I mean given the history of the word, I think non blacks are the only ones who make a big deal out of it. All we ask for is it to not be said, it’s honestly not that hard to not say it. The bigger question is, why do they want to say it so bad?

I never seen a full answer to why they want to say it besides "its just a word"

Because no one likes being told they can’t do something, that’s just human nature

Also I feel like the majority of white people who say it really just say it when singing along to songs or something. I personally don’t because it makes me uncomfortable to say it, but it is annoying to have to censor myself when I’m trying to just vibe out

i think its a good word

It doesn't matter. Most of them will try to justify them saying it and if you explain to them why you don't like being called something and they continue then they do not respect you period. There ain't no other way around it. You don't want to give your attention to people who don't respect you.

Non-blacks who try to minimize black people's reaction to that word are trash who do not respect black people or our culture. Same with dudes who call women b****es or whatever derogatory word.

If you’re not black then don’t use it it’s not that hard.

nah you got it mixed up way too many white people say it because they wanna look cool and end up looking stupid but idrc if a white person says it now it's just the way life is now

OP are you black?

You comparing b**** to nigga makes me think you are not.

I only let my white friends say it cuz they’re not idiots and actually understand race and discrimination. And I’m also the only person they use it around as it should be.

quite versatile

You might be right, I guess the people I’m typically around just don’t really do that. Definitely pretty cringe when while people attempt to say it casually in conversation. But if they’re the type of person to do that they probably have worse things going for them lol

I guess the concept of black women is foreign to OP.

non-black people have no business using the word. idc if they're an "ally", i don't care if you're willing to die for the cause (the cause being Black Liberation) like John Brown.

If you're black, you have a personal decision to whether or not you want to use the word or not and that's your business with no right or wrong position. The issue here is when some black people try to police other black peoples use of the word. We as a collective have many coping mechanism and how we choose to interact with the anti-black world we have to live in. Nigga is a form of political resistance and reclamation of the original word. Use it if you want or don't use it.

The whole "well stop using it if you don't want others to use it" is a logical fallacy. Apply that to any number of things people do that others avoid and you sound like a goofy.

Stop making these threads about this damn word though.

when is it not racist?

i said it's like in a way the way being that both were used in oppresive way i never said they were basically the same word or anything like that

black cosplayer

Lmao I mean son no black person in their right minds thinks nigga is comparative to b**** in any way.

i said cuz of it's oppresive use and also look how women call each other b****es like "my b****" there's a lot of diffrences between the words but i was just using it as an example because it's probably the second most used deregotorary word, idk how to spell that word

I feel like most women don’t care about men using the term where as 90% of Blacks dont want non Blacks using it lmao

idk if you're coming at me but I said there's a lot of differences

If a black dude let's someone who isn't black say it, do you call the black dude a coon?

the guy you quoted is wrong and full of s*** btw

If you aren't black, don't say it.

It's 2020.
Y'all know damn well what you tryna do at this point.

Lock this thread.

white people fed me the idea that it was okay for them to use it im not around most of them anymore but I got pissed off inside and all the other 20-30 black people were portraying they were okay with it too so i was kind of forced to be a coon i could've gone against it but no one would've fw me

Understandable

Yeah white people want a stake in the word there's no denying it lol