Current Events > Black people of CE: How did you first learn about the n-word?

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Like when you were a little kid, when did you first hear someone use it?
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dont parents teach their kids that by saying it casually
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I say it casually.
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Didn't learn it until I started making friends in my neighborhood as a kid and one boy and his family would say it constantly. I asked my parents what the word meant and it was just a word we were never allowed to say in our house.
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Either Music or my friends. I don't remember. Probably music. Also my Parents never said that word. I say from time to time but not often. I say it depending on who I'm around.
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3rd_Best_Master posted...

Didn't learn it until I started making friends in my neighborhood as a kid and one boy and his family would say it constantly. I asked my parents what the word meant and it was just a word we were never allowed to say in our house.

im curious, with ur parents not allowing u to say it in the house, do you end up saying it alot casually or do you rarely or never use it?

Been hearing it since I was born I'm sure, my dad is a racist

probably on tv, or something.

network tv would have shows that would say it sometimes, in one of those episodes where they were showing how racism still exists, and how bad it is.

I think Rosanne had one of those.

BlackHorse6969 posted...

dont parents teach their kids that by saying it casually

my parents never used the word.
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I can't remember when I first heard the a variant. Probably when I first got to middle school and hearing it from kids my age was a bit of a culture shock.

The er version I vividly remember hearing from Roots.
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When I was just a young baller. Some little white kid said "no."
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Jon_Gruden posted...

3rd_Best_Master posted...

Didn't learn it until I started making friends in my neighborhood as a kid and one boy and his family would say it constantly. I asked my parents what the word meant and it was just a word we were never allowed to say in our house.

im curious, with ur parents not allowing u to say it in the house, do you end up saying it alot casually or do you rarely or never use it?

I say it casually amongst 2 of my cousins, and when I do I still dance around the term. Other than that it's just a word I seldom use.
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Third grade definitely all the time now lol.
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BlackHorse6969 posted...

dont parents teach their kids that by saying it casually

My parents did not use that word or curse in front of me, in general.
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how did you learn about any curse or taboo word regardless of race?

TheVipaGTS posted...

how did you learn about any curse or taboo word regardless of race?

I think this topic would be ALOT more interesting if was addressed to non-black CEmen.
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wanted: @Doom_Art story
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Roxborough4Ever posted...

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Well I'm white

And Iunno probably learned in history class or something.

Spent most of my childhood in a small suburb. Didn't meet a black person until middle school.
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BlackHorse6969 posted...

dont parents teach their kids that by saying it casually

I don't remember, but it wasn't from family.
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I heard my granddad say it when I was 4 and then after he left my dad told me to never, ever say it and that it's a hurtful word but didn't really explain what it meant. I didn't find out what it meant until the second grade
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I don't remember. Probably music.
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DezCaughtIt posted...

I heard my granddad say it when I was 4 and then after he left my dad told me to never, ever say it and that it's a hurtful word but didn't really explain what it meant. I didn't find out what it meant until the second grade

Do you remember why your granddad used it?
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From my uncle

Shadowplay posted...

DezCaughtIt posted...

I heard my granddad say it when I was 4 and then after he left my dad told me to never, ever say it and that it's a hurtful word but didn't really explain what it meant. I didn't find out what it meant until the second grade

Do you remember why your granddad used it?

Actually I feel really stupid for posting that in this topic because I'm white and I can't read topic titles apparently
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I've always heard it and even used it up until middle school. After actually hearing it use in racist context, and listening to people replace every other word in their sentences with it, I stopped and tell family and friends not to refer to me as such.
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DezCaughtIt posted...

Shadowplay posted...

DezCaughtIt posted...

I heard my granddad say it when I was 4 and then after he left my dad told me to never, ever say it and that it's a hurtful word but didn't really explain what it meant. I didn't find out what it meant until the second grade

Do you remember why your granddad used it?

Actually I feel really stupid for posting that in this topic because I'm white and I can't read topic titles apparently

Same here XD