Originally posted by Shaggy:
Originally posted by Antonio Wright:
Originally posted by Renee:
Originally posted by SVTatGT:
lmao, what is the correct way to use it?



You guys MUST be pretty young. The N word actually means SOMEONE WHO IS IGNORANT. It's morons who turned it into the racial slander it's used as now.
Used to be you'd look up that word in the dictionary, and it would actually define it as ONE WHO IS IGNORANT, but since it's used so widely as a racial slur, that original definition is no longer printed in the dictionary.



Renee, the word is a racial term. So, the context in which it was used is correct. In regards to the word nigger. There is no concrete information on where the word originated from. Some people believe, that the word orginated from the country Niger, or the word means ignorant like you stated. The fact of the matter is now, it is used as a racist term to describe blacks and other minorities, particually the ones from the middle east.


So, let me get this straight. Since I am an Armenian-American and from the middle-east, (born and raised in NYC, same for my parents) does that make me a nigger? If so, woo-woo! I can now sue 'whitey' for billions of dollars for something that happened 300+ years ago, by people that are long dead! woo-woo!

Or, if that doesn't apply, do I have to pay for possible court cases if 'whitey' loses? I mean, my family didn't come over to the US until the 1920s, when Armenians were getting slaughtered by the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) from 1915-1917. So, that make me exempt, right? Oh, I forgot. I am white, I am guilty.

Antonio, enough of your flame-bait. You are not telling the world, as you stated, but the CEG. Frankly, as part of the CEG community, I truly believe you have ZERO content that helps us grow as a community. I think its time to either go away, or leave your political commentary to offtopic.net.

As others have stated, its people like you that can't let the past rest and keep on dividing this country. I highly doubt you were personally affected. Maybe some of your relatives were, like great-great-great-great-grandfather, but not you. As so you also stated, you don't care about others being racist in other countries, just here. Well, take that to heart. SLAVERY DID NOT AFFECT YOU PERSONALLY.

Have a nice day. I think its time this thread is locked.



And, that is your opinion. I seems that I am talking to brick walls here. If you want further discussion on how the term is indeed used to describe people from the middle east then you can PM as well. Oh, and by the way. The ramifications of slavery is still strong in this country.

Shaggy, you know me personally, so I don't believe that you truly meant what you have said. If you honestly believe I contribute nothing to the community, I will leave these types of threads out of the discussion. I truly like you as a person and I don't want you feeling the way you do about me.

Last edited by Antonio Wright; 08/31/05 05:41 PM.
Now I hate America? That is a new one to me.