Why is "Nigger" a bad word?

Nigger was an informal slang term used por slave owners, in reference to their slaves. I don't think it was necessarily "coined" por anyone, but it was adopted por slave owners.

It derived from the neutral verb, "negro", which means black. Slave owners took the word, changed it into "nigger", and used the word to refer to their slaves because they didn't want to dignify them with a real name.

It's insulting to black people because it can signify that you are undeserving of a birth-given name, simply because your skin is dark.

In recent day, the term has been altered into a term of endearment of sorts. Some black people have taken a hurtful word and turned it into something they can use to lessen it's original meaning. It can still be offensive, depending on who you are and how you use it.
It's a touchy issue that I wish everyone would just drop. i'd rather nobody called anyone a nigger, in a good or bad way. It would eliminate a lot of tension.

To be honest. No word in itself is bad... it's just the associations we make with it. You can have a word that sounds the same in different languages and has a different meaning in each language. So it's not the word that's intrinsically bad, it's what we make it mean. But, If you have to type it with hyphens and asterisks, the answer should be obvious. The "N" word, I believe, was originally used in a derogotory sense toward any ignorant person. When there were slaves in the US, the slave owners (mainly white families) started to use the word against their slaves. The word just stuck. It's considered extremely rude because when it first came into use it was used to describe somebody who was ignorant, stupid, good for nothing other than manual labor. In the end, it just turned into a racist, bigoted term that is looked upon as derogatory and condescending. In other words, and it is not just another word for African American. Whoever said that was seriously mistaken and probably missing a few thousand brain cells.

Yo, dis aint no gam u kno. we niggas got dem feels and we also hav wishes u kno. so fuck u. smd

Because it's very racist and used to put down African Americans.

EDIT: Honestly all ya gotta do is read up on the historical context really.

It used to mean a black person.

But personally, I like the term "Negro" better than "Nigger" because "Nigger" sounds offensive. "Negro" does too, but it's the Spanish word for black.

I dont say it, but i dont see why its such a problem. If it is, in fact, insulting, then im sorry to those it offends when people say it. I hate it though when people know its a bad, and they say it. Its so rude and immature.

I don't find the term "nigger" offensive. I've become desensitized to its frequent usage. Where once it was offensive, it is now apart of our colloquial conversation.

In all technicalities nigger means one who cannot support their family or is simply too lazy to be of any worth. I find it ironic that whites like me called slaves niggers yet we were the lazy ones. Hmmm.

It is only a bad word, if the person hearing decides to let themself be offended por it. I mean, if you call me a moron, I'm not going to blink an eye. You call me a honky-white boy, I'm still not going to give a shit. The fact is... 'black' people were oppressed fro many years por 'white' people and considered 'nigger' to be a word that described them as a white man's slave, at least that is what I think it is. It is probably fair enough for them to be offended, though I don't know why they even bother to allow themselves to be offended por it these days. It no longer has the same meaning that it once had.

Forgive me for answering a pergunta with a question, but what does 'coined' mean?

Oh and the word 'nigger' was used por the people who enslaved black people long atrás (well, not THAT long ago). That's what they called the slaves. Therefore black people have hated the word ever since.

nigger: (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga".

what i believe is, you shouldnt even ues a term to describe black people. they are PEOPLE just like us. and i like to just call them people. and using the word "NIGGER"? it can be really offensive depending on your purpose and tone of using it. "Black" is the official term, so if you call them something other than people, call them "blacks".

I haven't been able to research it, but from what I've heard it started off as a perfectly harmless word, a corrupted form of negro not nee-grow but nay-gro. As for the word nigger itself, no word is a bad word. Words are just collections of sounds that we give meaning to. Unfortunately, this word has been given a very bad connotation over time, so if you want to know, no word is bad, but the connotation is. Even still, if everyone would quit bitching about who can and can't say it, if nobody cared about anyone saying it, I don't know what would happen. Just my two cents, hope it helps.

Well, because its considered as "making fun of people"'s lives.

Nigger is a bad word because back in the dia the whites use to call slaves niggers so don't call a black person nigger because they will ether bet the crap out of you or will just walk away only black people are allowed to call each other niggers

I don't know where it came from. I've never said it, but it is very offensive to black people. Why? I have no idea. I think it's just another English word. I hear people of various races saying, "What's up niggas!" So I don't understand the problem.

It isn't a bad word. It's just a word guilty White people chose to turn into a bad word. Apparently, it's quite acceptable to call any other race a name, but Black are protected.

Because it makes a significant number of people angry when used. Really though, no one should use the word. Also, it is learned behavior and it can be un-learned. There should be one word that everyone agrees on. Honestly, I find it a little confusing. I say black or African-American but really don't know if those are correct. It is not black vs. white or vice versa. It is good vs. evil.

All Races, Cultures, and Religions have a bad word nick name about them ! African- Americans take offense and hate the word: Nigger because it reflect chains of Slavery Days the put down of no dignity, no respect ! I have heard people call President Bill Clinton a Hillbilly !
I have heard people call George arbusto, bush Junior a Retarded Cowboy ! I have heard people call Arabs, Goatheads ! I have heard people call Mexicans, a Mess in a Can ! All Races have nick names, African- Americans should not be so sensitive about nicknames ! All Races in Ancient History have been in Slavery ! Arabs had white European Slaves !

I have always understood "nigger" to derive from the southern USA pronunciation of "negro" - something like "negre" - a convenient and contemptuous way of referring to slaves. Therefore, its use has been offensive for mais than 150 years. For example, Frank Richards, in a story in a popular boy's weekly in 1908 in the UK, refers to "the objectionable word nigger". So, there is no excuse for using it now. The best way to treat it is as equal to the most objectionable swear word you can think of. Not a word to use with people you want to respect you.

NIGER is an attitude. Arrogant, pushy, entitled, loud, in your face actions,rude. Has nothing to do with color of your skin.
It is because of the way Blacks act today. Older generation are very kind and gentle people.

I don't see why the word 'nigger' is seen as racist because most black people refer each other as 'niggers' for example they say "whats up my Nigga" but if say you or I was to say it we would have to face the consequences

I am proud to descend from a very illustrious negress who I am sure would, like me, have considered a man of any race who spelt nigger as n*gig*r to be a patronising, supercilious c*nt.

It has to do with what a black man is wishing for, it has to do with the sense of belonging to a true religious goal or the sense of belonging to a land. It has to do with the level of sexual activity he is able to achieve if he is a good man otherwise they call him nigger. Another pergunta comes out of this one: why do niggers have same very short haircut?

Niger. The latin word for black. It's not alone and it's not an insult, but it does describe the color.
There are variations of the word for different languages, negro is spanish.

So the pergunta is: Why does America make a color bad? (Just joking, but you see my point).

In Denmark the danish variant "neger" wasn't considered that bad until a few years back. Like english "the n*-word" refers to a black person and not the color itself . It was both part of the name of a certain sweet comida bun (Directly translated "n*-kiss") and also used in a nursery rhyme. Today the danish word is as bad as the english. But to be honest I think most danish people only had a naive idea about what a black person was earlier, a bit like an old black-white movie.

The n*-word has been use por slave owners, and therefore suggests ownership of a black person. I believe, for that reason and that reason alone, the n*-word has become what it is today.

I wish we could pull all the bad feeling people get from the word away. But it wont happen anytime soon.

In my opinion the reason we can’t use the word, is only due to prejudices about the word itself.

But while I might not mind the word itself. There is no similar word for white people, which I think is odd. There is an disorder which people have the name that is closest to what I would expect: "albinos" (yeah I know what they are). I guess it's better just to say "black" and "white" and drop the "niger" and "albus". I never cared much for the term afro-american though.

Who cares? We have a black president. BLACK! The past is over and color is irrelevant and the blacks need to let go of all versions of these words if they ever want to really be free of the slave chains around their necks. This is all on the blacks now. The blacks need to take care of the blacks and address the issues related to black people. There is no mais slave master, or owner so that means the blacks need to take responsibility. Something that Obama can not do and has set a terrible example for all black people on how to always blame someone else.

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It is actually a good thing to say, I say nigger to every nigger on the street, I amor saying it, nigger nigger nigger nigger nigger nigger nigger, I just don't know why people think that's bad, it is so fun to say, I mean, most niggers are good dancers, and when I see them dance, all I say is, Yeah go Nigger!

Nigger is a bad word as it was the descrição of a slave, one stripped of free will. Today a nigger is anyone who pays the graduated income tax - that is, an unapportioned direct tax on labor. US Const. Art.1 Sec.9 Cl.4 ; 15 USC 17 ... labor is not a commodity or artigo of commerce ... . We are all niggers now and will be so until we change back to exclusive consumption based tax mode. So says it in the Federalist Papers @ : # 10, 12, 14, 21, 31, 39, 51, 62, 78, 79, 83

Cause it is offessive to darker people.

Because black people are ignorant

So wait a bpack person is offended por the word "nigger" but us white people are allowed to be called white boy and not be offended bull.shit i am allowed to say.nigger when ever i want if they can call me a white boy or we should both not say any of those words your choice

I can not answer this pergunta for ever black person. For me the word nigger is just an unfortunate word. What effects me is when someone not black choices to voice the word with hate in their heart. It basically like your spitting on me. So yea, I say we should all just give up Hate. However that will never happend.

yes nigger is a bad word

It's not a bad word. Niggers don't like the word because it describes tjem well...piexes of worthless shit.

Why nigger a bad word

I hate the word nigger por itself but I amor to say 'Nigga Please'.
Is that wrong

It is so to different coloured people like black people

The fact that people's lives can be ruined por saying the "N" word is ridiculous. It's just a word. If you think about it. Only white people get criticized for saying it. It stands to represent a person of dark skin. That's it. Black people say it all the time so the real racism is when white people get in trouble for saying it too.

It was originally used as a term for black people during the time that slavery existed in the United States and a lot of other areas. At the time, it was a socially accepted term. It's often considered an insult to them because of that. Of course, any word can be a bad word if you make it bad. I mean, Christ! You can make abóbora a bad word.

Nigger is not a bad word if they can use it like water

Nigger means ignorant. Therefore, if your any race you can be a nigger. It's not racist! I'm. Nigger I'm ignorant slot but I'm not an African American I'm Caucasian. There's nothing wrong with the word nigger. Although, I'm ladylike I don't use words that sound vulgar.

In Shona (one of the Zimbabwean languages) Nigga - pronounced nigger is the name Africans use for men. So it shouldn't be considered racist - but in the daft society we live in - it is considered so

it is originally from the 17th century uselly against black people who were originally slaves that is all i know

Politicians were also slave owners. They coined the term Nigger. Government just loves dividing people. It keeps them in power running the show like a horror movie while lining their pockets with dead Presidents.

I don't know, I know that Niggs sometimes get hurt if you call them black.. which I don't get it Niggermania… ( I thought that was harsh..) your hair looks my puss hair... I thought that was insulting.. and the last one.. at least my hair is real Amistad!

U Shouldn't use it cause I am 12and lied I am 16 so bitches and idiots committee suicide now fuckers

why is hard r/ the n word so bad?