Just as the thread gets back on track... -my two cents:
The word nigga does carry baggage.
Have you ever played word association games? I don't refer to the next word that comes to mind but the first image that pops into your head.
milk......................was it a glass of milk, the whole carton?
horse...................a white horse, a morgan, the Budweiser clydesdales?
car.......................your current car, your dream car, a corvair?
Every word has baggage, a meaning that may differ from the person next to you, while maintaining the textbook definition.
Racial terms, attitudes, and tensios in our society make this type of situation a touchy and sometimes inflamatory subject. I understand no malice was intended and the way the phrase rolls off the tounge was amusing. I do wonder why it was posted, it seemed unrelated to the original thread.
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The word nigga does carry baggage.
Have you ever played word association games? I don't refer to the next word that comes to mind but the first image that pops into your head.
milk......................was it a glass of milk, the whole carton?
horse...................a white horse, a morgan, the Budweiser clydesdales?
car.......................your current car, your dream car, a corvair?
Every word has baggage, a meaning that may differ from the person next to you, while maintaining the textbook definition.
Racial terms, attitudes, and tensios in our society make this type of situation a touchy and sometimes inflamatory subject. I understand no malice was intended and the way the phrase rolls off the tounge was amusing. I do wonder why it was posted, it seemed unrelated to the original thread.
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The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance. Robert A. Heinlein
The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance. Robert A. Heinlein