So in light of Obama’s “Race Speech”, I was thinking about how differently different generations have experienced race in America and approach the terminology of race in very different ways. There are of course still many older Americans who lived through segregated times and experienced the remnants of slavery culture, and most adults have lived through at least heavy inequality and racial stress overlapping the class war, but it seems like Courtney from South Florida and her best friend (“millennials“) have had a different experience again, where co-opting once segregated terms is completely non-offensive to them (whether or not it’s offensive to others in a variety of demographic sectors)… It will be interesting where terms of racial inequality end up in another fifty years.
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230 responses to “A Couple of Niggas?”
stupid fucking white girls.
stupid fucking white girls.
I think the obvious play on it is the phrase; “Nigga lip(s)”
and their some obvious fucking morons,who happen to be white chicks.
and if I were a black person and they showed it to me,thinking I’d see the humor appearent.
I’d be first off insulted that they think I ascribe to that term and lessen myself by it’s stereotypical usage to discribe my race profile,and they respect me so little and our friendship is so unworthy,to show it to me.
then,I be tempted to pop em in the mouth so they looked “AUTHENTIC”,and fat lipped like the stereotype their trying to reference.
I give this two big thumbs down….
I think the obvious play on it is the phrase; “Nigga lip(s)”
and their some obvious fucking morons,who happen to be white chicks.
and if I were a black person and they showed it to me,thinking I’d see the humor appearent.
I’d be first off insulted that they think I ascribe to that term and lessen myself by it’s stereotypical usage to discribe my race profile,and they respect me so little and our friendship is so unworthy,to show it to me.
then,I be tempted to pop em in the mouth so they looked “AUTHENTIC”,and fat lipped like the stereotype their trying to reference.
I give this two big thumbs down….
Has nobody noticed that they put down Nigga and not N!gg#r, I thought they meant two completely different things. I personally have several black friends and they don’t mind the word Nigga. Also those are tattoos are shoddy at best, even for lip tattoos.
Has nobody noticed that they put down Nigga and not N!gg#r, I thought they meant two completely different things. I personally have several black friends and they don’t mind the word Nigga. Also those are tattoos are shoddy at best, even for lip tattoos.
What’s with the dress and hat?
Just come back from a day in the Hamptons?
What’s with the dress and hat?
Just come back from a day in the Hamptons?
Some people agree that there is a difference between “nigga” and “nigger”, but it is still a really touchy subject to many people.
Some people agree that there is a difference between “nigga” and “nigger”, but it is still a really touchy subject to many people.
hey if members of that race can call me a cracker whats wrong with this. people seem to forget that racism goes both ways.
hey if members of that race can call me a cracker whats wrong with this. people seem to forget that racism goes both ways.
@ VaJenna: “oh wow, another tattoo for the xhardcorex kids. where ‘nigga’ and ‘faggot’ are ok to say. Cuz they’re ‘not saying it to offend someone’.”
how ’bout the idea that you just offended me as a “xhardcorex kid” by saying that all of us are ignorant? you can’t judge a scene by the behavior of a few, just like you can’t say that all blacks are gangster thugs. also, why would you think that those chicks are part of the hardcore scene? you should think before you type, darlin.
@ VaJenna: “oh wow, another tattoo for the xhardcorex kids. where ‘nigga’ and ‘faggot’ are ok to say. Cuz they’re ‘not saying it to offend someone’.”
how ’bout the idea that you just offended me as a “xhardcorex kid” by saying that all of us are ignorant? you can’t judge a scene by the behavior of a few, just like you can’t say that all blacks are gangster thugs. also, why would you think that those chicks are part of the hardcore scene? you should think before you type, darlin.
About the tattoos, it’s still a free country and that includes the freedom to make questionable choices. Maybe they were inspired like Randall in Clerks 2? Maybe they’re “takin in back”? Eh, I’ve got better things to do than get pissed off at what 2 dumb girls have tattooed on them.
About the tattoos, it’s still a free country and that includes the freedom to make questionable choices. Maybe they were inspired like Randall in Clerks 2? Maybe they’re “takin in back”? Eh, I’ve got better things to do than get pissed off at what 2 dumb girls have tattooed on them.
About the tattoos, it’s still a free country and that includes the freedom to make questionable choices. Maybe they were inspired like Randall in Clerks 2? Maybe they’re “takin it back”? Eh, I’ve got better things to do than get pissed off at what 2 dumb girls have tattooed on them.
About the tattoos, it’s still a free country and that includes the freedom to make questionable choices. Maybe they were inspired like Randall in Clerks 2? Maybe they’re “takin it back”? Eh, I’ve got better things to do than get pissed off at what 2 dumb girls have tattooed on them.
SpeakerForTheDead: How the fuck does that make this okay? Wouldn’t it make more sense to call anyone who is a racist, no matter what race they are, an idiot and shun them for their beliefs?
Also, using the phrase “that race” sounds pretty negative.
SpeakerForTheDead: How the fuck does that make this okay? Wouldn’t it make more sense to call anyone who is a racist, no matter what race they are, an idiot and shun them for their beliefs?
Also, using the phrase “that race” sounds pretty negative.
SpeakerForTheDead – Just because people can do things doesn’t mean they should. Also, I don’t believe anyone who has posted a comment about this picture has said that racism is a one way street, something only white people do to people of color.
SpeakerForTheDead – Just because people can do things doesn’t mean they should. Also, I don’t believe anyone who has posted a comment about this picture has said that racism is a one way street, something only white people do to people of color.
28: The way I always understood it (and which never really made sense to me) was that the “-a” ending is used between black people in a term similar to “brotha” or whatever. But the “-er” ending is totally inappropriate and no one ever should say it.
Personally, its the same fucking word.
31: They really can’t call you a cracker, or at least shouldn’t. Of course, its not as bad because blacks didn’t enslave whites for hundreds of years, but its still derogatory and offensive.
Racism does go both ways, as does respect. I can’t comprehend how we think we live in such an advanced society and yet we can’t understand that people are just people, regardless of appearance.
28: The way I always understood it (and which never really made sense to me) was that the “-a” ending is used between black people in a term similar to “brotha” or whatever. But the “-er” ending is totally inappropriate and no one ever should say it.
Personally, its the same fucking word.
31: They really can’t call you a cracker, or at least shouldn’t. Of course, its not as bad because blacks didn’t enslave whites for hundreds of years, but its still derogatory and offensive.
Racism does go both ways, as does respect. I can’t comprehend how we think we live in such an advanced society and yet we can’t understand that people are just people, regardless of appearance.
you people really need to get fucking lives and stop worrying about what other people do with theirs. seriously, there are MUCH greater issues in this world than race and words. no greater good can be accomplished in this world until we stop seeing our selves as separate from one another, and placing people into categories. we’re all human beings. GET THE FUCK OVER IT!
you people really need to get fucking lives and stop worrying about what other people do with theirs. seriously, there are MUCH greater issues in this world than race and words. no greater good can be accomplished in this world until we stop seeing our selves as separate from one another, and placing people into categories. we’re all human beings. GET THE FUCK OVER IT!
okay this is ridiculous… the term nigga or nigger should not be used by anyone, as it is racist. simply because certain groups are using the word ‘nigga’ in a ‘non offensive’ way (ie some rappers) it doesn’t make it okay for anyone to say it. some blacks are attempting to take away the sting from the word, by using it amongst themselves.. but i am sure many, many people will be offended by this, black, white, brown, or otherwise. personally i am not offended, but i think the tattoos are pretty damn stupid.
okay this is ridiculous… the term nigga or nigger should not be used by anyone, as it is racist. simply because certain groups are using the word ‘nigga’ in a ‘non offensive’ way (ie some rappers) it doesn’t make it okay for anyone to say it. some blacks are attempting to take away the sting from the word, by using it amongst themselves.. but i am sure many, many people will be offended by this, black, white, brown, or otherwise. personally i am not offended, but i think the tattoos are pretty damn stupid.
lol ((:
lol ((:
There is an historical structured relationship between black and white peoples that will take decades if not centuries to change. Even now black people are second class citizens in the US and UK with over twice as many (% within their community) living in poverty than their white counterparts. White people (actually just men) remain the elite class irrespective of the civil rights movement.
The word nigger (nigga) was created solely as a way of addressing black people in purely derogative terms, its usage within the black community is a self-recognising collective affirmation of unity. Only when black people are truly equal will the word cease to have any meaning either as a racist slur or a bonding term.
White people can use it within certain contexts such as discussing the word or paraphrasing its usage but the casual usage as shown with these two girls is most certainly not excusable.
It is not a word that can be thrown around without care by white people purely because of its historical context. To do so is to show an immense ignorance to black people who have struggled throughout history for equality.
It is rather sickening to think that it is only 40 years ago since Martin Luther King was shot and today we are having silly white girls getting “nigga” tattooed on their lips.
There is an historical structured relationship between black and white peoples that will take decades if not centuries to change. Even now black people are second class citizens in the US and UK with over twice as many (% within their community) living in poverty than their white counterparts. White people (actually just men) remain the elite class irrespective of the civil rights movement.
The word nigger (nigga) was created solely as a way of addressing black people in purely derogative terms, its usage within the black community is a self-recognising collective affirmation of unity. Only when black people are truly equal will the word cease to have any meaning either as a racist slur or a bonding term.
White people can use it within certain contexts such as discussing the word or paraphrasing its usage but the casual usage as shown with these two girls is most certainly not excusable.
It is not a word that can be thrown around without care by white people purely because of its historical context. To do so is to show an immense ignorance to black people who have struggled throughout history for equality.
It is rather sickening to think that it is only 40 years ago since Martin Luther King was shot and today we are having silly white girls getting “nigga” tattooed on their lips.
Dear Giles,
Hearts to you. Let’s start a love revolution.
Love,
Me
Dear Giles,
Hearts to you. Let’s start a love revolution.
Love,
Me
i gotta say where as im not offended per se. but i do find it tasteless and not so funny at all. if i got a tattoo that said “where the white women at?” would it really be that funny?
i gotta say where as im not offended per se. but i do find it tasteless and not so funny at all. if i got a tattoo that said “where the white women at?” would it really be that funny?
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yes there would be people that found it funny the real question is it appropriate?
yes there would be people that found it funny the real question is it appropriate?
But my question is, do THEY think that it’s so innocuous that they’d show it to a black friend (or stranger?)
But my question is, do THEY think that it’s so innocuous that they’d show it to a black friend (or stranger?)
Well, as John Lennon said, “Woman is the nigger of the world.”
But at the same time… Seems silly to me.
Well, as John Lennon said, “Woman is the nigger of the world.”
But at the same time… Seems silly to me.
haha! words! I’m so offended by WORDS! -insert giant paragraph about why I’m so offended by them here-
theres more important things to worry about than some black dude calling me a “cracka” and some white dude calling me a “nigga”
but some people would rather pretend to get worked up over something like this
haha! words! I’m so offended by WORDS! -insert giant paragraph about why I’m so offended by them here-
theres more important things to worry about than some black dude calling me a “cracka” and some white dude calling me a “nigga”
but some people would rather pretend to get worked up over something like this
Okay, so all inappropriateness debates aside, I just want to know WHY these girls wanted that tattoo in the first place. Was it purely for the controversy? Were they drunk? I always assumed that tattoos had particular significance to the wearer… I’m not getting this. Though, I guess looking at some of the previous photos of tattoos posted here that assumption is completely unfounded. But yeah. Why? Just why?
Okay, so all inappropriateness debates aside, I just want to know WHY these girls wanted that tattoo in the first place. Was it purely for the controversy? Were they drunk? I always assumed that tattoos had particular significance to the wearer… I’m not getting this. Though, I guess looking at some of the previous photos of tattoos posted here that assumption is completely unfounded. But yeah. Why? Just why?
I think it’s pretty dumb, I’m with Giles on this one… That is an extremely weighted word, and just as I don’t accept ANYONE using it in casual conversation around me, I wouldn’t want to talk to these girls.
As far as I’m concerned these tattoos just highlight their privileged position in life and ignorance to the horrible ways that this word has been used, and CONTINUES to be used every day to marginalize black people. I think it’s entirely completely wack.
I think it’s pretty dumb, I’m with Giles on this one… That is an extremely weighted word, and just as I don’t accept ANYONE using it in casual conversation around me, I wouldn’t want to talk to these girls.
As far as I’m concerned these tattoos just highlight their privileged position in life and ignorance to the horrible ways that this word has been used, and CONTINUES to be used every day to marginalize black people. I think it’s entirely completely wack.