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Originally Posted by s_k
Don't look for racistic things in my postings, they're not there.
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Originally Posted by s_k
I just wonder. If n... coloured (?) people don't like to be called ******s, why do they keep referring to themselves as ******s in rap video's?
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Oh really?
Seriously though, putting the way you approached and worded the question aside, I've often wondered the same thing.
I don't think there's really an answer to it, it's just been used so much and so often that it's become not only socially acceptable in most African American circles, but almost EXPECTED of many people of that race. I've had converstations with people of the Af-Am race who don't necessarily like the word itself, but just say it to fit in and not seem stuck up around their friends. It really has taken on a completely different meaning.
It's actually quite fascinating to me that a single word in the same language can mean such different things depending on the skin color of the person speaking it.