RE: [split] The word 'Nigger' and other slurs
January 11, 2014 at 9:06 am
(This post was last modified: January 11, 2014 at 9:12 am by theyear12013.)
This word just has too much baggage, like the word 'Nazi' or the ethnic slurs used on Italians, Irish, and Jewish humans. Its highly distasteful to a loyal Yankee like myself.
And its made worse to me when the word is supposed to imply 'ignorant'--- or to denote membership in a club that still needs to defend itself from the idea that as individuals they might be considered ignorant. In my mind there is no other group of humans in the US who have been more loyal to the ideas of humanism than them besides the anglo founders who built the American ideology. Maybe it was by default -- given the horrific nature of the initial experiences in the colonies -- and their need for a humanistic worldview for the country in order for them to have their rights and guarantees as citizens. But they helped force the anglo founders and their descendants to stay true to the creed. I don't mean to derail but the people who descended from slaves have fought and died in high numbers in every war since the civil war ; they guaranteed the right to vote for all ; they are the reason that immigrants from all over the planet are accepted fairly easily. And though a high % self-identify as Christians, and homo-sexuality is not as accepted, they are often on the cutting edge of American humanism and culture.
And its just annoying to hear that word used by rappers and in the popular culture. Yeah its a word of power to own by those it was wielded against -- blah blah, but man there's a lot that's not ignorant in this American subculture. And that word no matter what its use means at minimum 'ignorant'.
And its made worse to me when the word is supposed to imply 'ignorant'--- or to denote membership in a club that still needs to defend itself from the idea that as individuals they might be considered ignorant. In my mind there is no other group of humans in the US who have been more loyal to the ideas of humanism than them besides the anglo founders who built the American ideology. Maybe it was by default -- given the horrific nature of the initial experiences in the colonies -- and their need for a humanistic worldview for the country in order for them to have their rights and guarantees as citizens. But they helped force the anglo founders and their descendants to stay true to the creed. I don't mean to derail but the people who descended from slaves have fought and died in high numbers in every war since the civil war ; they guaranteed the right to vote for all ; they are the reason that immigrants from all over the planet are accepted fairly easily. And though a high % self-identify as Christians, and homo-sexuality is not as accepted, they are often on the cutting edge of American humanism and culture.
And its just annoying to hear that word used by rappers and in the popular culture. Yeah its a word of power to own by those it was wielded against -- blah blah, but man there's a lot that's not ignorant in this American subculture. And that word no matter what its use means at minimum 'ignorant'.
