If you haven't already heard about this, this is the comment that got the shitstorm started:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xdx5XQkA2g
This is how Ice Cube responded on the following show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnwiYdFaRfk&t=225s
If IceCube gets offended by a white person using the word while it's always ok when a black person uses it, isn't he missing out on the context in question? Seems to me this is his weakness/problem that he needs to work on.
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Re: Bill Maher saying "nigger"
I heard about this last week, and I found a video of him "saying the n-word", but to me it didn't sound like the n-word. It sounded like "nigga", which is different.
Did you actually see him say it?
I listened to it a few times, and I didn't hear a hard r.
Did you actually see him say it?
I listened to it a few times, and I didn't hear a hard r.
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Why is that relevant? Is "nigga" considered less offensive? I find the context more interesting. Did Bill Maher intend harm?
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Re: Bill Maher saying "nigger"
Yeah, completely less offensive. That's why it's used in rap music, whereas the n-word isn't. That's why black people use it with their friends, but they don't use the n-word.
Bill Maher had a black person on his show who said there was a difference, and says he uses "nigga" but not the n-word. Bill Maher joked that he doesn't use either one. So it's just kind of uncomfortable to some people when a white person says it because it's close to the n-word, but it's not at all the same.
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Re: Bill Maher saying "nigger"
Doesn't make any sense to me unless it is written language. This is how many Americans pronounce the er sound at the end of a word, i.e. trigga instead of trigger. For that reason it is difficult or impossible to hear the difference.
I think this is just a ridiculous way for people to try to justify the use of the word, i.e. "I didn't use the n-word, I said nigga."
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Re: Bill Maher saying "nigger"
I disagree, I think you can hear the difference, and from my experience most people recognize the difference. Which makes sense, because like I said many people who are black use "nigga" while they don't use the n-word.Jebus wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2017 2:15 amDoesn't make any sense to me unless it is written language. This is how many Americans pronounce the er sound at the end of a word, i.e. trigga instead of trigger. For that reason it is difficult or impossible to hear the difference.
I think this is just a ridiculous way for people to try to justify the use of the word, i.e. "I didn't use the n-word, I said nigga."
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Re: Bill Maher saying "nigger"
I can see this offending people.. but not for any good reason.
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Re: Bill Maher saying "nigger"
If he actually said the n-word, there'd be legitimate reason.
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Why?
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Re: Bill Maher saying "nigger"
Being what?
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