![]() ![]() And then there are folks who could not care less. There are still those among us who believe no one should ever use it. There are others who think if you don’t live a Black experience, then it is not yours to use. There are some who believe if you have a drop of Black blood, you should be able to say it. Now, we’ve turned to people of mixed race or people who don’t present as identifiably Black should be able to use the word. There has been great effort to remind White people that wouldn’t work.īut the discussion isn’t just about White people. And some White folks seemed determined to erase the word’s racist past. As with many expressions from Black culture, it became a “cool” thing to say. Then that expression became more and more mainstream as it seeped into Black comedy and music. Eventually, Black folk started using it as a term of endearment with one another. It was used and is still used as a racial epithet against Black people (and often other minorities). I don’t have to give you a long run down on the history of the N word. How Black do you have to be to be considered Black? Does your type of Black represented the lived experience of most identifiable Black folk? And a debate that often arises today, should you be allowed to use the N-word? Now that slavery is over, (for the most part), Black people with interracial ancestry have are often faced with a unique challenge when it comes to identity politics. ![]()
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