Yeah I agree that black people should stop being so overt with using the word out in public because all that does is lets the non-blacks feel comfortable enough around to go say it recklessly. I set that standard with myself by not saying nikka unless I'm on the internet or in my own home with close friends or family who are also black.
The way I see it is that all these non-black people who don't identify with the black struggle or wanna deny their affiliation to black people should not be saying it.
Yeah I'm talking about all them Puerto-Ricans and "Me no black" ass Dominicans who feel like they better than black people or deny their black heritage but still dikk ride our culture. Stop listening to our music, dressing the way we dress and using our slang and culture if you don't like black people so much. If you don't identify with the struggle or the plight of black people then stop trying to be like us that's all I'm saying.
Exactly!
It's not about the word in general, it's about the context and the situation at hand.
Ever since I started lurking in the Higher Learning forum I have found out that we all originated from Africa so I began to consider myself black and using the word on a regular basis.
Just today, I encountered a portly and overly loud gentleman who was standing in line in front of me at Dunkin' Donuts. I whispered: "Ugh, leave already you fat ass nikka" underneath my breath and proceeded to suck my teeth. I think he heard me because he turned around and looked at me like so: 
However, I looked at him in the following manner:
and asked him if he realized that I was of African descent as well. He sighed, turned back around, and continued ordering.
