i dont know what to think about the fact that some blacks use it but at the same time they dont like to hear it from whites.
its like giving the own race some special rights or a way to build a special community with people of the same race. to me, the difference between the races is overrated. i mean scientists even claim that whole mankind comes from one black african woman. the black eve. at one point in history a group of a few hundreds left africa and left the red sea to spread our species over the globe. even if thats not true, we are all the same. i think it is idle to build areas of certain rights to use physical things to describe each other. babylon can make a difference by judging people through their skin color. but thats not for me. but if you want to, you can call people how ever you want of course. im missing certain nice rites. if we want to get rid of the days of slavery i think it would be helpful to spread another feeling and way of treating people regarding interracial communications.
i think there is a certain temptation to use it. because it seems just so simple to use it. a man who greets people with the "n-word" shows directly what his attitude is all about. for some people it seems like those ones are very "down to earth", "uncomplicated" ,"easy going", "full of street credibility", "honest", "conscious about black history", "self confident" etc.
but its also a question of decency to me. since the days of democracy are established in europe, everybody, also in america, is called a lady or a gentleman. to me its nothing else than taking the titles and rites away from royal people. everybody is a lady or gentleman but nobody is reigning. as if royal people were reigning themself as ladies and gentleman. not everybody can be a king or a queen.
dont get me wrong. i like the fact that especially when it comes to rasta culture, people are discribed as king and queens. thats fine to me. but if we are kings and queens, royal people must be something else. why cant a man just be a man and a woman a woman when it comes to democracy. since napoleon there are no kings and queens anymore but everybody is a lady and a gentleman so to speak. just like prince asserate has mentioned it in his book "manners".
when it comes to the way we speak to people we dont know i really like terms like "madame" and things like that. you are never wrong to call any women a madame. but not every language has the words to do something like that.
i think there are way to many things people has adopted from movies and things they have seen on tv. some even refer to women by using the p-word all the time. i was really astonished to watch more and more young girls who use this term to speak about other girls.
i think a little more elegance and old traditions is missing in the western society.
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