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This is why you should never meet an Angry Black Woman...please, do not get offended. This is what runs through my mind for 3 seconds after I hear that word... [464 words]
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
I am an artist living in NYC...most of my writing is for performance/spoken word, so keep that in mind as you read my work. [April 2009]
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That Word (Uncut) Jina Kaye
George Carlin ain�t got shit on this,
God Bless his Soul
But those seven words that can�t be said on tv
Could never compare to this one:
NIGGER
Yeah, I said it�
NIGGER
I can spell it too!
N-I-G-G-E-R
The crux of this word
NIGGER
Anybody can call me one and I can�t do shit about it.
I hear these people around me saying it: black, brown, yellow, pink and white.
How dare you call me that word?
I don�t care if you are black.
That�s like women calling each other bitches:
It�s catty, it�s stupid�and it could get you killed.
Don�t you ever call me that word.
Really, you think it�s absurd to get offended because you think I�m a coon, I�m ig�nant, I�m hood, �ghetto,� and up to no good?! No, sir, I am no nigger. No, sir, I am no slave. No, sire, I am not your whore. No, sir, it�s NOT okay to say that word.
Freedom on expression can kiss my ass. Go ahead and use that excuse. Justify it so you can sell those records. But don�t say shit when others emulate. After all, it�s their freedom of expression.
Oh, yes, let�s not forget Boricua who claim to have faced the same pain�but I don�t remember Puerto Rico going through 300 plus years of slavery and fighting 50 plus years of separate, yet equal. I�ve never seen Boricua hanging from a noose, with his balls cut off and stuffed in his mouth just because he smiled at some white lady.
And don�t push me about Peruvians. I almost smacked this chick for calling me that word. She asked, what�s your problem�I�m black too! Half, I answered, and not even American. It�s not you facing the shame of being a product of a white man�s whore. It�s not you carrying the burden of being female and black, being tugged on both sides, while being accepted by neither. It�s not you who has to fight every fucking stereotype in your life. So no, bitch, don�t call me that word or I�ll slap the �black� right out of your life.
Nigger, nigga, N-word, whateva!
I don�t like it, never liked it, and I�m not having it. I don�t care who you are, you�ll never convince me to like that word. Ain�t no difference between �nigger� and �nigga,� but which North or South you coming from. Y�all East Coasters can kiss my ass, too. I�m Midwestern and seen how �niggas� get killed. Oh yeah, he�s your friend, your boy, your homey, your �nigga��but once he fucks your girl or takes your shit, he�s your enemy, your nemesis, your rival, but still a �nigga.� So don�t give me that sorry excuse that he�s your boy and smack.
Don�t call me that
Or you�ll get smacked.
You don�t know me well enough.
I know this sounds violent and I don�t mean to be.
This is how I feel when you say
That word.
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"Well said!" -- colleen, lucerne, in, usa.
"I never really understood why if ya'll don't like, then why ya gotta shout it out at each other!!! " -- mat.
"To respond to Mat: Some people see it as a way of reclaiming the meaning of the word, turning it around to mean something else. That is why I wrote the last paragraph. I am originally from Indiana and I know my people never go around saying that word to each other. Hearing "nigga" everywhere in NYC (from every walk of life) kind of made me realize where I was living and how could people not realize that we, as Black people, did not come up with that word for ourselves." -- Jina, New York, NY.
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