Kushington;4353683 said:Lil Loca;4353678 said:PublicEnemigo1;4353661 said:Lil Loca;4353644 said:High Revolutionary;4353522 said:PublicEnemigo1;4353478 said:High Revolutionary;4353463 said:Yeah a lot of African peeps call each other 'nigga' primarily because the African American subculture is so influential but I'm not sure if any Africans call each other an equivalent to the pejorative in their native language.
So basically, however we move, eventually they'll turn in that direction too?
That's an interesting factor, that such a relatively small population of people can influence a much larger population.
Yup. I know you saw the brotha from London on here trying to convince the IC how 'hood' the UK was.
Umar Johnson, in one of his lectures, was talking about how African Americans have to be mindful of their actions because they have the rest of the black world following their trends.
High Revolutionary;4353522 said:PublicEnemigo1;4353478 said:High Revolutionary;4353463 said:Yeah a lot of African peeps call each other 'nigga' primarily because the African American subculture is so influential but I'm not sure if any Africans call each other an equivalent to the pejorative in their native language.
So basically, however we move, eventually they'll turn in that direction too?
That's an interesting factor, that such a relatively small population of people can influence a much larger population.
Yup. I know you saw the brotha from London on here trying to convince the IC how 'hood' the UK was.
Umar Johnson, in one of his lectures, was talking about how African Americans have to be mindful of their actions because they have the rest of the black world following their trends.
This is true. I don't have a problem if Africans use the word, tho.
Lil Loca;4353644 said:High Revolutionary;4353522 said:PublicEnemigo1;4353478 said:High Revolutionary;4353463 said:Yeah a lot of African peeps call each other 'nigga' primarily because the African American subculture is so influential but I'm not sure if any Africans call each other an equivalent to the pejorative in their native language.
So basically, however we move, eventually they'll turn in that direction too?
That's an interesting factor, that such a relatively small population of people can influence a much larger population.
Yup. I know you saw the brotha from London on here trying to convince the IC how 'hood' the UK was.
Umar Johnson, in one of his lectures, was talking about how African Americans have to be mindful of their actions because they have the rest of the black world following their trends.
High Revolutionary;4353522 said:PublicEnemigo1;4353478 said:High Revolutionary;4353463 said:Yeah a lot of African peeps call each other 'nigga' primarily because the African American subculture is so influential but I'm not sure if any Africans call each other an equivalent to the pejorative in their native language.
So basically, however we move, eventually they'll turn in that direction too?
That's an interesting factor, that such a relatively small population of people can influence a much larger population.
Yup. I know you saw the brotha from London on here trying to convince the IC how 'hood' the UK was.
Umar Johnson, in one of his lectures, was talking about how African Americans have to be mindful of their actions because they have the rest of the black world following their trends.
This is true. I don't have a problem if Africans use the word, tho.
I have a problem with it though. I firmly believe words have power, and if a man accepts a label he will take on the characteristics of that label.
Although I know most duns say they use nigga like it aint no thang it's just a word, you can use it on anybody for any occasion. True enough, you can call a white boy a nigga or a asian dun a nigga, but I don't think it has an effect until they accept that identity.
Watch dudes of any race that accept that label nigga and watch their behavior, their mannerisms, they wildin out all the time over goofy shit too, especially these youngins.
NIgga is a label a title just like every other word, and just like every title it carries certain expectations of behaviors
King
Lord
Boss
Don
Queen
Capo
Fool
Nigga
List goes on, but I think the point is clear. Each title has an expected manner of behavior. You expect a King to act like a King, a Boss to act like a Boss so on and so forth. What is a nigga supposed to act like?
Still don't care if Black people use it amongst themselves. Oppressed people have the right to use words that have used as a weapon against them and transform its meaning for their group. Besides, I care less about what we call ourselves than how we act. Not every dude that walks around with a kufi and calls dudes King is practicing what he preaches. Not every dude who says nigga is lost. It ain't in black and white.
The meaning has not transformed. Its the same exact word.
quoted for emphasis. the word never changed meaning.
There is an association with what you call yourself and the behavior you exhibit and expect from people.
If you are callin another black man a nigga just for gp then you are lost because you don't understand the gravity of the word.