Buy or Sell: There's a difference between the word (N)gger and (N)gga?

Sell... come on now, this aint even got to do with whether you think its wrong or not so don't go into all that talk. People like to get all caught up on whether you use the "a" or the "er", as if that really makes a difference. "That's like sayin motherf*cker is different from sayin motherf*cka" (Ant). You're still sayin motherf*cker, and you're still sayin n*gger. People say "Brotha" instead of Brother, "Sista" instead of Sister, "Mista" instead of Mister, and the list goes on and on, so how why would it be any different with the n word?

2008-03-28T07:45:58Z

the teacha: i'm guessin you're talkin about this guy??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uvJzr0zZvk lol that's exactly what i mean

2008-03-28T07:48:39Z

or even further sam: would they be offended if a black person called them n*gger??? cuz i doubt they would... the anger don't have nothin to do with the "a" or the "er", its all about what race you are when you say it... ya'll lucky i gotta go to class lol

D. Darqwon [Quill at Will]2008-03-28T07:53:42Z

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Intelligent question

I respect your stance
and the argument you gave to support it.

Retrofitted meanings to derogatory terms always ring hollow, no matter how many uninitiated cosigners attach.

Anonymous2008-03-28T08:18:27Z

Yay, stirring up some controversy. That's the hip-hop way. Lol Just kidding. Umm technically speaking, there's a two-letter difference.

But seriously, think about this. A black guy goes up to his white friend and says, "What's up my n*gga?". The white guy responds, "Chillin".

What you're saying is that the black guy said the white guy was a n*gger...(and that's incorrect)

So in a way, the word has evolved past it's slang version of the word n*gger and has now been used as a noun for a person, regardless of race.

There will always be people who don't like the word being used but it's been proliferated to the point that you can't do much about it. And just remember this, I didn't change the meaning of the word, society did. How many songs(particularly rap songs) have used the word?

♥Ello♥Vee♥E♥ says Shut Up, Take Notes2008-03-28T07:45:15Z

Hmmm, i'm going to go ahead and SELL the comment but I would understand why someone else would buy it.

I understand that black people use ni99a as a term of endearment... But I always ask, if a white person were to say ni99a... A random one that you don't know; Would that piss you off? And the answer is usually yes. But others feel like there really is no power in the word...

You can call me ni99er or ni99a all day and I would probably laugh... A couple months ago, it would've pissed me off, but now... I could care less. There's no power in either word.

~*Nani*~2008-03-28T07:49:33Z

Well it is the same thing.. I do agree in that sense... but it is also all about who you use the word around in general and how it comes off to the person on the receiving end. Between friends they call each other (N)ggas and so on... there is a million different ways to defend both sides.... and either way it still ends up being a giant controversy where no one ends up happy *shrugs* but life goes on =]

Steph F2008-03-28T08:06:14Z

no there is no difference and whoever uses either one of these words or slang whatever you want to call it is clearly uneducated. when these words are used they are used under the wronge meaning. the true meaning is "ignorance" which means this world could pertain to any race. it is just the uneducated that has taken these words to a whole different perspective.
all im trying to say is yes society has taken the meaning of the word and classifies as something that it was not supposed to be. im just reffering to the "real original definition" in the dictionary. people today in some cases use the word out of hatrid and others use it to be"cool". wtf thats crazy becouse so many people have lost lives due to this word rather they meant to say it or not. would you go up to an older gereration say your grandma and say wsup ni33a? no becouse that word originates form the er version. another point im trying to make what are schools doing to educate on history. people play with this word so much but dont realize how much this word has been abused.

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