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Originally Posted by adonis1960
With all due respect, that's garbage. "Bitch", "hoe", "nigger" (the alternate spelling is bogus), "queer", "dyke" and all the other slurs people are throwing around these days are not, have never been and will never be "endearments". That's just a lame argument that rude and ignorant folk use to cover their behinds in case they get called on their derogatory usage. I've heard Black people use the N-word all my life. There is always a "sting" in that usage, even when lips are smiling when it's said. If you don't hear the "sting", then you're not listening closely enough. If you listen long enough, you'll hear Black people use the N-word in anger, and there's absolutely no way it can be mistaken for an "endearment" then! I don't even care to think about how many times "nigger" was probably the last thing a Black man heard before he was capped by a "brother".
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You and I have discussed the nigger vs nigga discussion a couple times among ourselves and with TUCKER. As I've framed this in the past, if a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Or put another way, if someone says "nigga" or "bitch" as an intended compliment and it's perceived that way, is it still derogatory?
Well, clearly in this case some readers, including the author of this article and you, adonis, heard the tree fall.... so it made a sound. But my guess is that for most others, it did not.