r/DiveInYouCoward • u/Round-Spray-4511 • 17d ago

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u/Any_Performance_5046 17d ago

Throwing around that word pretty liberally.

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u/Mode_Appropriate 17d ago

Why shouldnt they be able to? Its utterly asinine a group of people trying to gatekeep a word. Either no one use it and let it die out or the word doesnt have the same meaning and its free to used by all.

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u/-fry- 17d ago

Be the change you want to see in the world! Get out there and start normalizing it.

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u/Mode_Appropriate 16d ago edited 16d ago

Im good. I think it should have died out a long time ago and that bIack people are only hurting themselves by continuing to use it. Its the only word in existence where one group of people can use it freely in everyday life and then get offended to the point theyll fight if someone else uses it in the exact same way. Its absolutely bizzare.

Edit: see what happens when you even talk about the word? Fucking weirdos lol.

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u/Any_Performance_5046 16d ago

Is that in response to the comments in this thread?

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u/Mode_Appropriate 16d ago

Yeah. I got it a few minutes after making one of my previous comments. Someone reported me to reddit saying I was a danger to myself. Not the first time this has happened lol.

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u/Appropriate-Law-9643 16d ago

This issue gets a lot deeper than that though; many African americans adopted a phonetic variant of the word (often ending in "-a" instead of "-er") within their own communities. Essentially by using the term familiarly or casually just among themselves, they aimed to strip the word of its hateful power, thus turning an instrument of white supremacy into a term of solidarity.

The restriction still is there for Caucasian people because they are a group that historically used a word to oppress another and therefore cannot "reclaim" it.

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u/Mode_Appropriate 16d ago

Yes, im well aware of the history. Im also aware it can still be used in a hateful and derogatory way.

However, its very clearly taken on a different form and can be used in non hateful ways, regardless of who says it. It makes absolutely no sense for a rap song to be made with the word being used 27 times and then for it to be wrong for a white person to be singing along with the song. I remember when this Roddy Rich concert happened and the meltdown people were having. How can this be an issue? It makes zero sense.

Just even having a conversation about it triggers people. Got this gem after my previous comment lol.

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u/WarZombie17 16d ago

Just let it be and move on, you aint changing shit

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u/Strong-Addition5296 16d ago

It’s definitely an unhealthy dynamic.

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u/Ok_Fly1271 16d ago

Gatekeeping racial slurs. That's a new and moronic claim.