 Yes I accept it from my own people. We, my people, use this word as strength. The word is used in so many ways to hurt and harm, so we use it in everyday speech. I don't know why honestly, but we do. Like I said before, its part of the culture and the environment. Just as it was part of the culture to be called boy and think nothing of it, but that part of the culture has slowed to a crawl. It’s not the same for a non-black to say what's up nigga. But for a black to say it, amongst his boys, yes it’s ok. If I walked in the hood and someone I didn’t know walked up to me and said what's up nigga, I wouldn’t think anything of it but NO ONE OTHER THAN a BLACK MAN/WOMAN should be saying it to another black person. Change the phrasing or enunciate the wrong syllable and you could have a riot on your hands.
Again, it’s this twisted train of thought that gets me. I can accept what you’re saying if you are saying that the word is bad and should never be said. I AGREE!!!!! But as you stated, if you’re saying that the word is bad but he gets a free pass because the way the conversation was made public was unethical and illegal, I don’t agree. The fact is, he said it, and he admits he says it a lot. Pick your battle. Either it’s ok to say all the time or NONE, there is no gray area. I chose to say it, my friends say it and if your a fried and your white, they know to say it at certain times and certain places because if it slips around people that do not know them, their dead. I admit I have some grey area. I know the word is bad, I know we shouldn’t say it, according to the public. But the consensus amongst young black men, especially of the hip hop culture, is that word was used to strike fear in black people years ago, white people can’t use it, but we can. We’ve earned that right. |