y do black people call each other Niger's but that word is like bad 2 say 4 everyone else?
404502
Double standards.\nAnd they can insult you for being white but then insist it's not racist.
935745
It's not a bad word, just out-of-date -- like Negro.  I think the history of the mulatto experience (especially in the Americas) and the connotation assigned to the word by some of it's users is what upsets people.  As a 'technical mulatta' I'll tell you...I could give a damn.
1083052
you idiot what do you really mean. do u mean interacial or do you in the family well either way its nasty im mean really who wants to marry anyone that is black and who wants to marry their family
1033995
From my own experiences, when we use it it has more of a friendly meaning. When others use it, most of the time it's used in a derogatory way.\n\nIMO I don't think anyone should use it, black or otherwise.
182343
Sounds kind of racist as they say.
880543
First of all how did you go from An African to Negro?  This makes me wonder if you are a racist.  African is a name given to a persons that live in Africa ( America--Americans).  Negro is a racist name given to persons of color in the United States for reason of making one feel more inferior to another.  Now that I finished with that.  If one has a bigger jaw, I guess it is used for chewing like everyone else jaw is used for.   Duh!
930744
like, i call myself a cracker all the time.  yeah, i know, it's a bad word, but so is the n word.  but see, if a black person who i ddin't know called me a cracker, i'd feel half insulted, half about to laugh.  it'd depend on how he/she said it and what they said afterwards.  if it was someone i knew tho, they could hella call me a crakka anytime and i'd totally laugh along with it.  but even if they called me that, i'd still be apprehensive to call them the n word, just b/c of how other folk might react to it.  unless he called me a cracker immediately before or after and others around could see that it's all in good fun....and i wouldn't do it around kids, don't wanna set a bad example to them.
833692
Ignorance.  I live in a community with a large black population and I never hear educated blacks use the word.  The whole "term of endearment" is BS.  Why would anyone refer to themselves in a negative way?  Its a learned response from a household that is probably poor and uneducated.  The truth is that there are many such households in our country.
918140
There are black people who don not like the N' word being used by other blacks and there are blacks who choose to use it with each other. However ALL blacks agree that no white person should use it EVER. Their is no word that black people can use that carries the pain, hatred, and brutal history of slavery and the struggle for  blk freedom that the N' word does.  Their are blk senior citizens who are still afraid of white people' because of what that word means.  No one will ever have the right to abuse us again. Don't get it twisted. Until your relatives are held down and raped in-front of you , your church is burned to the ground, your windows are broken out because you moved to a NICE neighborhood, Don't even consider using that word. unless of course your a racist. I prefer to know who the enemy is. I cannot give an excuse for other blacks who use it' but we don't need anyone adding to their ignorance. and I can't even begin to say what I think about that tree remark. Oh wait,  His career is hung and done just like that statement.
1173376
To be honest - I've only ever heard black people use the 'N' word.
580466
Negro means black.\nNig_ger comes from negro - but it was used in a very hateful way during the slave times. Even now racists use it to put down someone because they are black. It means much more than just black - it means "stupid, ugly, bad, etc.." so if someone says nig_ger to a black person, they just insulted them.\n\nNow - the blacks co-opted this term and started using it amongst themselves, so it would not hurt so much. In modern times, it became Nig_ga. However, even though they use it among themselves (because they know one black guy doesn't mean all the insults behind it when he calls another black guy nig_ga), they don't like it if another group calls them that - coz they can't be sure if it's friendly or a racist insult.
675463
Don't Know! Other than Black people use the word "Homes"
618483
It came form the name of the country Niger, that is located in Africa; however if you're talking about the word "negro" than that is Spanish for black.
142052
The word "negro" is Spanish for black.  The word "nigger", which is used to degrade an entire race of people, comes from the word negro.  So, negro is usually frowned upon.  \n\nIn general, white people are not called "blanco", which is Spanish for white.  \n\n"Negro" has a negative connotation and is reminiscent of the days of Jim Crow.
436090
It's so funny you mention that. I work with an 83 tear old man who still uses "negro" and every one thinks he's like the Grand Dragon or something , what they fail to realize that in his generation,that was the acceptable terminology.Jesse Jackson came up with African-American and most blacks,including myself really cannot accept this because we are all mixed anyway. If you took all of us and dropped us off in Africa,we'd be lost. The N word,however,is unacceptable no matter what. It has become envougue for the younger generation to use,that disgusts me.
741406
The thing is that black people started the hip hop/urban culture you are talking about, so that's why people say they act black.  The term I hear a lot is "wigger", that term has been around for years and years.  I know it sounds offensive to some, I am just stating the term and I don't mean anything derogatory by it.
743079
that is so true!!! i hate it.What are we suppose to say? even if you say dark skin or something close the say its racist.I agree with yew!