Whats so bad about saying *******?

Answer 1

Very, very bad. That is the word used by racists.
Better not to put emphasis on skin color; all human beings are noble.

Answer 2

More than the word, it is the hatred and/or disrespect the term implies. When a word is commonly thought of as disrespectful in a culture, intent becomes the main consideration. It is different to say it among friends in a casual conversation than it is to say it with malice to or about a stranger.

Answer 3

I'm paraphrasing George Carlin.

(before I get flamed, PLEASE read on. I'm anti-racist, because I'm a freethinker and humanist first and foremost.)

Take the word *******. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that set of letters in and of itself. It's the racist bigoted asshole behind the use of the word that's the problem. There's absolutely nothing wrong with the words cracker, fop, chink, go.ok, or sp.ic. They're only words. There is NOTHING wrong with those sets of letters in and of themselves. It's a matter of context.

Take Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor (2 of my favorite black comedians... the latter of which helped pave the way of better stand-up, along with the minds of Carlin and Lenny Bruce), we see them use the word "*******" all the time to refer to other people of their race, and most of us see nothing wrong with that, because we know they're not using it to be offensive... they're "********"! Hey, I know I'm a whitey crackerjack blue collar white trash honkey motherf*cker myself. Doesn't bother my @ss.

Edit: I'd also like to point out that at one point in evolutionary history, we were ALL black. Why do you think they call it "Mother Africa"?

Answer 4

Because it's not nice to hurt somebody else's feelings. It's categorizing someone by something that really doesn't matter (because skin color doesn't matter). It's mean.
I know some people (who are not black) wonder what's the big deal about it, and for them really isn't, but for black people is, so we should respect their feelings towards it. After all, we don't like to be called white trash either, right? ;)

Answer 5

I say it all the time (alot of people here do) but shouldn't because it is offensive to some. I say it harmless and meaningless but can understand why others would be upset at the word.

Answer 6

very degrading.... we call each other ****.AS.... big difference for us. ****.A meaning you're my friend, companion, you know what i go do on a day to day basis, you feel my stuggle. the word ****.ER however is a word belittling black folks. instead of calling us by our names... this is what our oppressors called us.... big no-no.... then too... depending upon the situation.... the word puts us on defense. if i black man is alone and is approach by 3 white men and gets called ****.ER by default and based on history, he thinks it's about to go down

Answer 7

It's not politically correct.

It's a double-standard to me. Only blacks can say "*******" and get away with it because it's racist if any other race says it? What the hell?

Answer 8

At least you didn't use the "n-word". I think that it sounds so corny when adults say that. Especially the media. It's like they are in kindergarten and are speaking to their teacher.

Answer 9

It isderogatory in nature, and used during a time period in the US when people did not believe in civil rights for ALL people.

Taken from Wikipedia:
The Spanish word ***** originates from the Latin word niger, meaning black. In English, ***** or neger became negar and finally ******, most likely under influence of French nègre (also derived from the Latin niger).
In Colonial America, Neger (sometimes spelled "neggar") prevailed in northern New York under the Dutch and also in Philadelphia, in its Moravian and Pennsylvania Dutch communities. For example, the African Burial Ground in New York City was originally known as "Begraaf Plaats van de Neger."
In the United States, the word ****** was not originally considered derogatory, but merely denotative of black, as it was in much of the world. In nineteenth-century literature, there are many uses of the word ****** with no intended negative connotation. Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, and Joseph Conrad (who published The ****** of the 'Narcissus' in 1897) used the word without racist intent.
The perception of the term ****** as derogatory is no doubt related to the fact that the Black people were a race regarded by many White people of the time as inferior, lazy, simian in appearance, stupid, and criminally inclined.
Other terms denoting Black people were intended to be derogatory from their conception, among them darky, *******, porch monkey, coon, and Spook. All of these terms, although considered acceptable by many groups of White people until recent decades, are now almost universally regarded as offensive among English-speakers worldwide.

Answer 10

Nothing. Who cares about Political correctness, i'm sorry but I go by my dictionary when it comes to words. Not stupid societies twists on them. If somebody is lazy and ignorent your damn right I'm going to call them a ni99er. Also I smoke fa9s. I don't care. F u c k society. Right in the F U C K I N G HOLE.