What race are you and do you use the N word?

[JustinTheGreat]

Not gonna lie as embarrassing as it is to admit, I used to say the n word when I was like 14 or 15 years old (I’m white)
My logic back then was that it’s just a word and it’s not racist if I use it in certain contexts.

as I got older, I educated myself on why black people have reclaimed the term. (I also started surrounding myself with more POC instead of hanging out with the ignorant ass white kids I used to be friends with)
And now I realize that it’s not appropriate for a white person to use the word in any context. I haven’t used the word in years and I wouldn’t be comfortable ever saying it again.

I’m black and I use the n word

I’m black and I don’t use the n word

I’m not black and I use the n word

I’m not black and I don’t use the n word

Updates

+1 y

can’t believe I expected non-ignorant responses on this site lol

[Anonymous]

Well, I grew up hearing it used in context by black people in my family. It was a derogatory term, mostly. However, it has always been a term used affectionately among black folk too. It can mean a host of things positive and negative.

The issue with white people using it is a black person doesn't KNOW how they mean it. We know how WE mean it when we use it among ourselves. But there is the racist UNDERtone we're unsure about when non-black people use it.

I hope the word becomes defused and used, personally. It carries too much weight. Calling it the "N" word just feels and sounds rabsurd to me. There is no word that is sacred. Maybe someone used it is a racist. Maybe they're not. It only matters if someone is pointing the word AT you. And I bet when that happens both people know.

In a situation between friends, you have to negotiate the term. Here's another salient point: people who HEAR you using "nigga". ALSO don't know how you mean it. You have to be comfortable with their discomfort and or anger. It's treading a narrow path. If you have the guts and your friends are OK with it, I"m OK with it.

[Anonymous]

I think this racism stuff (among other things) went too far in countries like yours and I feel bad for you guys, honestly, people getting offended and feeling oppressed by everything, what a fucked up life. I live in latam and in here that word is only offensive if you want it to be offensive, I mean it depends on the tone and context of the situation. Black people don't get offended by being called black, white people don't get offended by being called white, this is how we are. People need to chill, man, don't people get tired of feeling like a victim all the time?

[Luopio27]

I used to use that word but not anymore. It is only making it harder to move past racist barriers if we keep that up. Which means, no one, from any race should encouridge others to use any other words than their real names.


I am black and advice all to let it go. Sure it may sound cool in movies and music but from an ear of a man/woman with respect for good manners, humanity and equity, it sounds unnecessary way to get attention.


I live in a white country and witnessed 11 year old white girls attacking each other because one was rapping along the words of a song with the n-word in it. Neither girls were racist and the song one was singing was a song of a black rapper, not a white supermacist song. Stories like this happen everyday and I am sick of it.

[BayTiger]

I’m black and I use it. I don’t care if my white friends use it either as long as they don’t use the hard R. In fact I’ve never seen a black person get mad at a white person saying n*gga in person before either. It’s just something people complain about on the internet.

There’s isn’t a word in the English dictionary that rolls off the tongue as smooth as n*gga. It’s also a versatile word that can be used to convey a variety of different emotions such as:

Skepticism: N*gga please!
Anger: What did you just say n*gga!
Neutrality: Could you turn the fan on my n*gga?
Happiness: My n*gga!

[melanieeeB]

I'm white and sometimes I do, especially when I'm with certain black friends (One for example is always refers to the guys she is dating as n* and also to the guys I'm seeing/it's used in the a sense like we use bitch for women) , when I'm in private and rapping along to a song, but I would never use it as an insult and really try to shut my mouth mostly

[zeitgeist057]

I said I don’t use it, but I guess I do in that context like singing a song. I went to karaoke once with a (Hispanic) friend who every time the n word came up he sang “person” instead

[Creampiekarl420]

You racist

[Intothevoid666]

@Creampiekarl420 ur funny

[Creampiekarl420]

@Intothevoid666 no I just can't spell I meant rapist

[Apple1996]

I use that word at home with the windows closed so my black neighbors don't hear

[Creampiekarl420]

You racist cracker

[Apple1996]

@Creampiekarl420 crackers are delicious so I'll take that as a compliment

[Creampiekarl420]

So you don’t even deny being racist smh.

[Apple1996]

@Creampiekarl420 using the N word doesn't mean I'm racist

[Creampiekarl420]

@Apple1996 spoken like a card carrying klan member

[Kelly6]

@Creampiekarl420 at least she’s honest. People who hide the truth are true racist.

[Creampiekarl420]

@Kelly6 oh no im just teasing POC are actually more comfortable around people who are honest like that key and peele did a skit about it

[Kelly6]

@Creampiekarl420 oh ok

[Apple1996]

@Kelly6 yeah I'm just being honest. Everyone says that word sometimes. I never say it towards anyone tho

[Kelly6]

I understand

[Creampiekarl420]

@Apple1996 I have a very diverse family and we say that word a lot

[ChefPapiChulo]

You do look like trash

[Creampiekarl420]

Hey he is just being honest too don’t jump down his throat 😅

[Apple1996]

@ChefPapiChulo I'll take trash as a compliment

[Apple1996]

@Creampiekarl420 I wouldn't jump down anyone's throat

[Creampiekarl420]

That’s what she said

[ChefPapiChulo]

She's shaped like a barrel.

[Grubhub]

I can imagine hearing it in that hillbilly voice it’s okay we all say bad words at times. I’ve said some horrible things. Things about women, white people, republicans everything

[Creampiekarl420]

@Grubhub thank you for your candor mate

[Grubhub]

Don’t worry about ignorance.

[CountessSarah]

(Ngger will be filtered if I spell it correctly, if GAG didn't do that I'd just write ngger normally)
I've never used ngger as an insult or just randomly in conversation, no. But if we're having a conversation about what words mean and context and intent, then I absolutely do just say 'ngger'.
If I get done explaining why words have no power on their own and that just being offended by a particular sound with the speakers intent to hurt you, and your response is still just 'You're the wrong colour to say that', then boo boo.
You've just ignored everything I said and I won't be language policed.
The same is true for every curse/insult, ngger isn't any different.

[Juxtapose]

"If I get done explaining why words have no power on their own and that just being offended by a particular sound with the speakers intent to hurt you, and your response is still just 'You're the wrong colour to say that', then boo boo.
You've just ignored everything I said and I won't be language policed"

100% agreed. I love how you broke it down.

[JustiReno]

No problem with saying it in this context even explaining the root of the word is fine, even coon

[MCheetah]

I'm black (technically black/Afro-Cuban) and no, I don't really ever use the N-word. I mean, I can. But so can anyone else. I think making words taboo and censoring them in silly. Besides work and school, you should be able to say whatever words you want. Making them taboo gives them unwarranted power. That is LITERALLY the whole point of the word "nigga." It was a reclamation of the hard R.

But then, you know... Dumb-ass progressives came along and made the soft term of endearment mean the same thing as the hard R, ruining the very point of "nigga" to begin with. Now, we have two so-called "offensive" words starting with N, instead of none, like it should be. Words only have as much power as people allow them to. The thing is, people are also idiots.

But no; unless I'm being an asshole and trolling, I never use the hard R or -ga. I just think using it sounds trashy and uneducated. I'm not 50 Cent!

[HotPinkDominatrxSlut]

I'm a white girl with natural platinum blonde super shiny hair longer than I am tall and the lightest brightest bluest eyes and am married to and have kids with a very dark sexy black man and I say bigger all the time. It's just a word people need to stop being such babies and getting offended over every little fucking thing. Besides niggers make fun of white people and call us crackers and calm us names all the time.

[JohnK123]

Ya and we don’t get offended when someone calls us a cracker lol

[JustinTheGreat]

Because the n word, especially with a hard R has history behind it while the term cracker doesn’t.
It’s one thing to say it in the context like “what’s up n***a” but it’s another thing to go around and refer to black people as the n word with a hard R.

[JohnK123]

Well I see black girls call each other with the hard R all the time and it’s not in a harsh tone 🤷‍♂️

[JustinTheGreat]

@JohnK123 but they’re black lol.
I’m gay, for example. I use the word faggot all the time. I have straight friends who use the word faggot and I don’t get mad because of the context.
But if someone were to go around referring to me as “the faggot” that’s a completely different context and I would deck them in the face lol

[HotPinkDominatrxSlut]

@JohnK123 Exactly. So why do so many black people and even a lot of white people get so offended over hearing the word n**? Just saying the word bigger doesn't make one racist. Nor does being proud of being white. I'm very proud of being white and very proud of my blonde hair blue eyes and white skin. I'm the furthest thing from racist. Like I said I'm married to and have kids with a very dark sexy black man. I wouldn't be married to and have kids with a black man if I was racist. Just because I'm married to and have kids with a black man doesn't mean I have to hate or be ashamed of being white or think everything is racist.

[Fuentes]

I feel bad for your children that they have weirdo for a mother

[JustinTheGreat]

@Fuentes I agree with you lol. I love how people don’t think they’re racist or ignorant just because they had a relationship and had kids with someone black. I know people who dated black people but still had very ignorant views about them.
It’s giving “I’m not racist! I have black friends!” Energy

[Fuentes]

@JustinTheGreat yup she will cry when her kids get older and resent her for the dergatory names she calls them thinking its a joke or they commit suicide because its a hard cold world out there and when they come home they have to deal with a weird mother who see's them like most of the racist people see them and therefore they have no safety net to ever be able to unwind and blow off steam. That's just disgusting parenting. She will see one day it's not a game when you have kids of color lol

[Anonymous]

I think my last race was between me and a friend. And I lost and it was cataclysmic. My best race was a 3 legged race and we won. So I not really into races.
I use the N word all the time now that I learned to use it. But No is very hard to say to some people.

[IJhonnyI]

Bro are you good I'm Hispanic and I got black friends and i say it and it does matter what context you use it in I use it to greet my homeboys I don't know where tf you live but you got it all wrong bruh u probably can't say it but don't go speaking for other races cause that's disrespectful

[IJhonnyI]

@Iron_Man

[Iron_Man]

I live in Miami and I hear everything on the basketball court

[IJhonnyI]

Jit I also live in miami Florida to be exact

[JustinTheGreat]

Just because certain black people are okay with it, doesn’t mean that all black people are. I have black friends who don’t care if I said it but it’s still not something I’m comfortable saying as majority of people would agree that it’s not appropriate.

[IJhonnyI]

And I'm not talking about saying the hard er cause that's disrespectful

[Iron_Man]

I’m not trying to cut down anybody I like my Hispanic friends

[IJhonnyI]

Alr iron_man you cool

[Iron_Man]

Basically if you’re born with that in your head and you hear it on TV and growing up as a child nobody can help themselves

[Iron_Man]

It’s nobody’s fault it’s not really a big deal It’s mostly used in humor

[IJhonnyI]

But that man Justin the great just from the suburbs it's not disrectful unless you disrespectful with it

[Iron_Man]

Thank you my friend

[IJhonnyI]

No iron_man listen there's a difference between someone who can't help them selves and someone who speaks like dat and that's jus the guy I am

[IJhonnyI]

I grew up wit these people and I'm not just going around using the word cause that's not how it is

[Iron_Man]

I’m talking about the can’t control it because it’s just humor to them it’s like saying what’s up my you know what to their friends

[IJhonnyI]

And @Iron_Man your cool bro I'm jus talking to Justin the justinthegreat cause he clearly has been traumatized by something in his past🤣

[Iron_Man]

They…:

[IJhonnyI]

@JustinTheGreat I never said all are okay with it that's were the respect comes in but if your talking about the word nigga that's how I speak I was born around people of color which I don't even like saying it like that cause it sounds racist like da fuck people are people and if a "person of color" sees it disrespectful cause I'm Hispanic they being racist but ay I'm still the type to respect it cause I ain't like that

[JustinTheGreat]

I’m not from the suburbs lol
Where I grew up, kids my age would say it all the time hence why I used to say it I’m high school.
I learned to stop saying it more from opinions of the general public. Like if a white celebrity said the n word in any context, they would get canceled and people would be offended. I understand the history of the word so I’d rather not say it

[IJhonnyI]

Are you talking about the hard er cause that's disrespectful

[IJhonnyI]

@JustinTheGreat And I'm not saying I say it all the time like I said it's how I greet all my homies it's just how it is now if you wanna compare this to a WHITE celebrity that's different completely different

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

I have never used that word,

I am Caucasian but I speak some Chinese and have lived in China, in China there is a word neige" (那个), which has the exact same pronunciation as the American word. Only the Chinese “neige” means “that” and you hear that all the time.

When someone can’t remember something they will say
“neige…”

When they want to point at something they say “neige”.

So, I’ve said it, only in China and as a Chinese word.

[menina]

I'm black and I don't use the n word. There's a word in my native language that is the equivalent of the n word and I hate it! However I know many black people who say this word as if it was any other word.
I'm glad you realized that saying it is inappropriate.

[RolandCuthbert]

I do not buy the reclamation argument. The word is horrible. And everytime a person uses it, they mean it in the most negative context. I have yet to meet the person who can explain to me how it possibly means something positive. I have family members who use it and they know how I feel about it. I have no friends that do however.

[JustiReno]

Used to shriek hearing it but it’s a word that embodies an experience

[RolandCuthbert]

@JustiReno What experience is that? No one can seem to explain that.

[JustiReno]

Bat at of hell crazed in a standing tall in a suite with a single tear and a shaking smile lol

[Red-Blaze]

Not black and not in the US
Do use the word rarely mostly ironicly or as a joke
I do guess living out of the US and its history dont really have a voldemort assosiation to a word like that
The word simply has no power here

We also dont really have much if any real black pepole here, we got some dark skinned but not the same really and dont have the same assosiations as the US dose

[Anonymous]

I am black, and no, I do not use the "N" word. Even I find it offensive, I don't care what race you are: NO ONE should call anyone else that, even in a "joking" manner. And I especially hate hearing people say it's okay for a black person to say it but not any other race. That's just ignorant.
If people knew the origin of the word, maybe they wouldn't use it so casually.

[Gloree]

I'm African and I hate that word with a passion because of the history behind it. I also hate that the black Americans or so are even the ones that use it more. After all it's from watching movies I first heard it as well as in some useless rap music and other useless songs.

[Fuentes]

Europeans labeled that as our race of color at one point on paper and then our colored lol you ain't gonna tell me i can't say nigga, go read a book first before anyone tries to check me. I never use the Hard R, and if you call me it to my face we will fight, cause i see it as the same as you calling me a pussy or bitch. But if im at work and i dewl with some crazy 5150 calling me it i won't care it just depends on the context.

[Shamalien]

As a teen I abused that word. Never said it around anyone who would be offended by it, only with my core homies (they listened to a lot of gangsta rap). My whole vocab was degen af back then. One day I began working customer service and cleaned up my language lol

[BHooper]

Im technically considered black but because I'm mix raced and my skin tone is more white I refrain from using the word. I use to use the word and my darker friends agree that I can use it but I dont want people who don't know my ethnic background to perceive me as racist for using the word.

[Anonymous]

That is complete and total bullshit.

It is either ok for everyone to say or it is not ok for anyone to say.

You had it right the first time.

These people are claiming a special priviledge based on their race, that is literally what racism is.

[JustiReno]

Ok: call the next white personal you see a n** to their face, do the same with a black person 🌚

[Opinion Owner]

@JustiReno That makes no sense.

Words still have meaning and it is still a sensitive and potentially offensive word.

You are actually trying to be retarded at this point.

[Opinion Owner]

Try to get this into your fucking stupid head; people who claim special priviledges based on the colour of their skin are racists.

It doesn't matter what colour that it is and it doesn't matter what they are claiming.

[JustiReno]

No it’s not a privilege to say the n** word, anymore than it is to be born white and the police NOT stare you down like they wanna kill you

[Opinion Owner]

@JustiReno The word privilege means to be able to do something based on your type which is not acceptable for other types.

So claiming that black people can say n** and white people cannot is claiming a privilege and because that privilege is based on race, that makes it racist.

This isn't an opinion, that is objectively a fact. It is not open to debate.

Also you started by saying that white people cannot say n** in any context and then immediately said n** in your first reply to me so you are quite obviously very confused and totally inconsistent.

You were taught these incorrect ideas by racists and I am not going to allow your racist ideology to go unchallenged.

[JustiReno]

So yes any privilege is inherently discriminatory but I never said white people can’t say it in any context you’re putting words in my mouth, I’m not white either sorry if I’m incorrectly assuming you’re incorrectly assuming this, but no it’s not racist since it’s not antagonistic against white people. It’s just being polite and I won’t allow your rudeness to go unchecked.

[Opinion Owner]

@JustiReno Quote:

And now I realize that it’s not appropriate for a white person to use the word in any context.

Quote:

Not gonna lie as embarrassing as it is to admit, I used to say the n word when I was like 14 or 15 years old (I’m white)

So you are a liar as well as a racist.

[JustiReno]

Hey Dummy me and OP are two different people try reading

[Opinion Owner]

@JustiReno I am happy to concede that point, my mistake.

[Opinion Owner]

@JustiReno You still dont have anything though by the way.

[JustiReno]

I’m saying man words DO have power for some people, some people still believe in ghosts best not to scare the plebs

[Opinion Owner]

@JustiReno The premise is that it is ok for blacks to say n** and it is not ok for whites to say it and that premise is wrong.

[Alexis1313]

I was gonna say yeah, and then use a different word beginning with N.

But I couldn't think of an iconic/memey word beginning with N to make a joke =/

[JustinTheGreat]

Well I appreciate the effort 😅

[Luna94]

I used it a few times when I was a teenager because it was "cool" back then and I never meant it disrespectfully. I haven't used the n word in 10 years as it's just not a word I feel I can say without hurting someone.

[Intothevoid666]

I’m white and I will use the n word in whatever non derogatory way I want because black people do and no one says a thing even tho honestly blacks people calling themselves the n word is incredibly offensive to me but no one cares about that so if black people think it’s offensive when I use it they can fuck off honestly

[JustiReno]

I’m offended by white trash dirty blooded pink piglets myself

[Intothevoid666]

@JustiReno no one owns a word wtf is that and why can black people compare themselves to actual slaves? They’re not slaves today and it’s offensive to even try to say so

[JustiReno]

People have genes, genes tell a story - just watch out this stuff makes Ukraine - Russia or China - Taiwan happen. Obama was from Kenya, they’d never let a real black man who’s ancestors lived through slavery rule this country no way, for a lot of black people things haven’t changed much