26. "I really can't stomach hearing, reading, etc. the word Nigga. " In response to In response to 0 Wed Mar-18-15 09:57 AM by FLUIDJ
It's a serious problem. I understand a LOT folks don't agree.. and...I get it. I get the 'why' behind it's permanence in Black culture... I get the ambition behind 'taking the power away from the word'.... But...I think it's bullshit...because i'm willing to bet that a large percentage of us that use it do it simply out of convenience and habit...and sheer laziness.
Listening to this Kendrick album...and i'm just saddened by the pervasiveness of it throughout. I'd LOVE to share so much of this part of our culture with my little one. I think it's a huge part of who I am as a man, and who WE are as a people in 2015. But....I refuse to bring her up with any semblance of complacency or acceptance that a derogatory term is somehow no longer derogatory....the fact that it's such a permanent fixture in the language of our art form is really depressing.