Why do Afro-Americans call themselves the N WORD?

[Anonymous]

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Why do Afro-Americans call themselves the N WORD?

Every time I was in school and these men would greet eachother, they’d call themselves the N WORD. But they want to claim that it’s the most racist most insulting word that exists to describe them.

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I’m guessing it’s like a way to poke fun at eachother. I’m my Latin community we have a form of this rude greeting or name calling where men will basically call eachother “MARICÓN”. Or refer to eachother this way. Basically it translates to themselves calling eachother “F—GT” in Spanish. But it’s so commonly used that nobody complains about it. Like “Hey F—GT” come over here 😂.

But then in the Afro-American community, even the females will be calling the male the N WORD.

So is it like this?

[DizzyDesii]

Its not right but Just let each community do as they please and dont get involved. And oddly, i know just as many latinos specifically in NY and FL who use the N word towards eachother and black people because they consider themselves apart of the community based on areas they grew up in. So its not just a black thing but probably should be a black thing or nothing at all. Many will say they took back the power of the word and reformed it. Im not gonna spit all that. But i can understand what they’re trying to say even if i dont fully agree with it. I feel like you already knew the answer to controversial questions like this, but if you dont know, now you know

[noemiii]

It’s just a way of taking back the word. There is obviously a difference between the N word with a hard R and an A at the end. You don’t hear black people calling themselves hard “R”. That word is quite obviously racist.
You should know if you’re latino that some of us call ourselves “beaner” even though it’s a racial slur. I know Asian people who call themselves “chink” too. It’s just a way of watering down the offense of the word. Very ingenious in my opinion.
I don’t really agree with the N word being used so frequently though but it’s just apart of the popular culture. Just like Mexicans who say “pero like” after every damn sentence.

[AdithyaR]

I believe it's because for a long time during slavery and segregation days, the word was used to degrade them.
So now by adopting the word and using it themselves, they are disarming the word from its foul origin and turning into something they own.

[Bricealan]

Chris Rock always refers to blacks as 'Nigga' and everyone on the audience laughs like crazy. I think @enemiii below has hit the nail on the head with her explanation.

[Msputiton]

Why do white people only care that we use a racial slur to identify us.

Italians use racial slurs about italians

I seen Irish do it to.

But when we do it. Everyone has to through a fit.

Just admit all the people who can't stop talkin about us is just obessed with us, and looking for a new way to bring a new conversation about us up

Get a life, and stop living through black people

[Asker]

Um ain’t nobody obsessed with you 😂😂
It’s just funny how you all get off the plantation and the next thing you do is call yourselfs the same names that the white man used

[Fuentes]

You're from Ecuador not even an American, just live here from a third world country, talking about a plantation that over 100 years ago and just 20 years ago you were in a third world country. Bequiet and worry about growing ur hair back.

[Fuentes]

@emyywolf

[Asker]

@Fuentes
Oh look 😂😂 it’s the one that goes for white BBWs 😂😂

[Fuentes]

Don't self project about yourself. You came from a third world country, trying to diss blacks in this country. When you were just posting months ago about how your "friends with benefits" probably made up was black lol but now you have an issue.

[Asker]

I’m not from Ecuador, I don't know who lied to you

[Fuentes]

You said you're from Ecuador lolol now your not? Yeah like most things you say are mostly made up so makes sense.

[Msputiton]

Not obessed yet you over here askin and talkin bout us.
We always on your mind.
It's okay maybe one day you can have a chance to be like us...
This is so embarrassing that you this obsessed with a race of people and the words they use🤣
*pats head* one day your life will be worthy of talking about as much as ours is.

[Bricealan]

@Emyywolf Emmy, 'grow ur hair back"? What the hell does that mean? Awful lot of animosity being exchanged here and no need for it. One of the things that drive people off the site. How does Fuentes know you are from Ecuador?

[Fuentes]

@Bricealan cause she typed it amillion times just like she typed she loves blacks and then goes back to make racial comments, and look at her avid theirs no hair in it. So go cry about how I insulted her avatar & how she said she's Ecuadorian on here amillion times HAHAHA!

[Bricealan]

@Fuentes I have to ask you: Why exchange an alleged 'insult' for yet another insult. What purpose does that serve here? It serves no purpose but to simply generate anger where there should be no anger.

[Msputiton]

@Bricealan so you lecture fuentes, when this fool literally mocked us as freed slaves.
But got nothing to say bout that.
Okay👍🏽

[Fuentes]

@Bricealan "alleged" insult lol be quiet you can clearly see what she said " you can all get off your plantation" and then to think I should not say something back. This isn't the 1959s you gonna tell me to get off my planatation, I'm gonna tell u go back to your third world country. Don't be racist and think nothing will be said back to you. Typical racist mentality, your probably racist yourself.

[Msputiton]

@Fuentes I'm tired of reading people on here make these slick racist comments and everyone act like they didn't say something racist.
And act like they shocked some call them out for, especially knowing darn well they ain't got the courage to say it face to face to someone.
They so cowardly

[Fuentes]

@msputiton lol this guy is one those, you must take all racist insults cause your black & if you dare respond back your BAD because your black you must know your spot black boy, you better not respond back because you're everything racist she calls you lolol these racist need lifes

[Bricealan]

Miss, I did not intend to lecture anyone. I just don't think it serves any useful purpose to get angry about something said on a 'website' that doesn't amount to jack-shit anyway. This is simply a WEBSITE, NOT REAL LIFE for god's sake. Now Fuentes has an ax to grind for me for trying to pour some water on a fire. This is why we are in trouble, and additionally he calls me a racist with no basis to make a comment like that. SHAME

[Msputiton]

@Bricealan and yet you still onl worried bout what said, got no problem with mockin us as freed slaves and not surprising coming from a guy who used the n word the other day.
Not real life?
So are we all in minecraft, and artificial intelligence?

[Fuentes]

@Bricealan I do have basis, you read what you wanted to read then made up abuncha false allegations when you had to see was "plantation" therefore if your going to ignore racist comments and then tell me I'm bad, no your BAD and you're most likely a racist & your mad the shoe fits.

[Fuentes]

@Bricealan also here is the post i commented on awhile back about her being Ecuadorian before I knew she was racist and unfollowed her. So again don't make up false allegations and tell me to take racist comments.

Are you afraid of Airplanes? ↗

[Asker]

@Fuentes yeah that’s a lie cause people don’t need to know where I’m from 🖕

[Fuentes]

I just posted the post of u saying u were from Ecuador lol it's not a lie. If you think it's a lie, take that up with what you typed and if you're saying you made that up oh OK whatever. Most people on GaG lie all the time so it makes sense.

[Asker]

@msputiton
So now it’s racist to make an observation of something that goes down in front of everyone? In front of our faces?
Now I can’t point it out? 🤡
Now I can’t say anything of it? 🤡
I have to keep my mouth shut cause some snowflake is gonna take offense to it? 🤡

OMG SHUT UP LMAOO 😂
It was just a question, I was curious? Now I can’t be curious about it either because being curious is racist too 😂😂

Also there no one more racist to you’re men AKA your people than this woman of your own community
https://youtu.be/bqm3fUdg_Uw

[Asker]

@Fuentes
And you’re just salty because in another comment I exposed you because you use BBWs for sex and dump them.
Because BBWs is all you can obtain 🤡

Then you wanna be acting like you’re all that and a hot shot on this site.. 😂😂🖕
MISS ME WITH THAT BS

[Fuentes]

@msputiton clearly this chick just isn't right lol this is why when u see a racist like her just avoid her. Just know someone whose not American has no business telling us we're in a plantation but they came from a country that is literally dirty & we were born in first world hospitals that were clean and have always had everything we needed in life and never had to leave the US for a better life. So I really don't know how anyone can say were fresh from the plantation when you were not even born here lol but ok as we both see just not right.

[Fuentes]

@emyywolf I think you're self projecting because in another post you said u were a bbw and had pcos and said all black men love you and you love black men and I said I wasn't interested and you flipped out. Lol excuse me? Or are you going to say you didn't say that? Just like you said in a post I posted above you that your from Ecuador and now you say it's a lie? So is it a lie that you said or you didn't lol anyway don't ever compare yourself to me as a Born American.

[Msputiton]

Never called your racist ass racist until you purposely mocked us as freed slaves.

You so dumb you make an openly racist statements and go I'm not racist.
Not one of us sitting in this comment is a freed slave. Nor are the people who are asking about, yet you can't look at a black person without goin freed slave
You just so racist you only see us as freed slaves.
So yeah. Don't say racist comment ms racist if you don't want to be racist.

[Msputiton]

@Fuentes typical racist.
Black person makes me mad.
So i will make a racist comment, and deny it's racist🤣like i know racists are mentally slower than others but i mean seriously this is just really slow

[Fuentes]

@msputiton I'm telling you it has to be just not being right lol cause I don't know who does that hahaha

[Msputiton]

@Fuentes 🤣🤣apparently she does

[Berethor]

Well there is Country called Nigeria, it's the N-Word Privileges Trope, you can Google that.

[EstevanMadrid898]

There is races terms for every race am Spanish and one time someone called me a dago which is literally the same type of thing as the N word but for Spanish and Italians

[Anonymous]

A friend of mine, who also happens to be black, told me that it was their way of owning the word. He also admitted that it was just stupid.

[Anonymous]

I don't know, I've never understood that.

[Guardian45]

WDAF KNOWS!