What is wrong with the n word?

Answer 1

Apparently a lot. We can't use that word any more but we'll continue to be called crackers. Go figure.

Answer 2

If you are anything but black, nothing. It's just a word.

If you are black (maybe even just American black, I'm not sure about other countries), the "n word" means so much more to you than just a word, even if you pretend it doesn't. It's jarring to hear, eye-opening, and sad. Especially since most of the time, it is unexpected, a sudden reduction from a Person to a very ugly label, a subhuman, substandard animal.

Answer 3

I have wondered this myself. I think it's just a fashion thing, and currently this word is causing havoc, and has become a derogatory term. In fact, until fairly recently in UK it was perfectly ok to refer to anything which was a dark brown colour as "n" brown. Though I can understand that in America, with your history, that this would be considered more offensive.

Answer 4

is this a trick question? It's a derogatory term created specifically to hurl at people of African ancestry.

***·ger (nĭg'ər)
n. Offensive Slang.

Used as a disparaging term for a Black person: “You can only be destroyed by believing that you really are what the white world calls a ******” (James Baldwin).
Used as a disparaging term for a member of any dark-skinned people.
Used as a disparaging term for a member of any socially, economically, or politically deprived group of people: “Gun owners are the new ******* . . . of society” (John Aquilino).

Answer 5

If you have to ask, you will never accept or understand a sincere answer.

Answer 6

I'm with you Dude, But Girls always get offended when you tell them their "Nice" ..."How do you like my Outfit"? It's "Nice"
"How do I look"? "Nice"....OOOHH !!! The OTHER "N" word....Never mind

Answer 7

what n word? notes, not, native, naval,newt. neuter. What n are we talking about?