Elderly black man's reaction to black youth using the N word

[PhonZhi]

That word is COMPLETELY out my vocab. I cringe everytime i have to read it when its used here. Its totally idiotic that we call EACH OTHER "n1ggers". Its sad. We have absolutely no respect for ourselves. I hope all of you that proudly uses it, wakes up one day

 

[Micky Mikey]

MLK and Malcom used Negro all the time

 

[Patriarch]

"You the ones that we learned it from -- I heard nikka back in 1971"

We can't blame the youth for everything.

 

[Midrash]

I stopped saying nikka for pride reasons but I still side eye a lot of black people IRL I know who don't say it because they desperately seek white people's approval.


I don't mind people stopping it but they need to stop it for the right reasons, not because they bringing back Mr. Bojangles to a NEEEEEW generation.

 

[Drip Bayless]

I believe using the word freely negates a bit of its power. 10 years ago if a white guy called you the n word you couldn't do anything but smile through clenched teeth. But now its something we retain power over them with. if you call a white person a cracker you're not going to offend them. Hopefully through continued devaluation of the word we can reach that point

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

Smh the word means black. Negro, Niger, negre, nigra , negher , nigri, negra, negru,

http://www.omniglot.com/language/colours/multilingual.htm


We got nikkas in here saying a color is a bad word

 

[Vonte3000]

MLK and Malcom used Negro all the time

Neither MLK or Malcom went around calling black people nikka

 

[Vonte3000]

so is it ok to condemn other blacks as nikkas but not say it in a friendly way?

what?

 

[iFightSeagullsForBread]

MLK and Malcom used Negro all the time

There's a book I have where MLK in fact used the term "nikka" as a term of endearment.

 

[Vonte3000]

There's a book I have where MLK in fact used the term "nikka" as a term of endearment.

What's the name of it? I wanna see this

 

[iFightSeagullsForBread]

What's the name of it? I wanna see this

Dr King also said it. "Martin used it,' Cornel West said. "The day he died he saw Andrew Young and said "There's my nikka." It's part of the black preacher culture. That's where Jesse gets it from. Now, Martin was a sterling figure as a citizen, the greatest love and freedom fighter- cat's willing to die for us any minute . If you love negroes as much as he did, I guess he can call us anything he want because the love is still there, you know."

Pg. 170, Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness.

 

[Vonte3000]

Dr King also said it. "Martin used it,' Corenl West said. "The day he died he saw Andrew Young and said "There's my nikka." It's part of the black preacher culture. That's where Jesse gets it from. Now, Martin was a sterling figure as a citizen, the greatest love and freedom fighter- cat's willing to die for us any minute . If you love negroes as much as he did, I guess he can call us anything he want because the love is still there, you know."

Pg. 170, Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness.

I've been through many google searches for this info

Still a bad word regardless

 

[Mowgli]

Hes talking about shooting some kids for saying nikka.

and he has no mustache.



c00n.

 

[Citi Trends]

what?

you are criticizing people for using nikka in a postive way, but diminish it's meaning when malcolm used it to refer to "ignorant nikkas" as if that's somehow more acceptable.

 

[SunZoo]

Hes talking about shooting some kids for saying nikka.

and he has no mustache.



c00n.