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

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.

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?

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.

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 =]

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.

I agree they both mean the same but I believe blacks started using it to un-power the word. Basically, so others would stop because they had stopped letting it get to them. I use it wit my ppl, true friends obviously, and it's in no way derogatory. Either way buy nor sell.

Umm there isnt really a diffrence I think it is still the same thing I have black friends quite a few actually and they dont get offended when I say (Im white) because I dont say it in a racist way.

Anyone who uses either of the two slang words is a POS anyway. The two words are arbitrary.

Buy. Sorry, the etymological history behind the two variations of the word speaks volumes. I understand why people get upset with either but to claim that they are the same thing, or that they mean the same thing regardless of the person speaking them, is flawed logic.

"I start to flinch as I try not to say it but my lips is like an oowop as I start to spray it."

Sell: U damn right!!! i agree with u 100 percent. There too much confusion with the word and who "can" use it and who "can't." For goodness sakes its a word!!! Not a f*cking handicapped parkin space!! I say just avoid it all together to avoid all the misunderstandings that come with its use.