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[quote name="Jerry Whorebach"][quote name="jendomme"]It's interesting to read the reactions of people when it comes to racial slurs. I often hear African Americans using the term nigger colloquially. This usage colloquially, of course, sets a double standard. They are essentially trying to hi-jack the meaning/usage of a term with a derogatory meaning. While laudable in concept, it falls on its face in practice. If people dislike the use of such terms, then a society must collectively stop using the term altogether and essentially remove it from modern vocabulary. <b>Until the time comes when the gang-banger, urban hip-hop types stop calling one another by that term as if it is acceptable, the word will continued to be use.</b>[/quote] Hmm, so as long as gang bangers etc. (blacks) continue using the n-word, that word will continue to be used? I guess jendomme meant to imply that <i>he</i> will continue using the n-word until such time as they (blacks) get their act together and eliminate it from their collective vocabulary. [quote name="omerhi"]There's on the ground difference between "nigger" and "nigga", which is the term used by most black people. Nigger still has derogatory connotations whereas nigga is the attempt to reclaim the word.[/quote] Omerhi evidently has trouble understanding ebonics, to the point where he thinks they're actually speaking different words :( [quote name="jendomme"]I agree that there can be subtle differences between the use of "nigger" vs. "nigga". Nonetheless it is the use of term with derogatory connotations. If people think it is acceptable to use terms with such double standards, then surely they cannot complain about other double standards. <b>You don't hear Jewish people calling one another heebs.</b> Why would one think it is acceptable to hear black people calling one another nigga. Doesn't seem to make sense.[/quote] Jendomme can't imagine why anyone would think it acceptable to hear blacks calling one another by the n-word. It's like the racial dignity holocaust out there, and no one's doing a damn thing to stop it! If only more people would explain to them (blacks) how that sort of language is UNACCEPTABLE, maybe they would shape-up.[/quote]