Why do black people call each other the N word and its ok, but?

Question

when whites say it, we could get shot?

Answer 1

I would never have the guts to ask this question, but I'm glad somebody did. One of my psychology teachers said that he says something to a fellow Jewish man, I'm guessing he's Jewish (my teacher that is) also. They call each other a name, but I don't remember what it was. Some demeaning name. Anyway, he said it is a way for them to relate to each other. But somebody else from a different religion calling one of them that name is not acceptable. They can't understand the true meaning of that word because it doesn't have the same effect. To others it's just a word, but that particular group it means a hell of a lot more.

Answer 2

To be correct, not all black people enjoy being called the N word. However a lot do though :( As for the other part, it is because of what the word represented when whites said it in the past. Does that make sense? Probably not but that is the way it is I think.

Answer 3

Black people calling each other ****** is aight, because it DOES NOT mean what it would mean when a White person uses it.

By the way, why is this SAME question asked a thousand times, It is like that the White people finally get the opportunity to ask ALL the questions they need to ask about Black people, but fear to ask in real life. It is OK. This Yahoo Question/Answer thing really opened eyes for you. You won't be able to ask this in real life, but go ahead, don't be afraid.

Answer 4

i am a white racist, i make no apologies, but i do not proseltyse or attempt to propagate my politics or preach my philosophy. to me, one thing more disturbing than my racism is racism based on agression, fear, ignorance, and / or the tribal status-quo. equally disturbing is agression, opression, transgression, tyranny or dual rules of law favoring one group over another unfairly based on where or what an individual's profile or label is. and possibly most disturbing of all is the duplicitous racist who pretends not to be.

i state this because some may not understand how i can be a racist, yet feel deeply about what i am about to write, and i will not misrepresent myself as an inclusionist or integrationist. that said, i believe a lot of people paid a very dear price to elevate our society above and beyond the casual and accepted every day use of the "n" word and the deep stigma attached to it. as some before me pointed out, it is a disparaging moniker culled from the illiterate, ignorant and often poor class of another era; mostly white but some black and mixed; sharecroppers and laborers who were refugees borne of the war between the states; the south's doomed isolationist neo -colonial oppressive policies; and the north's subsequent raping of the south as the spoils of war. it is used between blacks to desensitize it's impact; to diminish its power - but it is the one word in our history that quite possibly like no other is the most tragic to endure, the very deepest to bear, and remains a mockery of the sorrow, rage and injustice attached to its use. it should finally fade, once and for all, with the passage of time, into history, where it has always belonged. like a guest that has overstayed his visit; "n" is no longer welcome and has no place in this era. in an ideal world, the same could be said about racism which is more an affliction than a philosophy. this i know first-hand.

Answer 5

The same reason whites can call each other rednecks or honkies, but a black can't just out of respect for a white to say it to a black.

Answer 6

I do not use such words in a negative way. I may be judged by others, but I have friends who use the N word with me and I use it as well, but in jest or as a slang term. I have learned to have the F@gg#t word directed at me in a joking way and it does not bother me. I guess it's a cultural acceptance that is actually "earned" based on certain friendships. For me personally, I have been able to use slurs in reference to myself because it takes the power out of the days when people called me those names and it did hurt me. Now I am one step ahead of them to laugh at myself. I think it is a way some of us heal. Of course, the true intention behind it means everything.

Answer 7

It's thier way of demeaning the word. Kind of like how some gays call eachother ***** in a friendly way. It takes away part of the negative power it's meant to hold over the person it was created to insult

Answer 8

Why?.. They are ignorant.. they cry because people label them yet lable themselves..Afroerotic is a great site for the enlightenment of black culture..They argue the same things

Answer 9

cuz we used it as a slave name like ****** 1 work ****** 49 get off the ground and ****** 58 take ****** 97 to the death pit and ****** 48 get off the pot thats why we cant use it any more even though we made the freckn word

Answer 10

we call each other igga(z) meaning like homie or partna. white people dont know the difference so when they say they are still calling us iggers