Why is it many Black people...struggle with the word 'ask'?
929120
I don't know why they say axe instead of ask.  I would think it's the same reason that some of them speak Ebonics rather than English.  Their parents never learned how to speak correctly and they just follow suit.  The inner city schools for some reason don't try to get them to speak correctly.  It is a shame because it makes them appear stupid and uneducated and it affects their ability to get a good job as adults.  Not all blacks speak like that though.  Those raised outside of the ghettos and poorer neighborhoods speak the same English that the rest of us do.
1114950
Yes, You are racist. And who cares about the word??? If they want to use it , let them. It is derogatory for a white person to use it...And ,in my mind, It's derogatory for a black person to use it too. but, like I said...If they do...Who fucking cares? People say a lot of things I don't like...I don't lose any sleep over it.
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.
114896
So many people here answering the questions don't have a clue what they're talking about. Blacks haven"t completely risen up and overcome yet. Some many blacks are stuck with dead-end jobs, welfare and section 8 housing, do you call that rising up? I'll admit some of this stems from laziness, some of the problem stems from oppression, some just from hard times. And as for the person who said just go back to Africa ...(god) that had to be one of the most ignorant things I've ever heard, I mean really do know what's it's like to live the life of a black person. There still is oppression, racism, and prejudice out there. We've come a long way way but, we have more ground to cover for ALL races.
1173376
To be honest - I've only ever heard black people use the 'N' word.
773895
You asked a rhetorical question here - what do you want answered?  The African-American community as a whole is hypocritical on the use of this word - that's all.\n\nGood Luck!!!
759779
Thank you.\n\nAlso, they fail to realize how many blacks dislike that word.\n\nNotice how they focus on the thugs and gangsters?\n\nI suppose they think that all of us act that way too.......
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.
769284
If you mean TALK down to black people, then believe it or not but not ALL white people do that.  People are people regardless of race, religion, sex.....it's all about attitude.  Positive attitude begets positive response.
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.
765608
the people who use the word the most, the blacks themselves
561719
Because most of the are afraid to get their ass kicked!!! If you say that word around a black person and you are white you will get beat the hell up that is why they don't say in front of us!!!! That word holds a hurtful meaning and a terrible pain of a past that we as African Americans had. It was made up to make us feel less and made to be less. It is very disrespectful to use that word around blacks if you are white, alot of people know this and use it when blacks are not around knowing that it is sensitive and hurtful to us but then claim to love and enjoy our company.. most of the time I have a sixth sense to racism and will know if someone is really not feeling me...\n\n\nI just came back and read what Bronson wrote and you have a serious problem, You can not blame everything on the other races.Let me drop some real knowledge on your ass.. I see that you wrote that blacks in your neighborhood hate whites okay well the door swings both ways just leave each other alone, all that mess you wrote about Jews and MLK you have to be out your mind!!! Martin Luther King Jr. was for the civil rights of black people thus called the civil rights movement. He was not a racist and did not hate whites, hell they even marched with him. So where do you get off saying this mess? You sound like you are rasict Bronson and you need to get some serious help, yes ANY race is wrong if you use rascist words and act as if you are better than others. But keep it real europeans(whites) took africans from their home land, pushed the indains out and took land from the hispanic people, placed japense in camps. So if you really want to place the blame look at what your anestors have done and what some people are still doing. Don't point the blame until you know... now I love everybody if you are good to me but you must know the TRUTH so you will be set free. Take care Bronson....
812556
The meaning behind it is the context in which it is used. Black people say it with an "a" at the end. Basically claiming that it is something they turned into a term of endearment within the black community. \nThe n word does not mean that a black person was going to be raped, killed, or anything else. It means ignorant. Look it up in the dictionary. \nPersonally, I don't think anyone should say it, regardless to what color they are or what context they use it in.
1131085
Sometimes people feel awkward with the proper terms because they are unfamiliar., or they don't know how to pronounce them. Also, society as a whole has a fairly small vocabulary, and wouldn't even KNOW the word if someone used it!
265747
NO they don't.  Some ask for the sake of asking. Some ask but don't know how to phrase the question intelligently. Some ask to just goad other people into a reaction.
103028
Some people say that the use of the n-word by some African-Americans is cullturally a way of removing the power from the word. When black people use it they become desensitized to it and it has less power when a white person uses it. I don't quite believe this is true because in high school I saw several white guys get the s*** beat out of them for using it. \nSo maybe it is a way that some African Americans have taken a small piece of power from whites. Black people can use the n-word but it is off-limits for whites. As society has continued to keep African Americans oppressed, this could be the one way they have to assert some power over whites by taking a word they used to promote hate and essentially banning the use of it by whites in mixed company.\nOne other argument could be that because of systematic racisim still present in society, some black people use the word as a form of self deprication, which illustrates the shame some African Americans have about being black. \nThe main problem with your question is you are generalizing an entire group of people. Not all black people use the n-word, and feel its casual use in society is harming. Some just simply see it as a word, while others could fall into one of the groups mentioned above. The real answer is there is no one answer. Different people use it or don't use it for reasons only they themselves know.
801174
i have only heard it used in place of the word "ask", and only by people too stupid and/or lazy to say it right.