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I don't believe the "N" word is all that important to those of us with a BRAIN IN OUR HEADS. You won't find educated people putting much emphasis on this word .. nor really giving a damn about it.

If blacks were to give up the word in their music and on the street, sooner rather then later, it would simply fade away. Things we've twisted, bent, distorted and made ridiculous, have a way of disappearing in time.

The "N" Word

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Given that the derogatory use of the word originated with whites, it is unlikely that the usage of the word would simply fall out of favor if it disappeared from black culture.  People who issue death threats using that word don't learn it from BET.       

People who issue death threats using that word don't learn it from BET. 

That was surgically precise.

I don't believe the "N" word is all that important to those of us with a BRAIN IN OUR HEADS. You won't find educated people putting much emphasis on this word .. nor really giving a damn about it.

If you didn't give a damn about it, you wouldn't be campaigning against it's use.

So...do you have a brain in your head? Are you educated?

If blacks were to give up the word in their music and on the street, sooner rather then later, it would simply fade away.

I assume your good intention, but that's a singularly naive statement. White people have given up the word racism in public...and anti-Black racism lives on. And yes, 'racist' is the precise equivalent of 'nigger'.

There's no such thing as a Black racist, any more that there's any white niggers. You can use the terms those ways as a figure of speech, a metaphor about symbols. But each term is specific to its respective race. See, "nigger" was created especially for Black folks in the particular condition our people were in. It is historically associated with us and represents a condition and set of expectations we desperately avoid association with, or succumb to. Then you have racist … not crakka, honky or any of that other weak shit. "Racist" was created especially for white folks in the particular condition they were in. It is historically associated with them and represents a condition and set of expectations they desperately avoid association with, or succumb to.

And not to put too fine a point on it, but "racist" is the only word that makes white people as crazy as "nigger" makes Black people. It makes them crazier. White people don't want to hear you talk about ANY white person being racist. They'll start telling you how many Black friends they have (I was going to quote an example from the net, but nevermind).

And lets look at how Black people have dealt with "nigger." We denied it. Said there ARE no niggers. Well, you see how well that worked… The we tried to intellectualize it away. I heard people say:

You dont have to be Black to be a nigger. A nigger is just a low class person. There's niggers in all races. There's white niggers, Porto Rican niggers, (that's how we used to say it back then, "porto.") Chinese niggers …

Then we embraced because we couldn't escape it.

So it has gone with "racist." White folks denied it. Said there ARE no racists. Well, you see how well that worked, (though they still working on it) … Then they tried to intellectualize it away. I heard people say:

You dont have to be white to be a racist. A racist is just a low class person. There's racists in all races. There's black racists , Poto Rikkin racists, Chinese racists …

The Republicans are in full embrace mode.

So let's recap. "Niggerism" is the degraded condition common to Black people in the USofA prior to the legal end of Jim Crow. It was forced upon the culture to make it fit the demands of a "racially" distorted economy and political system. Too many still suffer from it, and these people are called "niggers." Racism is the degraded condition common to white people in the USofA prior to the legal end of Jim Crow. It was forced upon the culture to make it fit the demands of a "racially" distorted economy and political system. Too many still suffer from it, and these people are called "racists."

You may now return to your accustomed level of racial sensitivity. Thank you.

"You can find the answer...the solution lies within the problem.
The answer is in every question, dig it?" - George Clinton, "Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts"

Things we've twisted, bent, distorted and made ridiculous, have a way of disappearing in time.

"We?"

What about things that were twisted, bent, distorted and ridiculous at their inception...yet survived for over 200 years?