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Date: 2005-02-17 07:08:41

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the word "Nigg?r" evolved from the Latin for black, niger. Originally, there was no racial defining involved; it was simply a designation of a different color of skin. Unfortunately, it didn't stay "just a word" for long, and it began to be used as a racial slur by people who believed that African-Americans weren't much better than apes. There was a time, not all that long ago, when the word "Nigg?r" was the worst kind of slang. It was demeaning, rude, and offensive, and it was used when people who were not African-American wanted to put down those that were. During these periods the white culture usually overpowered the black, but that soon changed when the black culture grew much stronger into how it is today. The word "Nigg?r" today has great power to offend any black person because of its reference to the past, and the disliking of their culture and is considered racist because of this. The only person allowed to use the word is themselves, when they say it, it brings back reference to what happened in the past but it is also interpretating a sort of like gratefulness and pride of who they are because they are still on this earth today after all their people have gone through.

P.S If your wondering . .  I'm not racist, a few of my best mates are black and they are who i heared this story from, i told the story here because its interesting to hear where the word actually originates from. Don't you think?