Forest,
I have posted my point about my use of the N-word on the other thread (
http://bbs.gofuckyourself.net/board/.../011147-5.html ), and I don't like it if ppl write the same in multiple threads.
And now on to the toppic of this thread:
the latin word for "black" is "niger", the german word "black" is "schwarz". The Romans didn't use the the word niger for ppl coming from Africa, "niger" was only a color. The Romans used the word "barbarus" (=barbarian), and they used it for all ppl who were not Roman citizens (greeks, egyptians, iberer, germans, africans etc etc).
The germans didn't use the term "niger" or "neger" until the beginning of the 19th century; instead of this they used the term "mohr".
The word "******" was used for a long time only from english speaking slave-owners, and it was used only to disparage the slaves. And it was used even more after the abolution of slavery. And only racists used it to insult their former slaves.
Since the early 60th, the word "******" is used from ppl with black skin. And it was used only when talking to each other. It was an act of emancipation to use the word the racists used to insult them. If one negro is calling another negro "******", then does this mean that the white ppl don't own the language, and that black ppl decide how they were named and not the former slave-owner.
At this time they started fighting against the use of the words "negro", "black" and "colored". EasterEggs are colored, but not persons. And I can't remember any news where they say: "...President xxx, a white man ..." or "... the criminal, a white man...". The use of this words IS an act of discrimination, if only the former slaves get named with the color of their skin, but not the former slave-owner.
The word "******" is used today from Turks or Arabs too, and they use it in exact the same meaning as described above.
And those who remember John Lennon, should listen to his song: "woman are the ****** of the world". And I will disagree if you call John Lennon a racist because of this song.
And the final:
Most ppl (including me) know only one race, called the homo sapiens sapientis. Our forefathers had all the same black skin when they came down from the trees of Africa. And the fact that sometimes one single gene changed in the groups wandering to the north, did not create a new or other race.
Forrest,
if you are posting the next bullshit reply, please click the link called "Smilies Legend".