forgive me for asking, but what is with the "N" word?

Question

i just dont understand... it's not like i WANT to say it, i was just wondering because of a discussion we had in my classroom... forgive me yet again if this is a stupid question.... O.O

Answer 1

it refers to a black person and is usually a bad thing to call someone. ****er. Sorry, I didn't want to say it.

Answer 2

bohemianboi and frequency both make a point that needs to be addressed. They both feel, (and rightly so) that because they're white they have nothing and the Blacks, Browns, and other non-whites have everything!
Yes, like LAWS on the books that favor whites. Like a society that since it's inception has been constitutionally concerned with "only white men". Like a country that not only fostered slavery, which at the time was a world-wide enterprise, but when the rest of the civilized world realized how bad slavery was and began abolishing the practice, AMERICA not only continued it but constitutionalized it. Like a society that produces idiots from both sides of the issue; those who are of African descent who have the audacity to use a derogatory term and try to lay an exclusive claim on it and those of European descent who have the audacity to claim that programs for under privledged and woefully underrepresented groups in this white America are some kind of affront or unfair.
White people don't need W.E.T. They own the airwaves. White people don't need affirmative action they dominate all areas of societal acceptance already.
If you're a white person and you don't have a job it's more than likely your unemployment is not because of your skin color. Not so for Black folk.
and Finally, the original question was "what is with the "N" word?"
and so far I've yet to see an accurate representation of the actual etymology of the word. My suggestion to punkymonkey and all the rest of the terribly misinformed is to Google the word + etymology or go to Ask.com

Answer 3

That is exactly what is wrong with the word ******. If person that is not black, its considered rude, almost criminal to think the word ******, and if you utter the word ******... oh my. The Racist talk comes out.

It is a word people. The word is nothing, its the racist thought behind it that is the problem, if it is spoken with racist intent. As a white guy I'm not even supposed to sing a song that has ****** in it, unless I just don't say ******. Guess I have to censor myself...

One would think Nazi would be the real N word, more people's lives were destroyed by Nazi thinking than have ever been harmed by ******.

Soup-Nazi, Parking lot Nazi, Phone Nazi... all accepted and even considered funny... But don't say ******...

What a crock of ****. Same with this stupid censor... Sensor Nazis...

Answer 4

It's okay for you to ask, and it is not a stupid question. The N word came from the first Africans sold into the slave trade near the river Niger in Africa. Traders began asking for this particular group of people because of their strong bodies. Used in that way, n***** kind of meant "thoroughbred."

In the U.S. today, attitudes about the word are changing. It is generally considered extremely rude for a white person to say it, but if a black person says it, it's OK.

Answer 5

I totally agree with you frequency. Like at my college, we have the Mexican American Engineering Student Association, and scholarships for single, Hispanic mothers that already have 6 kids, but nothing for the white, Pre-Med majors as far as scholarships or student organizations. Wonderful. And what's really bad is these scholarships to the minorites, half of them can't even spell scholarship by themselves.

Answer 6

The "n" is a negative word for Afro. Americans or Blacks. It was brought to the forefront during slavery. It was use to degrade an humilate blacks. The use of the words was used to make blacks feel like they were indeed just brought property. Blacks were not considered humanbengs just property..

Answer 7

>you pass me on the street and sneer in my direction.
>
>You call me "Whiteboy", "Cracker", "Honkey", "Whitey" and you think
>it's OK.
>
>But when I call you, ******, Kike, Towelhead, Sand-******, Camel
>Jockey, Beaner, ****, or Chink you call me a racist.
>
>You say that whites commit a lot of violence against you, so why are the
>ghettos the most dangerous places to live?
>You have the United ***** College Fund.
>You have Martin Luther King Day.
>You have Black History Month.
>You have Cesar Chavez Day.
>You have Yom Hashoah
>You have Ma'uled Al-Nabi
>You have the NAACP.
>You have BET.
>
>If we had WET(white entertainment television) we'd be racists.
>
>If we had a White Pride Day you would call us racists.
>
>If we had white history month, we'd be racists.
>
>If we had an organization for only whites to "advance" our lives, we'd
>be racists.
>
>If we had a college fund that only gave white students scholarships,
>you know we'd be racists.
>
>There are over 60 openly proclaimed Black Colleges in the US, yet if
>there were "White colleges" that would be a racist college.
>
>In the Million Man March, you believed that you were marching for your
>race and rights. If we marched for our race and rights, you
>would call us racists.
>
>You are proud to be black, brown, yellow and orange, and you're not
>afraid to announce it. But when we announce our white pride,
>you call us racists.
>
>You rob us, carjack us, and shoot at us. But when a white police
>officer shoots a black gang member or beats up a black drug-dealer
>running from the law and posing a threat to society, you call him a
>racist.
>
>I am proud.
>
>But, you call me a racist.
>
>Why is it that only whites can be racists?

Answer 8

Ok let me get this straight...You don't know what the "N" word is, but you don't want to say it???? You know exactly what it is, don't play stupid.

Answer 9

I hate the term and never use it, but it's N I G G E R!

Answer 10

it is ****** and it is derived from the latin word for black