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[QUOTE="OneWingedAngeI"]you are off your rocker here. comparing bears to lions is comparing different species. i am curious, i am a human being, what species are you? is your species "black" :roll: . you say yourself you segregate yourself, thats your choice, but its not the fault of "white people". and you really have no way of substantiating that you have experienced more racism than 20 white people put together, so why make the claim.

furthermore, who cares? your problems are your own. they are important but women are discriminated against, native americans, gays, fat people, "ugly" people, all are discriminated against. sure blacks have had it among the worst IN THE PAST, but its like the progress our society makes does not matter because in the past it had been a lot worse.
i am not specifically defending the use of the word by whites, what i am defending is equal rights among all people to say whatever the hell they want, so long as it is not a threat. if you want to say the word is threatening to you, then i have just as much right to claim the word cracker is threatening to me.people need to stop dwelling on the history of what happened, and start taking equal stances in order to move forward. the history of the word is irrelevant. if you choose to dwell on history as opposed to progress, that is your own problem.OneWingedAngeI

Racist whites still call blacks the n word today so whites shall not say it without it being a threat. Basically what your saying is...white people who arent racist can say the n word without it being a threat. Okay in that case im not racist toward hispanics so im gonna go call them a wetback....it wont be a threat cause im not racist.

lol that's exactly what i, and the law, am saying. calling someone a name is not a threat. insinuating the possibility of harm is a threat. there is a huge difference.

So your saying that a white person can say the n word to a black dude just as long as its not in a threatning manner?? and that black person shouldnt take offense?! lmao....can you give me an example of when a white guy should say the n word? cause i just dont see why a white guy would want to say the n word. When whites get mad at blacks thats usually the word they say to assault them.

Most of you guys need to go out moreif you need to ask a stupid question like "Why can only black people say the N word?"
When white people first started saying the word, it was meant as a insult to black people aswell as a racist remark.
Black people changed it so they can say it without it sounding racist. For them, saying, "hey whats up N Word" is like saying "whats up homie".

It also has to do with the rap image.

Why can only Mexicans say "whats up esse" or "whats up vato". Again, its a image thing.

If your white and you try to say that. It will not work. Its like having a black gangsterrapper start dressing in skater clothes or EMO clothes. It conflicts against their image.

We all have different images. Somehave the image of a skater. So we dress as skaters
Others have a image as a gangster. So they dress as gangster
Some have the image as a computer nerd so they look like a nerd.
Some of us have different skin colors. That also plays a deal with out image.
Lawyers usually dress in nice suits. They dont dress in punk or gangster clothes. Again, its a image thing. If your not black or brown, dont say the N Word. That easy

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Well said but some whites just dont get that. Its like white people want everything. They cry and whine about BET or the Latin music awards. For gosh sakes the country is already yours white people!! Let minorities have some stuff please. Its just like if a asain person went to a all black country. Im pretty sure that asain person is gonna want some of his culture there.

you are off your rocker here. comparing bears to lions is comparing different species. i am curious, i am a human being, what species are you? is your species "black" :roll: . you say yourself you segregate yourself, thats your choice, but its not the fault of "white people". and you really have no way of substantiating that you have experienced more racism than 20 white people put together, so why make the claim.

furthermore, who cares? your problems are your own. they are important but women are discriminated against, native americans, gays, fat people, "ugly" people, all are discriminated against. sure blacks have had it among the worst IN THE PAST, but its like the progress our society makes does not matter because in the past it had been a lot worse.
i am not specifically defending the use of the word by whites, what i am defending is equal rights among all people to say whatever the hell they want, so long as it is not a threat. if you want to say the word is threatening to you, then i have just as much right to claim the word cracker is threatening to me.people need to stop dwelling on the history of what happened, and start taking equal stances in order to move forward. the history of the word is irrelevant. if you choose to dwell on history as opposed to progress, that is your own problem.OneWingedAngeI

Racist whites still call blacks the n word today so whites shall not say it without it being a threat. Basically what your saying is...white people who arent racist can say the n word without it being a threat. Okay in that case im not racist toward hispanics so im gonna go call them a wetback....it wont be a threat cause im not racist.

[QUOTE="kurama2002"]As a black dude im going to tell you all why white people cant say the N word. Well first of all they en slaved "n*ggers" (take note that was the primary name for blacks back then) for 400 years and degraded us and called our race with that word. Now lets go in the early 1900's where blacks are free and the N word is not acceptable to the blacks because they arent slaves anymore, but most whites still use it. Now lets go in the future to the 50's-70's, blacks try to get equal rights and are segregated. Please note at this time The N word is the word that is direspectful at this time and blacks will fight back mostly when said to them by a white person. There are alot of lynchings on blacks where blacks are hanged on trees shot and have there bodies pissed on and called the n word by the white man because its degrading toward blacks and the white men know blacks dont like it. Now lets go to our time around 2000-to present time. This is where myself comes in. I been black for 18 and a half years and during those years i have experienced mor racism than about 20 white dudes put together. Now racism doesnt happen everday for me and it doesnt happen very often but it will be here i know that very much. Anyway lets look at the news 6 blacks dudes beat up a white dude get charged with attempted murder because they sat under a tree for only whites. Sounds like we are back in the 1900's right? Or how about the group of whites that kidnapped a black girl recently and everytime they stabbed her they yelled the n word. Im not just saying whites do the hate crimes cause lol everyone knows the percentage of crimes done by blacks in america. What im trying to say is that racism exist today and is all around us. I know for most of you being white you will never understand. But for a white man to say the n word after it was meant to degrade us and segregate us I will not stand for it!! Personally if any white person says the n word while im around is gonna get something. Now for the topic title, blacks can simply say the n word because blacks didnt degrade each other, even though some blacks sold slaves too back in the day. Blacks didnt lynch on eachother hang them from trees and shout the n word at eachother while whipping them. They didnt segregate each other and say you cant go to or eat at this place. All those things that happend in the past but what white people need to understand when asking the topic question they need to see that racism is still strong today. Thats why i refuse to have a white person saying the n word because im not his slave and most likely they dont really know what that word means. But when you are white i know you will not understand. But there is no double standard blacks can call you white boy and cracker even though it is waaay disrespectful to call a white person that its not as much racist than saying the n word to blacks. Its simple as that. There is no double standard you may think its not fair, but as you see in the world there is no double standard. It is how it is if you hate it do something about it.OneWingedAngeI

your entire argument has no merit as soon as you segregate yourself by saying "us"(you), as humanity is supposed to be one whole. maybe if you did not segregate yourself so much you would stop feeling so isolated. no one is saying you havent experienced racism but i think its funny when a black person does not realise the hypocrisy of saying that white people have not, when we cannot even speak without every word being monitored for approval by blacks. everyone freaked over michael richards using the word, but no one freaked over the audience members calling him cracker.

and your comment that blacks can say it because they didnt degrade each other, while they owned slaves and they even have hate between varying darkness of their skin, makes you look foolish.

You think we are the same but no we are not the same. There are white people and black people. Animals are a whole but there are lions and bears. I segregate myself because the racism i experienced in my life has a big impact on me psychologically. I did not even say white people havent experienced racism. Did you even read what i typed?? I said i have probably experienced more racism than 20 white men put together. Are you on this topic trying to defend that white people can say the n word? If thats the case then why did you put "we cannot even speak without every word being monitored for approval by blacks". If you want white people to say the same things as black then say whats on your mind. You act like your scared or something. You have your right as a human to speak your mind. And about the Kramer situation..... here we go again the ignorance of some white people that dont understand. Those black men had the right to defend themselves for all the racist rants he said to them. This is what the whole topic is about that black people can call white people cracker and white boy and not vice versa cause that how America was built and molded. Thats just how it is plain and simple. Cracker doesnt have a violent and discriminating history like the n word.

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Damn they sold out where i am too, the guy at best buy told me people were camping outside and waiting and eating, then they rushed the door.The computers were gone in a quick mintue. I lost. :(

People keep telling me that e-machines are the worst brand of computers to get. Do you have any experiences with them?

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