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S.L.R said:This is just pedantry really and probably not relevant, but n*** is not a shortened form of a perfectly acceptable term, like Yid is. Perhaps a better question would be "would you feel comfortable shouting P*k*?"
I was brought up to regard it as such.Case said:I don't know the history of the word because I'm an ignorant fuck but can it be placed in the same category as "n*gger"?
We are not all the same race.Kalyl said:racism is an incredibly bad term in it's own right, we're all the same race. racism is me being a total cunt towards, say a horse... discrimination and derogatory are better words for it... just my two cents
I thought I had posted this already, but I can't find it now…spooky said:Something else I remember reading several years back and could never find the source since (thus might be bollocks) is that at one point in the old East End, the locals used the word as a term of endearment rather than a patronising derogatory insult towards the Jewish community (1920s or earlier perhaps?).
tehTrunk said:S.L.R said:This is just pedantry really and probably not relevant, but n*** is not a shortened form of a perfectly acceptable term, like Yid is. Perhaps a better question would be "would you feel comfortable shouting P*k*?"
n*gger is a form of Negro, literally meaning black.
Semantics shouldn't define whether or not something is offensive.
I see your point to an extent though.
soz clicked edit instead of quote