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^ So I was reading an article about Nas on yahoo (the above "x" is a link to that article), and apparently the rapper is naming his new album after the "N-word". This has to be the STUPIDEST thing I have heard in a long time. It is bad enough that rappers even use the word at all, but to name your whole album after it?? What the hell is he thinking?? Well, he tells us what he was thinking. He says he wants to take the power out of the word. How in the world does he think that that is going to take any of the power of the word. As a matter of fact it seems like he is uplifting it. And who wants to say "Hey I'm about to go get that new CD" "What CD?" "N---er!" It doesn't even sound appealing, or like anything worth buying.
Then again this may just be another stunt for shock value. I mean I haven't been hearing much about Nas lately. So this could just be a bold attempt to get some attention again. You know what they say, "Any publicity is good publicity."
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i think you're right. i think it just gives people more of an excuse to use the word, not abolish it. it probably is for publicity. what isn't these days?
I don't think you can really get rid of a word that simply. Removing it from the dictionary isn't going to remove it from a generation of African Americans that readily use the word in everyday speech.
It's going to take decades of negative connotation placed within minds of future generations to fully get rid of the common use of the word "nigger."
Any racial slur takes a while to get rid of, especially when the ethnic group that the term is referring to condone the use of it.
However, I'd argue that the over use of a word like "nigger" could eventually remove the negative connotation completely. That's not going to remove the hurt that the word instills in some Africans, but then it'll just turn into another common expletive.
Shameless publicity though, as usual. I didn't focus on what you were talking about : \ got lost in thought.
youre rite. Nas is one of my favorite rappers because his songs usually talk about somethin wit meanin but if he namin his album that, i can only imagine wat type of tracks go be on it. he losin cool points.
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