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Originally posted by LUVBUGZ
Although, I still think that what I said I thought you were saying is what you meant.
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Could I make it any more clear? <b>No, that is not what I meant. What I said is what I meant.</b> "Nigga" is a term of respect and endearment on the street. It's not at all equivalent to "What's up, dumbass?" or whatever you might think. It is not a derogatory term when used to refer to friends. It's not used in a joking manner.
Do a little reading. Google just turned this up (emphasis mine):
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"When I'm hanging out on the corner with my friends and I see one of my boys it's only natural for me to say, whaz, up my nigga," says Feli Feliciano, 24, Puerto Rican and a junior majoring in business at Borough of Manhattan Community College. "I use it because my generation no longer sees it as a degrading word. By using it I'm putting my friends up on a pedestal for a moment, all attentions on them. That makes you feel good! I wouldn't say what's up my brother. That sounds too peaceful, too 1960s. There's no machismo in that!"
But like any other street slang or street epithet there is a time and a place for the word. "When I use it, it's only in informal settings. I wouldn't say it on a job interview or to one of my professors at school," he says.
There are people who do not agree with Feliciano that nigga or nigger is a term of endearment. Still, other people of color argue that by using the epithet, they desensitize the original derogative meaning and connotations of the word. "<b>Nigga is a term of respect in my community. It's the highest term of affection.</b>"
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But yes, I'm wrong. No one uses it as a term of respect. |
