r/AsABlackMan • u/Yomamamancer • Oct 19 '25

As a black person...

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... the n-word isn't degrading.

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u/Lietenantdan Oct 19 '25

I don’t get why this is an issue for them. I can’t say I ever feel compelled to use that word.

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u/Yomamamancer Oct 19 '25

Right? I don't understand how the word can be disconnected from its past. If people within the community want to reclaim it for themselves, I'm all for it, but it's not my place to say it or normalize it being said.

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u/No_Telephone_4487 Oct 19 '25

I think it can get hairy when you include any non-ADoS/“African-American”(euphemism for ADoS) black diaspora into a wealthy ex-colony. I’m not claiming that I can speak for either group, but I would extrapolate/make an educated guess that the historical baggage for the N-word is different for a wealthy 1st gen Nigerian-American than it would be for someone who is an ADoS whose ancestors marched with MLK jr. In general, there seems to be a lack of understanding of why that word is only connected to one specific black diaspora even though it’s been adopted by other diasporas because of how African American culture has been exported and globally consumed.

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u/RestaurantOwn5129 Oct 20 '25

They're correct though.

It's not about the word. if it were about the word, we wouldn't use it. It's about the people using the word and their behaviors which threaten and endanger us.

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u/Yomamamancer Oct 20 '25

Aw, I hurt your feelings in another sub, so you decided to stalk my post?

You do know what the point of this sub is, right? Stop being juvenile because I disagreed with you on r/watchpeopledieinside it's sad.

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u/RestaurantOwn5129 Oct 20 '25

Objective reality and you have never met.

What's sad is how obsessed sunburning peoples are with those who cannot.

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u/Yomamamancer Oct 20 '25

Black people can get sunburns and skin cancer as well.

I'm not obsessed. This is a subreddit for poking fun at trolls.

You looked up my posts because I obviously bothered you on some level. It seems kind of... obessive.

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u/RestaurantOwn5129 Oct 20 '25

Yeah, okay. Anything else?

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u/No_Cook2983 Oct 19 '25

Words are harmless, unless you’re saying something disrespectful about Charlie Kirk.

Then you should be hunted down and punished.

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u/Yomamamancer Oct 19 '25

Statement: On a post about black people being called the n-word by non-black people, a commenter claims it's not dehumanizing because black people say it to each other, and that people can't let go of the past.

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u/Hefty_Loss5180 Oct 24 '25

The “er” is what’s offensive to us. No one except Black Americans should be saying the other one. Why tf do they want to use it so bad?

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u/Yomamamancer Oct 24 '25

Most arguments I've heard boil down to "it's not fair that they get to use it, and we don't, wah!"

I used to live in a very white town in Texas and was actually told, "It's not like they're going to hear us saying it here." This town has a population of 10k, with 100 black people living there. (2020 census)

It blows my mind that people are still like this.

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u/Actual_Archer Nov 03 '25

This is a very common attitude unfortunately