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InternetIsSeriousBusiness · Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 12:33 pm Post subject: Power of the N word?

Why is the N word so powerful? It is deemed so powerful these says, that they block it out of huckleberry fin!
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2011/01/new-edition-of-huck-finn-censors-the-n-word/21639/

If you said it to a real black person, they would jump you with all of their people, and mug you.

What is the power behind that word? Slavery is over, so just get over it, sheesh.

Slugsnack · Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 1:19 pm Post subject:

It's conceptual. If it has a derogatory meaning associated with its semantics then it shouldn't be said. Just as 'gay' is a perfectly fine word until you use it as a derogatory term.

AverageAzn247 · Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 4:56 pm Post subject:

hcavolsdsadgadsg · Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:28 pm Post subject:

just watch the southpark episode on this and be done with it

also this is stupid and shouldn't have happened.

Phox · Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:36 pm Post subject:

The "more young people will read it" thing disgusts me. Did these fucking assholes even read the book? If they did, they would know that n word or, Huck Finn isn't a kids book. When I was 11, was I old enough to be mature about the N word being in the book and understanding why it was there and the context? Absolutely! But when I was 11, did I understand Huckleberry Finn? No! Would removing the N word have made that fact any different? No! This kind of thing REALLY makes me angry. IF YOU WANT TO DO THIS FUCKING BULLSHIT GO TO FUCKING CHINA, YOU COMMUNISTS! Think about it! If you go to China, you don't even have to change words! You can just ban the whole thing!

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ptudia · Cheater Reputation: -1 Joined: 07 Jun 2011 Posts: 28

I don't get why words can be offensive at all, if someone tells you "I'm going to f*** your mother" they obviously aren't serious, so why take any offense to it. They are just trolling and it will make them angry if you don't react.

ipivb · Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:52 pm Post subject:

afro american humans don't like to be afro american humans. They realize it sets them apart from the rest of america, and they don't like it. At least that's my assumption. Basically they don't like to be reminded about it and separated because they are afro american humans.

It's just part of our culture, now though. That it is offensive. Honestly, I've very rarely had anyone be offended by the word. But then again I don't have person with a high concentration of pigment in his skin friends so...

ptudia · Cheater Reputation: -1 Joined: 07 Jun 2011 Posts: 28

Let me preface this by letting you all know I'm an aspie so I'm having a tough time finding a way to portray this opinion.

In the United States, most minorities live in poorer areas, often called slums, hoods, or ghettos. Culture in the ghettos is offensive to most upstanding citizens.

I believe that typical american associates skin colors with the cultures most often represented by people of these colors (or skin color is associated with culture, something along these lines).

In american society, african-americans represent a lower tier of human because of this cultural correlation. Minorities notice this too, and are offended when associated with it.

I don't know, maybe someone who understands what I'm trying to say can clean this idea up.

atom0s · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 8:29 am Post subject: Re: Power of the N word?

InternetIsSeriousBusiness · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:22 am Post subject: Re: Power of the N word?

atom0s · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:45 am Post subject:

That doesn't mean it didn't happen.

Slugsnack · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 12:39 pm Post subject:

DURAN · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 4:10 pm Post subject:

nigger

redslothx · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:35 pm Post subject:

It's insulting(and with good reason) when used with the intention to insult.
The same goes for: Gay, fag, homo.

Somewhere out there, there's a bunch of "i'm gay and I feel the need to prove it!" faggots in denial who are offended when somebody says: "Oh man this gay..." on a typical, every day situation to just say: "this is stupid"

And somewhere out there there's a moronic, stereotypical black guy with no formal education being offended because some white guy said: "Niggah let's go!" To his best friend~

The problem is that some people don't know how to look at the different connotations and then single out the negative/insulting version of the word when in use.