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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
it's been said in some capacity already, but much of the N-word is about reappropration of language. It happened in the gay community as well.
Dyke and faggot were derogatory labels applied to homosexual women and men respectively. The gay community have reappropriated these words completely. Now it is so common, many don't even think of the original sense of the word. We talk about dyke culture, dyke moms, etc. They say things like, "I'm meeting a fag friend of mine for dinner." They took the negative power directed at them, and they made it their own.
The problem with nigger is that the history is longer and more ingrained on the wider culture, and the connotation is far heavier. But this doesn't mean that black culture hasn't reappropriated the word for its own use; it's just that the word remains largely political.
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But, if a homosexual man calls a heterosexual (as far as we know) man a faggot, in anger, then the "homosexual community" gets all in an uproar.
Which brings me to a question. If a black celebrity were to call a caucasian celebrity a nigger, in anger, do you think the "black community" would be upset? Would it bother you (you=TFP members)?
Now another question.
I was acquainted with a caucasian man that was very fond of using the phrase "no to bad for a white man/woman" For example, his wife would cook dinner, and after he was done eating, he would say "Mmmm, not to bad, for a white woman." I heard this so much, in fact, that I found myself using the phrase occasionally. So my question is, would this be offensive in mixed racial company, or to the overly PC?