Is ***** considered offensive?

Question

This is a truly honest question, I'm not trying to piss people off, I was just curious, because I never hear it it conversations or anything.

Answer 1

Nope. It's not offensive because it actually means Black. Now that OTHER word on the other hand...

Answer 2

I don't think it's offensive. I mean the Spanish word for black is *****. If you say it in a negative context or with a negative tone it can be seen that way, but anything can. I prefer black though because we aren't speaking Spanish we're speaking English, and because black is a a variations of all different colors and I think that describes me better even then African American. I not only have African in my lineage, but German, native Indian, Hispanic, plus a host of others. I don't think there are a lot of black people in America who are pure African blood.

Answer 3

I can only speak for myself. The word ***** does not offend me the way the other n word does. I think it is not politically correct to refer to a black people as "******" though. It's Spanish for black, but back in the day it was used to describe blacks in a derogatory manner. No one should use any words used back in the day. Lets just come up with new words, and everyone will be happy.

Answer 4

***** isn't really offensive its just not very intelligent sounding? it from the latin word for "black" and actually means black in spanish and portuguese -- just defining people as "black" is kind of vague. Most spanish people use the word negrito to to describe black people because it sounds better. More currently people would rather you get the continent they originated on right at least -- so you have african-americans, Indians (from India), Blatinos (black latins) and the list goes on and on --

Answer 5

In case no one has seen this discussion the other 4000 times it's been asked, yes, it is. It's 2006, not 1906. No person of African decent that I know, living in or outside the US, prefers the term *****!

Answer 6

Yes it is. There are certain things white people should just not say to a black person. It would be okay if another black person said it, but if a white person said it, more than likely it would be taken the wrong way. Why would you say it anyway unless it was meant to be offensive?

Answer 7

Idiot. You know exactly what you're doing. Stop hiding behind false ignorance. I don't know what annoys me more. Your bigoted mind or the fact that you attempt to pose racist questions as "neutral." You're a idiot, plain and simple. And if you called me a ***** to my face, I'd slap the taste out of your mouth.

Answer 8

In which language? The Spanish word for black is *****.

Answer 9

Yes, if a white person is saying it to a black person but it is not offensive if a black person is saying it to a blacke person. It is a liitle complicated but that is just the way we are and by the way we dont say ***** we say ***.ga!

Answer 10

My 6th grade, African-American social studies teacher seemed to think so. She would have us, each in turn, read aloud from our textbooks (we were learning about slavery then), and she'd not let us say the word *****. I always thought that it was a bit extreme...

Answer 11

it usually is not brought up in conversations at all these days, someone who would speak this way would be a elderly individual who lived back in the fifty or sixty . In today cultures we are afro-americans.