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Old 12-13-2009, 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by DrPhil View Post
They are most likely saying (since we're apparently typing this stuff out) "hey nigga, what's up." That doesn't have to make a difference to you. I just like for people to know what they are hearing and are criticizing.
It doesn't matter whether they are saying "nigger" or "nigga". It's the same conotation and it's just a horrible word.

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A similar irony as when other groups use potentially racially offensive words intraracially. I have heard whites call each other (since we're apparently typing this stuff out) "honky" and Hispanics call each other "spic(sp)," etc. Far be it from me to think my opinion on that matters to the people who do it, just like yours as a nonBlack person doesn't.
I can't say I've ever heard the word "honky" in relation to white people or "spic" in relation to hispanic people.

And your right, my opinion about the word nigger isn't going to change people from saying it, but the thread isn't about changing people from saying it, it's us coming and telling others what words we hate.
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