for the evil they created attached to this word. If they use it it should always get a side eye or they get checked. It still means the same damned thank to them no as it did 500 years ago
Lol coon is any better then the N word? If any thing hip hop culture is notorious for turning negative words into a more positive slang regardless of how bad the word actually is. Like Dope iLL N**** coon is not used at all in any other way but negative so you take that L
It’s our fault! jay Z and Kanye both spoke on how they use the word and they took the power and negativity out of the word so now people think it’s cool and it has no negative meaning and now that’s why they are using it. Rappers have to be very careful of what they say
Which is why I call him coon. I don’t hear this word as often as white people think we say it, nor as often as its played in some if the music I listen to. However, other races should never use this word even if black folks do.
Who is he and why is he relevant???? I Absolutely hate the word. No one should use it. NO ONE.
I don’t like the word being used by anyone
Coon!