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CALL ME WHAT YOU WANT, BUT I BET YOU WON'T CALL ME A nigger.

What's wrong with using the word nigger?

Y'all say it all the time. I hear you with your homegirl

and homeboys saying, "what's up my nigger!"

Or, my favorite one, "nigger please!"

So, if y'all can say it, why can't I?

FOR YOUR INFORMATION, THE WORD IS "NIGGA."

Would you mind if I called you a HONKEY..

WHITE TRASH...

REDNECK...

CRACKER...

REPUBLICAN or my favorite RACIST?

I'm not the smartest in the world,

but I'm guessing that the answer to all of those words was a big, "NO," wasn't it?

Don't call me an evolutionist BUT you may consider my effort to as an advocate for African American rights. True, I'll stand up for the rights that are mine, and those rights that I feel can be mine. I love the heritage that I come from. I love the diversity of my ancestory, just as well as the diversity in modern day Black culture. I honor the struggles, oppression, and disrespect of the past in which I come from, but I am always in constant rememberance of what was done for me to be well on my way to an even better successful life. Because of my ancestors, I am a free citizen attending a HISTORICAL BLACK UNIVERSITY, well on my way to attend a HISTORICAL BLACK law school!  But, no applauses are needed, no do I need a standing ovation, because I'm gulity of this one thing.

As education as I am.....

As educated as we are, will we ever stir away from the word, "nigga?"

Why do we feel like we own the word NIGGA? I hear so many African Americans say, "well, they used to call us "niggers," but we turned it around and used it as a self expression of love for ourselves and one another by saying "nigga."  WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? The term, "nigger," is nothing more than an ignorant way to call a person ignorant. I don't know about you, but I would have rather for my ancestors to have been called "ignorant," instead of "nigger" because guess what.....ALL PEOPLE ARE IGNORANT BECAUSE WE ALL LACK KNOWLEDGE IN AREAS OF LIFE. Now, I'm not saying that I am this person going around penalizing people from saying "nigga" to anyone, but let's face it, no matter how educated our generation becomes, each of us will still use terminology that is degrading and denotes our character because it's what we identify as being close to home. Everyone in the black community (especially areas in the low to middle class societies) has been called a "nigga" from a family member, friend, or a person that they're just meeting or by association. So, are we as the African American community ever going to let the term go? What do you think?