A question I read here some time ago asked ' why black people can call themselves the ' n ' word but are offende when a white person wouold say it. That got me thinking about the word itself and the context that it is used in. The word originated, I think, back in slavery times by a population of incredibly ignorant peoples of the white persuasion to represent what they believed the black to be. Unclean, uneducated, not to be trusted with anything and unmotivated to work unless forced. I would hope that in todays times, the majority of us know none of this to be true for the vast majority of the black population. But, what of the minority of black people who have decided that the life of crime or welfare is justified because of their race. Thats not to say a segment of the white population are not as deeply involved in crime or using welfare to keep their sorry asses at home, but we dont have as derogatory a term applied to us. Which brings me back to the question?
2006-08-23
09:18:12
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