Should white people be able to use the "n word" now that it's endearment rather than derogatory?

[Anonymous]

Now that it's for affection, and it lost the negative connotation, I think whites should be able to use it in the right connotation. It's not a racist opinion I have, just the semantics and connotations. If blacks still found this term as an absolute offensive, it was a different story, like with "kike". "Kike" for example, is still a derogatory term for jews, and jews don't call themselves that way, they see it in an absolute negative connotation.

in my opinion, calling everyone you don't agree with "nazi", is far worse. People don't understand the meaning of it and what this party did in Germany.

I would like to know your opinion on this controversial topic. Just please do it nicely.

Yes

No

Maybe

[Ozanne]

NO. White people do not get to use the word because it was originally meant for white people to do such damage to black people, and is ingrained as such. Black people have been humiliated and killed hearing that word. Especially during a time when white people made it quite clear that black people were inferior to them. When some black people decided to take the word back and use it to diminish its power, that is for them to do and not for anyone else to decide that it must be okay with all of us to do it. White people initiated the problem with the word, and should not take a cue from the black people to just assume all is okay and we can use the word again, this time lovingly. That just can't happen. White people already screwed that up and to this day are still causing problems that keep black people oppressed. If you really want to show some affection for the black community, stand against the racism that still exists.

[Asker]

Firstly, the white oppresors than created the word are now dead, alongside with the former slaves. So you are dragging problems of the past to the present. It's different now.
P. S, whites now don't cause problems to blacks, at least not a collective systemically. Now the racism can go both ways, without a systemic opressor.

[Ozanne]

That's incorrect. The ripple effect of each generation created from the problems-past still exist today. For decades, each generation evolved to being in the camp of one believing they were better-than, and one feeling lesser-than. Up until the civil-rights movement, where people actually died, it had white people still believing that black people should be oppressed simply because they were black. That was fairly recent if you think about how long ago this mess started in the first place with slavery in the US. What's more, the racism stemming from that exists today. Senseless hate toward black people. It's a horrible problem in the US and is a direct link to what happened just last century, which wasn't long ago. To say that it happened in the past to let it go is ignorant. What happened should not be repeated, especially when we're still in sensitive times, and here you are trying to cook up an excuse to use a harmful word that those dead white people used to hurt black people, and to this day, still do.

Also this second comment you made "whites now don't cause problems to blacks, at least not a collective systemically" is false and ignorant. There IS systematic racism. Just because you yourself might not be a racist, don't be so clueless that it's still not happening. It's awful what I see happening in the US with black people constantly being harassed while white people with their obvious white privilege get away with so much more. People are even catching people in the act on video and uploading them on platforms like TikTok where we clearly see a white person taking advantage of their whiteness to frame a black person for appearing as though they are up to no good. It's STILL happening. And because of that, NO you are making a big mistake if you fling around the n-word with hopes that black people will find it endearing coming from you, if you're white. They will not.

[Asker]

I would like to hear some examples of systemic oppression today, like laws against them or things that are prevented of them. You spoke vaguely. by the way, on tiktok you see weird stuff, and you also hear racism towards everybody. Like many blacks say "kill all whites" etc... Yet none of it is systemic, just some rotten apples of each side.

[Ozanne]

You posted this Question with a completely closed mind, argued with me while I gave you facts, you ignored your own poll, and have shown that you want to believe what you want to believe. I hope you can someday go into downtown Detroit and freely use the word to greet black people with and see how that works out for you. Then please get back to us with your uplifting stories from the positive results.

[Anonymous]

Depends on the context. Ultimately it was a word used to belittle and harm black people (not just African Americans), and so if people are using it in that manner, they should be educated on racism and taught properly how to be kind to others.


If it’s a word in a book, and you have to read the book aloud, and there is not intent behind your words, I don’t see an issue with saying it.

[Anonymous]

The N word is the Spanish word for black. It should not be seen as problematic.
You are darn right accusing people of being nazis is far worse!

[jshm2]

Don't go full retard, dumbass.

When will you ever use such words if not to insult or belittle?

[Asker]

I see you only know insults, rather than endearments, no surprise.

[SexyBrunetteNY]

WTF? No one can 'allow' us to say one word and not another. FREE SPEECH. Learn about your rights.