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[OricWindstar]

Ignorant hot take, ignore:

I feel like this ban on white people saying the word is the biggest reason white people use the word. Every single person has done some kind of rebellion. Maybe if you just let everyone say it they'll eventually realize how stupid it is and it will no longer have that sense of rebellion.

Yeah, that's why all those white people were using it before they weren't allowed to use it, I guess.

 

[Permanently A]

Those youtube comments gave me actual cancer. I can feel it festering within.

 

[LotusHD]

In a food lion?

What, black people gotta buy groceries too lol

 

[Merchandise]

Yeah, that's why all those white people were using it before they weren't allowed to use it, I guess.

I have trouble believing there's a 1:1 parity between then and now, but yeah, okay.

 

[Enzom21]

In all honesty nobody should be using it.

Just my 2 cents.

If you're not black, it doesn't matter what your two cents on this subject are.

No one who isn't black should use it and whether or not black people should use it is a discussion that only black people get to participate in.

 

[Dishwalla]

In a food lion?

Yes, Food Lion. Grocery store. Public setting.

 

[Crossing Eden]

Evidently black people have always had to the power to stop racism

The version of this that Merchandise is proposing would be people even more openly and gleefully using the word to demean the black race, instead of during trump rallies and behind social media.

I have trouble believing there's a 1:1 parity between then and now, but yeah, okay.

Nazis and white supremacists are literally running the whitehouse.

 

[The Artisan]

Why is it cool for Harper Lee to use it then? And you should feel uncomfortable, a person is screaming "nigger lover".

an author writing it in the book is kinda the same of a white actor playing a racist character saying it. i've thought about that, i don't really know.

 

[excelsiorlef]

I don't know if its an "excuse", he's just making it clear that he didn't intend malice with the joke. He just made a mistake in the moment of trying to get a laugh. He still owns up to the fuck up of using the word in the first place.

You don't default to house n word in the moment come on...

Don't give me this it was just a slip of the tongue... "mistake"

 

[squall23]

Possibly as a term of endearment, I guess? Sort of like "man" or "buddy. That's how it's used, no?

Take this example. I have two friends that are best friends with each other. One of them is black, the other isn't (he's Arabic). They call each other "nigga" all the time. They're like two peas in a pod. Should the non-white friend not be allowed to use this word when talking to his friend while other black people with no relation to them can address him as that?

The word holds no weight to them and they're all the happier for it.

Umm. Yes? I'm in a friendship like that right now. He occasionally greets me with the n-word and I call him chink as a joke. I know I'm not allowed to use the n-word just like he's not allowed to call me a chink, and we're both good friends for it.

 

[TRD Mr Blonde]

Jesus Christ people get over yourselves. You sound like 5 year olds kicking and screaming on the ground, "but it's my word no one else can use it". Is there any other nationality in the world that has the same view on a word that only they can say?

 

[Erv]

Food lion is such a weird reference. The only one I ever saw in my life was closed very quickly. And I never saw one again after living in several states

 

[Tekniqs]

I've struggled with this in recent years. When I moved to Ft Knox.. The people I hung out with/played ball with were 95% black (I'm Asian). They would call me the n word and eventually I started using it with them. It became just every day vernacular for me. But then when I moved away, I've always watched myself so I don't say it out of place.
What's your guys' thoughts on that? A non African American using it amongst their African American friends. Do you consider that ok? Or still very much off limits?

 

[Muffdraul]

I winced every time Maher said "But..."

 

[UnemployedVillain]

Jesus Christ people get over yourselves. You sound like 5 year olds kicking and screaming on the ground, "but it's my word no one else can use it". Is there any other nationality in the world that has the same view on a word that only they can say?

It's not even necessarily that only black people can say it, it's more that white people can't say it

 

[excelsiorlef]

I don't know if you really need a genuine answer to this question but the answer seems pretty simple from an external perspective - because it has been normalised in American pop culture as a term of endearment. That's part of the price of language reappropriation, whether you like it or not.

It's certainly not a justification for using a term that clearly has outwardly offensive connotations, but it is a clear reasoning nonetheless.

No it hasn't.

Not for white folk.

 

[Dishwalla]

Food lion is such a weird reference. The only one I ever saw in my life was closed very quickly. And I never saw one again after living in several states

They are quite widespread in the South.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

I've struggled with this in recent years. When I moved to Ft Knox.. The people I hung out with/played ball with were 95% black (I'm Asian). They would call me the n word and eventually I started using it with them. It became just every day vernacular for me. But then when I moved away, I've always watched myself so I don't say it out of place.
What's your guys' thoughts on that? A non African American using it amongst their African American friends. Do you consider that ok? Or still very much off limits?

There is no perfect answer for you. Just know that some people are absolutely not going to be okay with you using it, no matter who your friends are/were, and you might have to deal with some blowback/repercussions from that.

 

[TRD Mr Blonde]

If you're not black, it doesn't matter what your two cents on this subject are.

No one who isn't black should use it and whether or not black people should use it is a discussion that only black people get to participate in.

Please point us to the whites only discussion then. See how that sounds discriminatory?

 

[Nepenthe]

Jesus Christ people get over yourselves.

>White guy says racist thing.
>Black people need to get over themselves.

Well alright.

You sound like 5 year olds kicking and screaming on the ground, "but it's my word no one else can use it".

Do you say this to the white people who complain about the social consequences of saying it?

Is there any other nationality in the world that has the same view on a word that only they can say?

We're not beholden to what other nationalities do, thank you very much.

Please point us to the whites only discussion then. See how that sounds discriminatory?

Here you go.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Please point us to the whites only discussion then. See how that sounds discriminatory?

Yes if you ignore the hundreds of years of history and context that make this an incredibly loaded and complex conversation, it might sound that way. You aren't blowing minds here with your basic ass take.

 

[Chumley]

Jesus Christ people get over yourselves. You sound like 5 year olds kicking and screaming on the ground, "but it's my word no one else can use it". Is there any other nationality in the world that has the same view on a word that only they can say?

Don't forget the disabled community and how nobody thinks twice about using the R word in casual conversation, or in comedy, or music.

 

[Enzom21]

I've struggled with this in recent years. When I moved to Ft Knox.. The people I hung out with/played ball with were 95% black (I'm Asian). They would call me the n word and eventually I started using it with them. It became just every day vernacular for me. But then when I moved away, I've always watched myself so I don't say it out of place.
What's your guys' thoughts on that? A non African American using it amongst their African American friends. Do you consider that ok? Or still very much off limits?

If you're not black you shouldn't say it. Just because some of us have given you a pass doesn't mean all of us would be okay with it.
So if you wouldn't say it to all of us you probably shouldn't say it at all, right?

 

[LotusHD]

I've struggled with this in recent years. When I moved to Ft Knox.. The people I hung out with/played ball with were 95% black (I'm Asian). They would call me the n word and eventually I started using it with them. It became just every day vernacular for me. But then when I moved away, I've always watched myself so I don't say it out of place.
What's your guys' thoughts on that? A non African American using it amongst their African American friends. Do you consider that ok? Or still very much off limits?

Some people give passes, some don't. They all have their reasons. If you have black friends that do give you a pass for whatever reason, do not think that that allows you to say it in front of black people whom you do not personally know. It's "reset" for each black person you come across. That said, you shouldn't want to say it to begin with.

 

[Phu]

Black people get to say a certain word. White people get to not get shot by the police.

 

[Loudninja]

Please point us to the whites only discussion then. See how that sounds discriminatory?

No you did not just go there. :/

 

[Crossing Eden]

Jesus Christ people get over yourselves. You sound like 5 year olds kicking and screaming on the ground, "but it's my word no one else can use it". Is there any other nationality in the world that has the same view on a word that only they can say?

Ok this is quite offensive, to translate what you said:

Jesus Christ black people get over yourselves. You sound like 5 year olds kicking and screaming on the ground just because you went through years of blatant/systemic racism and still experience that on a day by day basis on both a macro and micro scale, my post being an example since i'm telling you to get over the whole centuries of blatant oppression followed by centuries of systemic oppression, "but it's my word no one else can use it," please ignore that i'm very blatantly and offensively ignoring the context of that statement, but allow me to ask a pointless question to deflect from the severity of the issue, Is there any other nationality in the world that has the same view on a word that only they can say

ಠ_ಠ

 

[Puck Beaverton]

I had a black friend who let me say the n word that means I can say it to whoever I want now.

 

[Nepenthe]

Black people get to say a certain word. White people get to not get shot by the police.

"If I don't get to call black people nigger, then by golly, we're just not equal!"

 

[Aquavelvaman]

YouTube comments are really outdoing themselves on this one

 

[Enzom21]

Please point us to the whites only discussion then. See how that sounds discriminatory?

Voat or the like, where you scurry off to to get your e-high fives.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

Please point us to the whites only discussion then.

I can't point to literally everywhere. Our voices always dwarf minority voices. That's why we need to just STFU once in awhile.

 

[excelsiorlef]

Ignorant hot take, ignore:

I feel like this ban on white people saying the word is the biggest reason white people use the word. Every single person has done some kind of rebellion. Maybe if you just let everyone say it they'll eventually realize how stupid it is and it will no longer have that sense of rebellion.

...

They did that it was called ummm the 1950s

Didn't quite work out for Black folk.

 

[sirap]

To be honest I'm not a fan of the word either, and I always feel weird hearing my American cousins say it casually.

 

[TRD Mr Blonde]

Do you say this to the white people who complain about the social consequences of saying it?

And what are the social consequences? If anyone of any race can buy the new Kendrick Lamar album where the word is said 10 times in each verse then where are we going with this. Should he put a warning label on the album cover that it's only meant for black people? My previous comment was supposed to suggest that many people have been oppressed in this world.

 

[MKIL65]

Please point us to the whites only discussion then. See how that sounds discriminatory?

White privilege... What an enigma

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Ignorant hot take, ignore:

I feel like this ban on white people saying the word is the biggest reason white people use the word. Every single person has done some kind of rebellion. Maybe if you just let everyone say it they'll eventually realize how stupid it is and it will no longer have that sense of rebellion.

"If you just let white people call you nigger with impunity, they'd eventually get tired of it! See this is your fault black people!'

What the fuck am I reading?

 

[UnemployedVillain]

Ignorant hot take, ignore:

I feel like this ban on white people saying the word is the biggest reason white people use the word. Every single person has done some kind of rebellion. Maybe if you just let everyone say it they'll eventually realize how stupid it is and it will no longer have that sense of rebellion.

This is almost comical naivety

 

[Chumley]

You don't default to house n word in the moment come on...

Don't give me this it was just a slip of the tongue... "mistake"

That's what he said. He's a comedian who pushes the limit of what's considered acceptable, always has been. If you believe deep down he's racist there's basically nothing that will convince you otherwise, Dyson is good friends with him and believes he isn't.

 

[Puck Beaverton]

Duckworth let me say it at a concert that means I can say it to the guy next to me on the bus.

 

[excelsiorlef]

Jesus Christ people get over yourselves. You sound like 5 year olds kicking and screaming on the ground, "but it's my word no one else can use it". Is there any other nationality in the world that has the same view on a word that only they can say?

I wouldn't call anyone else a child if I were you

 

[Permanently A]

I've struggled with this in recent years. When I moved to Ft Knox.. The people I hung out with/played ball with were 95% black (I'm Asian). They would call me the n word and eventually I started using it with them. It became just every day vernacular for me. But then when I moved away, I've always watched myself so I don't say it out of place.
What's your guys' thoughts on that? A non African American using it amongst their African American friends. Do you consider that ok? Or still very much off limits?

Also as an asian I use "nigga" only if a black friend calls me his nigga. Cause then I'm his nigga and he's my nigga. But, I would never use the word first. Its not my word to use. I can only reciprocate the usage of the word, not initiate. Just because I have a black friend that I can call my nigga doesn't mean every black person is now my nigga. This is definitely also very much dependent on location, for example in NYC you'll see hispanic people calling each other nigga.

 

[Slayven]

That's what he said. He's a comedian who pushes the limit of what's considered acceptable, always has been. If you believe deep down he's racist there's basically nothing that will convince you otherwise, Dyson is good friends with him and believes he isn't.

"He has black friends, can't be racist"

Dude is also best buds with Ann Coulter

 

[celljean89]

Please point us to the whites only discussion then. See how that sounds discriminatory?

You serious? Go do yourself a favor, and read on the subject of American racism. And if you're not black, your opinion on the n word will still not matter. Be Humble.

 

[IrishNinja]

maher couldn't wait to cut into cube & his teachable moment here, ugh...dude stays in the bushes while cube stays a top 10 all-time MC

YouTube comments are really outdoing themselves on this one

i scrolled down for a minute, and it was already a mistake - you can just tell by the likes vs dislikes
speaking of dumbfuckery

Jesus Christ people get over yourselves. You sound like 5 year olds kicking and screaming on the ground, "but it's my word no one else can use it". Is there any other nationality in the world that has the same view on a word that only they can say?

yes, i can unequivocally say throughout the world there are words/phrases certain groups in certain contexts say that you or i should not
this would be obvious to you if you even went out & talked to someone who didn't look like you for more than a minute, and by talk i mean actively listen and not spit nonsense like this - so best of luck

 

[ChimpBottle]

"If you just let white people call you nigger with impunity, they'd eventually get tired of it! See this is your fault black people!'

What the fuck am I reading?

Obviously, they didn't mean using it with a racist connotation.

 

[Mr.Shrugglesツ]

I've struggled with this in recent years. When I moved to Ft Knox.. The people I hung out with/played ball with were 95% black (I'm Asian). They would call me the n word and eventually I started using it with them. It became just every day vernacular for me. But then when I moved away, I've always watched myself so I don't say it out of place.
What's your guys' thoughts on that? A non African American using it amongst their African American friends. Do you consider that ok? Or still very much off limits?

You're really bad at context.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

That's what he said. He's a comedian who pushes the limit of what's considered acceptable, always has been. If you believe deep down he's racist there's basically nothing that will convince you otherwise, Dyson is good friends with him and believes he isn't.

You need to hop off the Maher defense train. It's been long headed towards derailment.

 

[Nepenthe]

And what are the social consequences?

Getting yelled at, ostracized, losing a relationship, potentially fired from their job, and sometimes assaulted.

If anyone of any race can buy the new Kendrick Lamar album where the word is said 10 times in each verse then where are we going with this. Should he put a warning label on the album cover that it's only meant for black people?

No one can stop the precious snowflakes who believe everything in the world belongs to them from actually saying it. However, nothing can stop black people from clapping back when white people think they're free to cross that line free of consequences either.

My previous comment was supposed to suggest that many people have been oppressed in this world.

No shit. They still don't matter to black people's relationship with the word "nigger."

 

[NeonBlack]

Ignorant hot take, ignore:

I feel like this ban on white people saying the word is the biggest reason white people use the word. Every single person has done some kind of rebellion. Maybe if you just let everyone say it they'll eventually realize how stupid it is and it will no longer have that sense of rebellion.

You think white people want to use the word because they can't? Maybe they just wanna call me a nigger.