DJ Khaled is Palestinian but uses the "n word" in some of his songs?

[Anonymous]

I'm curious, if white people ever bring up the "n word" it causes huge controversy. George Zimmerman, who isn't even white kills Treyvon Martin (which was uncalled for) and it ignites Al Sharpton and other pro-black advocates. So this DJ who is lighter skinned than me can refer to himself and black men using the "n word". Just makes me confused? It's 2012, the President of the US is black and there is still huge issues with race. Why can DJ Khaled speak of himself and refer to others as this, and it's acceptable? Whereas if Timmy Tom from Alabama does, there is a rally in town over it? Please clarify?

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link Does the guy on the right get to use the "Hood Pass"?

[Anonymous]

He gets a pass from the people he associates with because he has a "hood pass". In many other circles he would not get that pass because he is not black, period.

LOL @ black people being more racist than whites because we're not cool with you calling us n*****s...call me when black people start lynching whites, killing whites because they can't stand the sight of a caucasian living freely, etc. 400 years of racism in this country that white people have directly benefited from and you have the nerve to say that black people are racist because we can say nigga and you cant.

I'm tired of these "wahhh black people won't let me call them n*****s, they're big racist meanies" type white people.

[Asker]

Slavery is over. We all drink from the same fountains, ride in the same sections on the bus, and the US President (for now) is black. Time to move on from harboring resentment toward the white man for the past. It doesn't impact you in the ways it did in the past.

[Opinion Owner]

gotta love the arrogant nonblack guy telling me what impacts black people as if he would know better than an actual black person.

Just because slavery is over doesn't mean discrimination is over.

[Asker]

You have equal opportunity. There are black only colleges, black oriented media outlets such as news sites and TV stations like BET. What impacts you? I know that you can walk down a street as you please, speak as you please, work as you please, drive as you please. Racial issues are convenient. It's an issue when someone doesn't get their way, and when things are fine, it's clearly not a factor.

[nicolmo1]

The reason why black people ignore the fact that he uses the N word is because he isn't white. Majority of black people jump at every chance to complain about what white people say that relates to blacks. Clearly majority of black people are more racist than whites.

[Asker]

You're black yourself! But clearly not racist.

[nicolmo1]

Yeah! ha ha Thanks for best answer!

[CatholicVirginia]

The N word is one big hypocrisy. Racism exists MAINLY (not entirely) because we totally condone and encourage it as a society. It's bullsh*t.

[CatholicVirginia]

Ha, thanks for BA, I can't wait to see the responses I get.

[Asker]

I'm taking it away ASAP for calling me out below. So don't get used to it.

[ElijahCynicism]

WHITEY YOUZ TRIPPIN YOU THINK A NIGGA GONNA STAND THIS SHIT

NIGGA YOU AIN'T TEACH THIS

[Anonymous]

hmmm...good question. I'm gonna say its because DJ Khaled is heavily affiliated with the world of hip hop so I'm assuming he gets a pass. It makes NO sense to me why that word is so hateful and degrading yet this person gets a pass but the other doesn't. If it is a degrading word then NO ONE should use it then.

[Asker]

Agreed 100%

[Opinion Owner]

@ update. yes. white rappers gets hood pass. stupid imo but eh.

[Asker]

I say no. If once race can't say it, no one should.

[Opinion Owner]

Im not saying that I agree that he should get a "hood pass" but he most likely do get a pass. (I don't listen to his music to know if he says the N word or not, he probably do and no one makes a spectacle because he's a rapper) I've heard Pitbull, Eminem, fat joe, etc say the N word & there was no backlash because they're rappers.

[Asker]

Nevermind. I am sorry but I am just so sick of this post at this point.

[STEPHGIRL]

Personally, I don't think anyone should be saying the word whether it ends with an "a" or an "er".

[Anonymous]

Eminem says nigga all the time, what's the problem?

[Opinion Owner]

last I checked, he was white as f***. pack up your reverse-racism wagon and stfu

[Asker]

Reverse-racist? LOL.

[Opinion Owner]

isnt that what you're all concerned about? black people expressing "reverse-racist" thoughts?

[Asker]

Not really, no. I just simply asked a question about why that word is acceptable to some, and not to others.

[Opinion Owner]

because we lost the privilege of saying that word when our ancestors created that word and humiliated them in ways I won't go into because I know you're not retarded.

some can say it because they are part of a community that is reclaiming a word.

think of your sibling. YOU can call them whatever you want and it doesn't bother you, if someone else said something awful (even if you said it first) you'd be mad. its different. you can't say nigga and expect smiles. move on.

[risted]

eminem doesn't say nigga o_O

[Opinion Owner]

yes he does, are you stupid? link

[Opinion Owner]

link

need I go on? he does. period. yay equality.

[CasaNorba]

honey that might be his song but he is not the one saying "nigga". dre, snoop dogg, xzibit, and nate dogg are the ones saying nigga in that song not eminem. i suggest you practice lyrics a little more often

[foolycooly1001]

Wtf does a DJ saying it have to do with someone getting shot?

[Asker]

He isn't black, yet refers to himself as a "n***a"

[foolycooly1001]

you didn't answer my question

[Asker]

Treyvon Martin gets hot and everyone is all up in arms saying George Zimmerman is white and it's automatially a racial crime. Zimmerman isn't white. What I am saying is I don't understand why black people make such a big deal about that and then allow someone like DJ Khaled to refer to himself with that word when he's nothing of the sort?

[foolycooly1001]

you don't see the difference between killing someone and saying a dirty word?

[CatholicVirginia]

Wow, where'd the personal attack come from, QA? That was unnecessary - especially the last part. You're on here too, you know.

[Asker]

It's true. It's ridiculous. I will not be talked down to and belittled for asking a question.

[Anonymous]

White people don't get to say it. That's all you need to know.

[Asker]

See why respond if this is all you'll add?

[Opinion Owner]

Because that's how it is. You understanding why he can say it isn't going to make it any more fair. It's an obvious bogus double standard.

[Asker]

It's a joke. I feel like blacks are more racist than whites today since they think they can get away with it. It's sad. There was a hard-fought push for equality and now that there is, arrogance has resulted from it.

[goflipaburger]

Lol at all the privilege. OMGZZ I CAN SAY EVRY WERD. WHY NOT DIS ONE?! Y?!

DEY OPPRSSIN ME FROM SAYING ONE WORD DAT IS/WAS USED TO SILENCE ALL BROWN/BLACK PEEPS, Y CANT I SEY IT! REVERSE RACISM

[Asker]

Way to make yourselves look better

[Anonymous]

White people can't say the N word. Plus, there are two different meanings to the N word, and white people get it twisted way too often. DJ Khaled is brown, he's a minority, and he has swagger. He gets to say it.

[Asker]

That's retarded. So Mexicans and Puerto Ricans/Dominicans get to refer to themselves that way too? What about Italians? I know a few brown Italian people. I know white people with swagger? It's a stupid logic.

[Opinion Owner]

No it's not. See you're white, you don't get it, that's why you shouldn't say it. He's not saying the N word in a derogatory term, the N word in their culture is synonymous with saying bro, or dude, or guy. Just to prove you don't get it, you said below me, He isn't black, yet refers to himself as a "n***a"

Being black has nothing to do with being a nigga, that's racist right there. Like I said, nigga is synonymous with dude, bro, guy, etc..

[Asker]

So if it is synonymous with dude, bro, guy, etc.. why can't I say it? I am all of those?

[Opinion Owner]

Because you're not white, and when white people say it, they don't know what it means. You JUST found out that nigga means bro, dude. This whole time you thought it mean black person. There are millions of white people out there that don't get it and never will. Also, add in the fact that white people said n***** in a derogatory way for hundreds of years and you can't get mad when black folks take it the wrong way.

[Opinion Owner]

Because you're white*

[Asker]

Double standard is sickening. Thank you though for your post and clarification.

[Opinion Owner]

Not really a double standard but okay.

[Asker]

If brown people (black, latino, Muslim) or those with swagger get to use the word, or basically as you mentioned anyone except white people? That is in fact a double standard.

[Opinion Owner]

No it's not, because brown people know what it means. White people don't. Like I said before, you JUST found out that nigga doesn't mean black. Most of the time, whenever a white person uses the N word, it's with the E-R at the end and it's some racist sh*t.

[Asker]

I've never used the word actually, not interested in doing so. I just can't wrap my hand around the logic of interpersonal use of the word.

[Opinion Owner]

BECAUSE YOU DON'T GET IT. LOL. I just explained it to you and you still don't get it. That's why white people should just stick to "bro" and leave the N word alone.

[Asker]

Ya apparently...

[nicolmo1]

Anonymous I have a question. How can you say the QA doesn't get it? It doesn't make sense that its okay for anyone else of a different race to be able to use it, but a white person can't. (I don't mean using the word in a negative way either). Clearly you don't get it.

[Opinion Owner]

Because he doesn't get it. Look at what he wrote here , "He isn't black, yet refers to himself as a "n***a""

Nigga and Nigg-e-r mean two completely different things. White people don't understand the two differences, and usually when they say it, it's in the E-R form. That sh*t is not cool. Also, you guys have been using that word for hundreds of years as an insult, black people never know how you mean it, unless you're close homeboys.

[Asker]

Oh so it's the suffix, I get it. Please excuse my lack of ghetto knowledge. I will start calling my homies "cracka"... but don't you DARE call them "cracker".

[Opinion Owner]

Trust me, it's a big difference. Nobody ever says nigg-e-r except white people, black people only use nigga.

[Asker]

This conversation is useless.

[Opinion Owner]

BECAUSE YOU DON'T GET IT.

[Asker]

#1 cracker is off to bed. Peace out whatever you refer to yourself as since I can't

[nicolmo1]

whoaa wait...you said "you guys". I' m black so I don't know what you are trying to say. Then if the question asker didn't get it, why would he ask the question. Obviously he has knowledge on the two different words. There are plenty of white people who understand the difference. Can you get off of your idea that white people don't get it, and answer the question correctly? I can clearly tell that you are black.

[Opinion Owner]

He asked the question because he doesn't get it. You think if he knew the difference, he'd know that when DJ Khaled said it, he meant nigga and not nigg-e-r? Look at what he said, "He isn't black, yet refers to himself as a "n***a" Clearly he had no idea what it meant. The reason it's not cool for white people to say it, is because they usually don't know the difference and because they used it the wrong way for so many years and still to this day that blacks don't know how you mean it.

[Opinion Owner]

Plus, I'm latino and I say nigga all day. Blacks have no problem with me saying it because they know how I mean it.

[nicolmo1]

Are you slow? Do you not understand my point because I'm not using ghetto words or something?!

It is obvious that he wants to know why it is okay for a person who is Palestinian to say the and word. Whereas if a white person said it, there would be a big uproar about the comment. What if dj k didn't know the difference? It would still be okay for him to say it right? Because he isn't white right? How can you even say what this or that person knows.

[Asker]

Just is an awful word, makes everyone sound so ghetto and uneducated.

[Opinion Owner]

It's because he hangs out with blacks all day and he's just like one of them. What's the big deal? I've already said numerous times why white people can't say it. DJ Khaled knows the difference. No it wouldn't be okay for him to say it if he didn't know the difference. Even black people can't say nigg-e-r, they say nigga.

[Asker]

Done with this.

[nicolmo1]

So if a white person hung out with blacks all day and he was basically like one he could say it then right? Yeah because he knows the difference then. You aren't making any sense and haven't made any sense since you posted your comment.

[nicolmo1]

You are done. Bed time.

[Asker]

Paul Wall thinks he's black, can he say it?

[nicolmo1]

I think you are done with commenting on this question. You may not understand what I just said so maybe the word "deuces" is the way you would understand it.

[Opinion Owner]

How haven't I made any sense? You need classes in reading comprehension. I've already stated the obvious: that DJ Khaled is a part of the hip hop brotherhood, he gets to say it. It depends for Paul Wall because he is that nigga, I've never heard anybody complain about him saying it.

[Asker]

HES WHITE

[Opinion Owner]

I know he's white, but he's a different kind of white. And everyone knows how he means it because of the way he acts.

[nicolmo1]

Hip hop brotherhood?! I'm sorry I didn't know that existed. Don't even go there with saying I need classes in reading comprehension. You are coming up with things that don't even exists.

[Opinion Owner]

I've met both those guys in person, Paul Wall gets a pass.

[Asker]

Eminem doesn't do that? Or Bubba Sparxx? Etc.

[Opinion Owner]

Oh, excuse me, nicolmo1, who thinks most black people are more racist than white people. I've been to places in Texas where you would've been shot right where you stood because of the color of your skin.

[Asker]

Done with this conversation.

[Opinion Owner]

I don't think Eminem did it, don't know about Bubba Sparxx. You know what I mean. You must have a hard time, reading poetry, what with all the metaphors. DJ Khaled has the mentality, the personality, the swag, and he knows what it means. He can say it.

[nicolmo1]

You should just stop talking. You aren't making any sense. First white people shouldn't say it at all. Then they don't get it. Then you are saying Paul Wall gets a pass so he can say it?

[nicolmo1]

Good night ooh I mean deuces homeboy!

[Opinion Owner]

Listen.to.me. White people in general, should not really say it. Not really because there are exceptions to the rule like with Paul Wall. I was using the "they don't get it" argument to back up one of my points that said most white people don't understand the two meanings of the N word, and I used his phrase to prove it.

[Asker]

Should be no exceptions. It's a word that is horrible, makes you sound uneducated and ghetto. If one group can't say it to another, no one should. The End.

[nicolmo1]

Exactly question asker!

[Opinion Owner]

It's only horrible because you make it horrible. People around me say it all day, and we don't have a problem with it. Paul Wall says it to black people, and they don't have a problem with it. I was sitting down with a camera guy and he called Paul Wall a nigga, there was no hesitation. No problems there.

[Asker]

I'd be completely offended if a black guy called me that. Or a white guy. Or a latino guy.

[Opinion Owner]

Then that's YOUR problem, not ours.

[nicolmo1]

Your perspective on how people say it all day and it is okay shows why we will never come to an agreement on this whole issue in the first place.

[Opinion Owner]

How does it show why we will never come to an agreement? Explain.

[Asker]

You'd be completely offended if a white guy, or latino guy or brown guy of any kind called you that without a "hood pass"? You know it's true. This is what I am saying about just one more reason to complain about something. It's my problem that I'd be offended being called that by a black person? Get real. If I called anyone black that, I'd get shot.

[nicolmo1]

The question asker just said that its a horrible word in general and shouldn't be used if another group can't use it. This whole time you have been trying to justify who can and can't say it. You don't even understand why the question asker would be offended if someone called him that name. You don't even see a problem with the word.

[Opinion Owner]

NOPE. Just the other day someone asked who had next on the basketball court and someone said, "That nigga with the red tee" He was referring to me. People call me nigga all the time. Okay, but why do you think Paul Wall was never shot for saying nigga? What's the difference between you and Paul Wall? Let's say he wasn't even famous. Let's see if you can figure it out.

[Asker]

Um, he thinks he's black and has a grill? Speaks the ghetto slang. But in the end- he's white. He's laughable to whites.

[Opinion Owner]

No, I completely understand why he would be offended, but that's because he's seeing it from an outsider's perspective. He probably doesn't run into many people that use the word on a daily basis. I don't see a problem with nigga, but I do have a problem with nigg-e-r.

[Asker]

YOU'RE LATINO

[Opinion Owner]

That's the difference between you and him and that's why he can say it and you can't. I don't see anything laughable about him at all, but you do, because he seems to act "black" but he happens to be in a white body. And because of that, you think it's funny.

[Opinion Owner]

Hell yeah I'm latino. I get called nigga all day and I call other people nigga too.

[nicolmo1]

Trying to reason with anon is pointless.

[Asker]

I am done with this conversation. You'd be offended by "er" but not "a".. Yet you're latino and the original "er" ending word was deemed to blacks in the civil war slavery era. Again, one more thing for minorities to complain about. I am sorry, but I can no longer have this conversation. I will remain in my affluent suburban neighborhood to ensure there is no use of that word in my direction, in case I misunderstand the usage.

[Opinion Owner]

One last thing: what city or state do you live in?

[ElijahCynicism]

I get to say it though, right?