Quote Originally Posted by stay_up
LOl u no the funny thing is whites were never slaved and called crackers while they were hanging.Now the blks were we just took the word that whites once called us and use it out of respect.anger. or what ever we want it to be.the bottom line is if back in the day we were hanging the white's and calling them crackers they would act the same way now.
FACT: blacks SOLD blacks to whites as slaves. They were enslaving themselves LONG BEFORE we came to Africa, hell it still goes on today. Whites just made it come to the new world.

Can someone tell me where the word "nigger" originated from?

Do not sit here an tell me that you took this word an reused it in a term of enderament. NO SLAVES back in the 1800s were calling each other nigga. I never heard Martin Luther King Jr say "i have a dream niggas". I never heard Malcolm X say that "plymouth rock landed on us niggas".

The use of the word has only become a slang word in the last 10 years. Hell i dont even remember anyone in the 70s using the word or even the 80s. The first time i remembered hearing that word used in a slang form, was GANGSTA rap in the late 80s an early 90s.





I love all races and hate what happen to my ggparents at the same time i get tired of u white ppl getting mad cause u can't call me a nigger get over it if your ggparents wpould have not hung mine u wouldn't have this problem u guys started something and now u hate it cause it bites all of u in the ass.
I NEVER did anything to you, i never ENSLAVED anyone, MY PARENTS or GRANDPARENTS never owned slaves. my GREAT grand parents didnt own slaves. so before you make such ignorant statements, learn more before you speak on such matters.

You never went through slavery. I never want to call any black person a nigger, i have no reason to.

Again we didnt start ANYTHING, blacks were ENSLAVING THEMSELVES long before we came along. its just conventient to blame it on whites since whites brought it to the new world.



And why would u want to say the n word to a blk person the word once was a word when they were beating my ggparents.cracker was never used to beat any1 so thats the difference.I let my white bys call me nigga all the time they respect me i no they or far from the races seen and i no they will never call me that when they get mad cuase i aint a push over and the reason i have so many friends is cause i love all races and get aloan really well with any race i meet so drop it .
People give great power to the word "nigger" an thats why its such a big deal. I agree cracker has never been as "deplorable" as cracker, but thats a matter of opinion.

so you let your WHITE BOYS call you nigga, but when a coworked called you it you et mad.

i suggest you stop being ignorant, an let NO one call you any racial slur. If you knew anything , an if your ancestory bothered you so mch, you wouldnt let ANYONE CALL YOU NIGGER,NIGGA, etc.

How can you in one sentence sit here an be all upset about the trials and tribulations your GREAT GRANDPARENTS went through, especially being called nigger, then come in here an say "all your white boys call you nigga" .

ignorance is the main reason these racial lines still exist today, an your not helping the cause