Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Inquisitor
Hm.. It depends on the context really.. I mean, don't people in certain black communities use the word "******" between eachother in a friendly way?
|
We started writing that one as "nigga" (such is our cultural richness!), but what you mentioned is the main issue I have with people considering the word to be outright offensive. If you say the word is
always offensive, then it means that the word is always offensive when people in those black communities say it to each other. The context
has to be key here, because if you outlaw the word point-blank then you're saying that their use of the word is also inappropriate.
I also have a bit of an issue with the strong resistance to accepting and integrating african-american speech patterns by some parties, which I've seen in parallel with their keen use of other new speech patterns on this board. But that's a bit too complicated to post here and I'm not sure how to communicate my thoughts on that at the moment (somebody just thrust three bits of work upon me as I started that last paragraph!)