Racist Use Of The N-Word Used By The Black Community

Would racism change if the N-word was no longer used by the black community? The N-word is a commonly used slur by white people to degrade black people. This word has roots from slavery; the word originating from the latin word for black. As time went on and slavery evolved into a different form, the black community started infusing the word into their culture. This is seen through the youths' use of it as slang and the infusion of it in Music. Black people should be able to use the N-Word because it allows the black community to claim something, the word itself has a positive meaning, and if the use of the word was stopped racism will still continue The N-word has evolved beyond its degrading word to be one that unites the black

The N-word was first used by white people so it can be discriminatory against black people. As Gloria concludes her article she notably explains, “even the most liberal of white society, no one is that room is naive enough to believe it would disappear from white minds”. The N-word isn’t the only racist term white people have used against black people, it’s just the most popular one. “Meeting the world head-on, they proved it had absolutely nothing to do with the way they were determined to live their lives” If someone has a heart against something they’ll go to any lengths to show that hatred. Fading away one thing just leads a new path, and if it’s something as the n-word fading that way leads to a new wave of racial

The n-word was never meant to be a good word; the whole purpose of it was to bring down black slaves. The author of article 2 “Using The Infamous ‘N-Word' actively argues against the use of the n-word. The meaning was never meant to be changed, “N-word remains a principle term of white racism, regardless of who is using it”. Although this may be true the word can expand on its meaning, if the word remains negative no growth will happen. People who are affected by specific things can change things to mean beautiful things. “ people… took a word that whites used to signify worthlessness or degradation and rendered it important”(article 1) The word can empower future generations to bring change rather than push it down until it crumbles on them again. That negative meaning of the N-word will never fade away but the black community can absorb that and create new