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43. "ctrl-f & replace nigga with bitch, & that argument falls apart tho." In response to Reply # 37
Since the original statement included both words.
So is your stance that bitch has also been successfully reappropriated by men, but not faggot?
Or is one just an insult that's been normalized, & the other has been banished and buried out of everyday speech, to where niggas are now alarmed & pearlclutching when they hear it?
>and at the same time denouncing the pastor's use of the word >bulldagger and some other shit.' > >what he doesn't understand is that these are two completely >separate issues. > >clearly, big kuntry is not using the word nigga as in insult. > >it seems, he's successfully re-appropriated its use. > >that preacher hurling around bulldagger, on the other hand, >used it in it's traditional form - aka hate speech. > >he's trying to call big kuntry a hypocrite. the poster claims >it's impossible to love your people, while using nigga. > >he also thinks that if big kuntry has the wherewithal to seek >respect for bulldaggers, he should also probably respect >himself a little more.
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45. "bitch vs. nigga? tough call. I have no ownership over 'bitch'." In response to Reply # 43
I even used to be the type of nigga that refused to use 'bitch', out of respect for all our sisters.
my decision to stop refusing the word bitch was based largely on the fact that I'd met, fell in love, and had a relationship with a text-book bitch. I was surprised to find out they actually existed. but at that point there was no denying that they exist. and sponge label is apt.
even more interesting is that if a woman confronted me on the use of the word, I'd immediately backtrack.
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66. "he makes perfect sense." In response to Reply # 64
atruhead, if i may.
doublenegative, what i think he's explaining is that your question (the original post) is weak and seems to be misinformed.
you made a post, so it seems that you're interested in discourse about this topic.
you asked a yes or no question, not realizing that we're all in accord about being niggas.
as a result, this post sucks.
finally, because we think you're still searching clarity (or simply, perspective), it sounds like you meant to ask "why are you not ashamed by the word?"
104. "i don't think any of us are. " In response to Reply # 35
>do you behave differently than the rest of us? >do you look different? >do you think different? > >what makes you not one of us?
i don't identify with that word and i also don't think of any Black person as a nigga.
at the same time, i hold space for other Black people to identify themselves however they like.
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40. "The combination of "Ngr" predates America by a couple thousand years." In response to Reply # 0
"Nigger/Nigga" is just its latest iteration. Ive noticed a trend of black people using nigga in a self-loathing way (nigga shit, niggerish etc) and that bothers me. Nigga isn't something to be ashamed of. HOW its used is a bigger issue to me.
Im off topic...yes Im a nigga, nigga, and we'll be alright.
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81. "this isn't how language works" In response to Reply # 40
and those aren't the same words. It isn't a matter of definition, it's a matter of appropriation. A word that is used as a negative by one group of people with an aligned mentality being simultaneously used by the target group of people as a positive doesn't remove either connotation from said word. An original word that has an original meaning still maintains its meaning, but when used in another culture in another manner and spelling, it becomes another word entirely.
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We are the only culture/race that adopts an insult, an unwelcome branding to become our term of endearment. Special Needs children keep a united front on not using the word "retard". There are many other groups(yes, I am sure that there are some exceptions within) who seem united on not using their offensive terms as a positive term. (Chinks, Spics, etc)
I wont lie, I still and have for a long time taken in entertainment with that word used but made a conscious decision to not use it anymore because it give outsiders a claim to it. (Hulk Hogan, Paula Deen, all the way to young white kids listening to 50 cent). How can you use a sperate set of terms for a group in front of some of your friends that you cant in front of another(possibly your white friends)? Or not allow those friends to use it if you use it in front of them?
I think the defense of it is silly, but I cant stop people from using it, or thinking that its a word of strength and rebellion, when white southern people have used it for years as referencing people who are barely fit to be in the same room with them.
This is a serious topic to me, and I will discuss this through inbox with whoever. I know that discourse over this here will turn into a Game of Trolls episode, so I am not interested.
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94. "Sometimes I wonder if American Black men are too invested in niggadom" In response to Reply # 0
>to those of you who use the word to refer to black people > >do you ever think "i am a nigga"? > >I had a whole post written out about this but....yeah, this is >the idea distilled. > >its one thing to use it in jest, or as a expletive, but its >another thing to internalize it.
I don't think brothers of African descent who come from other countries are nearly as eager to limit themselves. I can't completely divest from niggadom myself, but I sure as hell want to make sure my son is a bit more worldly.
97. "Niggas tend to be more static than fluid. " In response to Reply # 96
>why isn't anyone answering the question: what makes you >different than any me or any other nigga? > >you smarter? faster? stronger? more well traveled? you like >whites?
For the most part, you are just identifying with the conditions you were born into. But what if you weren't born into those same conditions? What if your conditions have changed? Do you have to carry this with you everywhere you go? Do you really walk around worrying what white people think all the time? Do you feel threatened by Black people who don't view themselves as niggas? I mean that's definitely how your response comes across. Sometimes it just seems like unnecessary baggage. It's not that difficult to have cultural pride without feeling like a nigga.
98. "niggas aint fluid? quit playing around. as a fluid nigga, im offended." In response to Reply # 97
>For the most part, you are just identifying with the >conditions you were born into. But what if you weren't born >into those same conditions?
i don't think it's simply a condition. being a nigga is an established set of attitudes that pilot a black body (born from the americas), specifically.
>What if your conditions have >changed?
my (or your ) conditions might have changed, but the collective condition hasn't changed. so the war is still on.
>Do you have to carry this with you everywhere you >go?
Yes.
>Do you really walk around worrying what white people >think all the time?
less of a worry, more an awareness of how they operate.
>Do you feel threatened by Black people >who don't view themselves as niggas?
honestly, they are alarming.
>mean that's definitely >how your response comes across.
that's fine. im okay with that.
>Sometimes it just seems like >unnecessary baggage. It's not that difficult to have cultural >pride without feeling like a nigga.
agreed. i, too, wish they would get their foot off our necks and cannot wait until the war is over
Abstract nxgga fluidity is a capacity for situation-dependent flexibility in nxgga responsiveness, which allows individuals to experience changes in B/black or nxgga personae across both short-term and long-term time periods.
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