It is degrading but you wonder why it's acceptable for a black person to say it their fellow black person. At least that's what I witness here in America.
Sorry po ignorante din ako eh... Kasi you model to others how you want to be treated and how you want to be called. Paano yung mga bata na naririnig nila mismo yung mga Black American na N word ang tawagan sa isa't isa? Eh di gagayahin nila yan?
Ano ba yung N-word kasi kung yung ending "a", hindi naman yan masyado ginagamit sa Pilipinas. Kung yung ending "o", ginagamit naman talaga natin.
While educating Filipinos eh tama lang, let's educate din naman others na it is not derogatory dito sa Pilipinas yan. Wag nio din naman ipattern yung buhay ng Filipino sa experiences ng ibang bansa.
Kagaya halimbawa yung asawa ko Canadian nun nakita nia yung name ng lugas natin na Negros sabi nia "Woah, that's racist!" Siempre I explained. Minsan nga napatanong ako, mag woke politician kaya magsusulong to change the name of Negros province and how filipinos will react kaya.
Hindi din naka-cool yung overly mamahiya ng tao for using the N-word. Educate if you must, and if you can explain fully. Pero kung di din naman alam ang history, wag din mag pa-cool, calling out those who are not aware na hindi maganda gamitin yung word.
10:07 true. I went to h.s. here in the U.S. & mostly the black teenagers said the n word to each other most of the time. Sinabihan sila ng teacher ko, who is an older black man, not to say that word because it’s offensive daw & they just laughed it off.
A bit off topic but I just want to make sure you understand in the West race and skin color are very sensitive topics. In other cultures it can be ok to point out or poke fun at a persons racial traits, but in the West you can not do that. To be safe, stay away from race, even in jokes.
Besh, parang batang magkapatid lang yan kung meron ka. Yung kapatid mo ino okray mo, pero pag ibang tao ang umokray sa kaniya, magagalit ka dun sa umokray. Since same kayo ng kapatid mo, ok lang mag personalan. Kapag ibang tao, syempre foul yon. Yung mga itim dito sa Bay area CA, N word from kapea N word ay synonymous sa "brother " kaya di sila offended
pag nanuod kasi kayo ng mga pinuntahan ni ispeed, nasa depressed areas siya, karamihan ng followers niya ay mga tambay, ok naman kasi dami niyang fans. Ayun nga lang hindi maayos ang pananalita kasi ginagaya siya ning mga tambay
Sige please. Filipinos have so much to learn pa tlga. Lalo na ngayon lahat may access na sa buong mundo. Mabilis na makasalamuha ng ibang lahi unlike before. Even young kids mock black foreigners roaming the country. Saan ba nila natutunan yun? Edi sa parents din na lumaking walang alam at sa media including comedy actors/movies na super cheap na way ng pagpapatawa ay to mock other people based on appearance
English is not our first languange and most Filipinos are not aware how bad racism in US. But to call your fellow Pinoy ignorant and disrespectful is unacceptable when these people here it black music, rap etc which these people enjoy. Dont blame them and perhaps educate them propely. N word doesnt mean anything to Filipinos they just think it equate to “Pare” or “Tol”.
bago magalit, tignan nyo muna ang context. tambay ang fans niyan kaya sumigaw sigaw dahil ginagaya din ang pananalita ni ispeed sa vlog, kumbaga imitation, ganun din kasi ang sinasabi palagi ni ispeed kaya akala ng tambay cool yun
Iyong mga ninuno natin , gaya ng lola ko who is 88 y o na. Ang Tawag nya sa mga dark skinned people, whether they’re Filipino or non Filipino, negro or negra.
Hindi naman kasi ung words exactly ung masama. Nandun pa rin sa intention of using that word at sa way or manner ng pagsabi. Madalas kasi it’s used as an insult and aimed at someone to make them feel bad or conscious about themselves. We hide racism in our country using humor and we are used to passing it up as Filipinos being fun loving and friendly but it needs to stop. We need education pa about the world around us
Yung negro at negra kasi Spanish for Black. Kaya nga may Negros Occidental Negros Oriental. Actually di naman porke masama sa kanila masama sa atin. Dati yan talaga tawag tapos kasi bawal sa kanila bawal na sa atin? Eh lahT naman may spanish pa tayo like time, some colors, names of places etc. Ang hirap magadjust when may hostory din tayo mismo with the words Nakita mo naman parang celebrity siya. Mukha bang degradading him yug purpose ng mga tao? Yung nakikigaya most likely doesnt even get ano pinagsasabi niya. Akala niya yun ang way to say hi.
@11:20 PM The word, nigger, carries much hatred and disgust directed toward Black Africans and African Americans. Historically, nigger defined, limited, made fun of and ridiculed all Blacks. It was a term of exclusion, a verbal reason for discrimination. Whether used as a noun, verb, or adjective, it strengthened the stereotype of the lazy, stupid, dirty, worthless nobody. No other American surname carries as much purposeful cruelty.
On the other hand, Bisaya, has been made synonymous by some prejudiced Filipinos to househelp, flirt or a rumor mongerer (pardon my fellow Visayans). Hence, the unfortunate degrading connotation of the word.
11:20 sa pagkakatanda ko sa nabasa ko, (others pls correct me if im wrong hehe) yung word na yun ay naging offensive para sa mga black americans, africans dahil nabigyan ata yun ng meaning ng hindi maganda at related sya sa pagiging racist. Tapos lalo na kung ang nagsalita nun ay hindi nila kakulay o kalahi. Sa tanong mo naman about bisaya, relate ako jan. I know someone na sinsabihan nya na "bisya kasi" pag may hindi magandang nagawa yung tao. For me, kinonect nila ang bisaya na word rin kapag tingin nila mas nakakaangat sila sa tao. Na hurt din ako pag nakakarinig ako ng ganong comment kasi mama ko bisaya. And I personally believe that there is nothing wrong being one. I hope nasagot kita ng maayos. :)
11:20 May mga words kasi na sadyang kakambal na ang pangungutya. Tulad ng bakla bakla, pango. Lalo Na sa mga pinoy na likas na mapamintas ang maraming tao. Na ang maganda sa kanila ay maputi at matangos ang ilong. Tingin ko hindi na yan mababago sa mga pinoy. Ang pwedeng baguhin ay tanggapin ng isang tao kung ano sya iembrace ng buong buo ang kasarian nya ang kulay nya etc
i remember during my grade school and high school days hindi masama ang mga terminology na negritos and negrita kasi ito yung ang ibig sabihin ay mga tribe, mga ninuno natin, kaya walang masama. Pero pag ginamit ito sa pag describe ng Black American, doon nagiging racist
Okay granted let's educated our fellow Filipinos. But how I see it is that they are bleeding on us, metaphorically speaking. wala naman masamang meaning sa atin yang salita na yan. pero dahil they educated us, now it also means bad to us. now we also have to be offended by that term.
Tanong lang, kung tatagalugin, pano ba sabihin ang "black American" o "people with color"? Yung mga tita ko kasi na di English speaking "N" word din ang gamit.
magkaiba kasi yan , malamang Amerikano silang parepareho pero ang negrito at negrita tumutukoy sa mga tribo dito sa Pilipinas. Makikita niyo sa mga textbooks natin yan
If you are in the Philippines and if you refer to someone black and call him negro/ negra that is not offensive especially if your dialelct uses those words. Inasmuch as the black Americans want to educate us on the offensive nature of the N-r word, they also need to be educated on the existence of other cultures and languages which may use words such as negro to mean something that is not exactly derogatory. One cannot impose their culture on the other. If tayo yung nasa bansa nila then it is also up to us to educate ourselves on what is and is not acceptable. Thats how it should be. Napaka OA na po kasi minsan. The world does not revolve around a certain group of people. We need to have a little bit of tolerance and understanding towards things that we dont understand and an open mind to accept differences in culture
I've been living in the US more than half my life. Isa sa mga pinaka-unang sinabi ng uncle ko na unacceptable sabihin eh ung n-word. That was back in 2008. Fast forward to 2024, ung niece ko na 18 y/o fresh from the Philippines, kung maka-post ng n-word wagas. Nakakainis. But you know what? Di ko sya pagsasabihan. She should know better, especially kaka-graduate nya lang ng high school dito after only months kasi nga they just immigrated.
I'm just curious bakit yung ibang tao hindi pwedeng gamitin yang N-word na yan, pero yung mga mismong Blacks yan ang tawagan nila sa isa't-isa. Maski sa kanila double standards?
In the Filipino context, the words Negrito and Negrita are not deregatory. Yan ang tinuturo sa school to describe ethnic tribes in the Philippines. Hindi nito tinutukoy ang Black Americans, magkaiba ito. Grade school at high school textbooks include these words.
Nigga is typically considered to be taboo for non-black people to say in virtually all contexts, but black people often use it as a general identifier for other black people, like “dude”. It’s usually not an insult, and if someone calls someone else “my nigga” it’s a term of endearment.
Some examples:
“That nigga can write with both hands.”
In this context it’s interchangeable with “guy” or “dude”.
“You my nigga, man”.
This is more like “you’re a close friend/companion”. It means you’re close with someone.
It could also just be used to identify people as black:
"Nigga" is used by black people as another word for "dude," "bro," or "friend." This is such because the word "Nigger," both in days past as well as today, was meant to dehumanize black people. In an attempt to "reclaim" the word, or to lessen its power to hurt others, black people have taken it to denote companionship amongst each other.
However, seeing as how you can't even say or write the words "nigga," or "nigger," without being reprimanded by your peers, despite being in the context of talking about the word itself, I would say it has failed in regards to "lessen its power." This has, more or less, led to a type of "segregated speech," wherein certain groups are "allowed" to say the word, while others aren't. This, in my opinion, while understandable, and good-intentioned, sets a dangerous precedent for other words society might eventually deem "offensive." As such, I refuse to participate in any sort of self-censorship when it comes to discussing the words themselves. By no means am I advocating to go out and call every black person you see a "nigger." By all means am I saying to fear a singular word, to fear a set of characters arranged in a certain order, and fearing the sound it makes, is rather ridiculous. A good rule of thumb when in any kind of social setting is to just avoid the word altogether. Just to be safe.
Supposed to be, still is, but not amongst friends who are black. Depends on the context.
Yikes. Don't say it or type it out. Use n-word and everyone will know what you mean.
I'm black, don't use the word but have no problem if other black people do. There is no context where a non black person should/can use the word. That's just the way it is.
"Nigga" is a distortion of "N-gg-r" (fill in the blank yourself), which is a distortion of "Negro" (which, itself, is derived from the latin root for the color black, probably indirectly through spanish).
These are generally considered very offensive when used to describe a person or persons whenever not a member of the group (though "negro" just isn't really used at all anymore). However, as a social phenomenon, some black people use the terms "nigga" to refer to themselves or others. I am not remotely qualified to comment on this phenomenon except to say that I strongly suggest that you do not use any of these terms without being a member of that community.
Labels imposed upon a group tend to not be viewed favorably by that group.
I just wanted to add that I’m african american and I use the word quite often with my peers but not all african americans like being called nigga and may take offense even when other african americans use it. This is mostly the older generation
edit: like others have said, it means bro/mate/buddy but it can also mean asshole/bitch/jerk/idiot
Yung N-word is used by black people to refer to other black people because they have reclaimed that term. You know what reclaiming means? It's to take the negativity out of a word by claiming it as your own and changing its meaning for your people.
Yung N-word gamit yan ng slave owners and white people in the US to denigrate, degrade, and humiliate the slaves/black people. Many people in the Southern states still use that word because many of them are descendants of slave owners and racism is still very strong there. That word not only carries racism, it carries hundreds of years of hurt done by whites to slaves/black people in America including all the violence they've had to suffer and endure at the hands of white people.
Black people can use the N-word with each other because it doesn't have the same connotation as a white or non-black person using it. The N-word when used by black people means pride in their skin colour and their history. Using the N-word on each other lessens the hurtful meaning of the word for black people, like saying "yeah we're N-word and we're proud of it"
A white person cannot use the N-word without being seen as racist because that term has always been exclusively used by whites to inflict violence and abuse, and to classify black people as subhumans and deny them equality. A non-white or non-black person using it not knowing its history is being ignorant but still hurtful even if it's not their intention. If a white person uses the N-word, it means extreme anger and intention to hurt because its history is taught in American schools, there's no reason to be using that word unless it's to be explicitly racist. There are many words that can be used to call someone but the N-word is one of the worst.
Basically, if you don't know the meaning of the word, do not use it just because you heard other people, especially minorities, use it to call someone else belonging to the same ethnicity. If you hear a word you're not familiar with, research it first instead of saying "well they say it so why can't I?" There are certain words that you cannot say because of their violent history. Only the group on the receiving end of that violence can reclaim that word.
The N-word wasn't used by slave owners in Africa. The word doesn't have a violent history from Africa.
It's derived from the word "negro" used by the Spanish/Portuguese slave traders who were the ones who started bringing slaves to South America and had dealings with other white slave traders, but "negro" didn't have the same violent meaning to it for the Spanish/Portuguese as what the N-word has become.
It was the slave owners in America who infused that word with so much violence and hatred, that's why its mostly associated with racism in the US and it's still hurtful and offensive to this day.
As you being a Foreigner, congrats for surviving dropping by the unfiltered side of the Philippines and its people. The street people, the glimpse of daily street life. Random peculiarities yay! Even the bgc peeps went nuts! Just wth?! Di nya expected he would gather such crowd. Kaya at the moment nalang sya nag suggest for police control. Pero yeah, mostly pinoys are such crazy expectators but still a li'l safe buti may dala kang mga body guards lol!
Actually, mejo nagegets ko yung mga tao na hindi nila alam na nde pala acceptable tawagin yung mga black ng N word. Ako nga over a decade na taga US at ngayon ko lang nalaman na nde rin pala acceptable yung term na M (mix of black and white).
Hilig kasi ng Pinoy to copy what saw on internet without knowing the context. Don't use the N word if you are in the West. But here in PH parang di naman derogatory yung term na n**ro/ra coz these words are commonly used here as a Spanish word that refers to a certain colour. I don't get offended if family members or friends would playfully call me n**ra. My parents raised me not to be ashamed of my brown skin. More melanin means less risk for skin cancer.
Siguro ang N-word is parang indio na tawag sa mga Filipinos nung spanish colonization ng 300 years. Ayaw natin tawagin tayong ganon at hindi rin natin tinatawag ang kapwa filipino ng salitang indio
N word ginagamit talaga yan sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas kasi tribo yan ng mga ninuno or yung ancient tribes na mga Pilipino, not pertaining to Black Americans
Make sure you also make the same plea when Asian Americans are facing the most name calling and prejudiced treatments by most people of the West. Like the tennis star Zheng Qinwen in the US Open was outright called a Yellow Banana just when she was about to serve. Asian-Americans in STEM research being unfairly targeted by authorites. The amount of racism online against Asian-Americans is staggering and people are emboldened, and yet no one is defending them. Pero ngayon pa righteous kayo sa N-word
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It is degrading but you wonder why it's acceptable for a black person to say it their fellow black person. At least that's what I witness here in America.
ReplyDeleteNyeh if nandyan ka sa america at na witness mo naman pala you’ll know why
DeleteSorry po ignorante din ako eh... Kasi you model to others how you want to be treated and how you want to be called. Paano yung mga bata na naririnig nila mismo yung mga Black American na N word ang tawagan sa isa't isa? Eh di gagayahin nila yan?
DeleteAno ba yung N-word kasi kung yung ending "a", hindi naman yan masyado ginagamit sa Pilipinas. Kung yung ending "o", ginagamit naman talaga natin.
DeleteWhile educating Filipinos eh tama lang, let's educate din naman others na it is not derogatory dito sa Pilipinas yan. Wag nio din naman ipattern yung buhay ng Filipino sa experiences ng ibang bansa.
Kagaya halimbawa yung asawa ko Canadian nun nakita nia yung name ng lugas natin na Negros sabi nia "Woah, that's racist!" Siempre I explained. Minsan nga napatanong ako, mag woke politician kaya magsusulong to change the name of Negros province and how filipinos will react kaya.
Hindi din naka-cool yung overly mamahiya ng tao for using the N-word. Educate if you must, and if you can explain fully. Pero kung di din naman alam ang history, wag din mag pa-cool, calling out those who are not aware na hindi maganda gamitin yung word.
10:07 true. I went to h.s. here in the U.S. & mostly the black teenagers said the n word to each other most of the time. Sinabihan sila ng teacher ko, who is an older black man, not to say that word because it’s offensive daw & they just laughed it off.
DeleteSila rin naman kasi lagay ng lagay sa mga kanta nila ng N Word. Ignorant people copy them. They should stop calling each other that na rin.
DeleteCommon sense. Diba tayo pwede din laitin mga kapwa natin pinoy but if di galing sa kadugo racist na.
DeleteA bit off topic but I just want to make sure you understand in the West race and skin color are very sensitive topics. In other cultures it can be ok to point out or poke fun at a persons racial traits, but in the West you can not do that. To be safe, stay away from race, even in jokes.
Deleteeto yung gaming streamer na banned sa YT dahil talagang part ng "skit" nya yung payagang gamitin ang N-word by "paid actors".
DeleteAng Tagalog at Spanish ng itim na kulay Gaya ng sa crayons, damit, etc., ay n with the o din.
DeleteBesh, parang batang magkapatid lang yan kung meron ka. Yung kapatid mo ino okray mo, pero pag ibang tao ang umokray sa kaniya, magagalit ka dun sa umokray. Since same kayo ng kapatid mo, ok lang mag personalan. Kapag ibang tao, syempre foul yon. Yung mga itim dito sa Bay area CA, N word from kapea N word ay synonymous sa "brother " kaya di sila offended
DeleteI am blasian and talagang nakakaooffend talaga ung taong tatawagin akong N pero di ko naman close.
Deletepag nanuod kasi kayo ng mga pinuntahan ni ispeed, nasa depressed areas siya, karamihan ng followers niya ay mga tambay, ok naman kasi dami niyang fans. Ayun nga lang hindi maayos ang pananalita kasi ginagaya siya ning mga tambay
DeleteSige please. Filipinos have so much to learn pa tlga. Lalo na ngayon lahat may access na sa buong mundo. Mabilis na makasalamuha ng ibang lahi unlike before. Even young kids mock black foreigners roaming the country. Saan ba nila natutunan yun? Edi sa parents din na lumaking walang alam at sa media including comedy actors/movies na super cheap na way ng pagpapatawa ay to mock other people based on appearance
ReplyDeleteCalling someone n_____ is absolutely wrong and derogatory. Please let’s be educated in learning how to respect others.
ReplyDeleteEnglish is not our first languange and most Filipinos are not aware how bad racism in US. But to call your fellow Pinoy ignorant and disrespectful is unacceptable when these people here it black music, rap etc which these people enjoy. Dont blame them and perhaps educate them propely. N word doesnt mean anything to Filipinos they just think it equate to “Pare” or “Tol”.
ReplyDeletelol may internet na and halos lahat ng pinoy gumagamit ng social media so dapat alam na natin yan
DeleteTrue. Same thoughts. Sana may grace din. Educate people properly. Kasi di naman lahat aware diyan. Ako nga hindi ako aware.
DeleteIgnorance of the law excuses no one! It is what it is, kahit di ka aware
Delete1133. Law ba yan? Shunga
DeleteHndi yn dahilan. Half Black ako mapanlait talaga mga pinoy. Kahit alam nila na offensive sasabihin pa din yan nila. Makapanlait lang
DeleteDaming excuses, pero pag pinoy ginanyan, racist agad at personna non grata sigaw ng netizens
Deletebago magalit, tignan nyo muna ang context. tambay ang fans niyan kaya sumigaw sigaw dahil ginagaya din ang pananalita ni ispeed sa vlog, kumbaga imitation, ganun din kasi ang sinasabi palagi ni ispeed kaya akala ng tambay cool yun
DeleteMost pinoys kasi lalo na yung nasa low class are mostly uneducated and ignorant.
ReplyDeleteFilipinos being Filipinos. Saying it without even researching or looking for what it means. Sana Google and libre hindi Facebook.
ReplyDeleteIyong mga ninuno natin , gaya ng lola ko who is 88 y o na. Ang Tawag nya sa mga dark skinned people, whether they’re Filipino or non Filipino, negro or negra.
ReplyDeleteHindi naman kasi ung words exactly ung masama. Nandun pa rin sa intention of using that word at sa way or manner ng pagsabi. Madalas kasi it’s used as an insult and aimed at someone to make them feel bad or conscious about themselves. We hide racism in our country using humor and we are used to passing it up as Filipinos being fun loving and friendly but it needs to stop. We need education pa about the world around us
DeleteMga classmates paki educate po ako. Ignorante ako. Genuinely asking for guidance.
DeleteBakit offensive ang N word?
Bakit offensive din pag sinabing Bisaya?
Bakit?
Aware ako sa history ng slavery. Pero hindi po ba dapat "embrace your identity?"
I mean... kung woman of color ako.. bakit ako mahihiya?
At kung halimbawa Bisaya ako... bakit ginagawang pang-asar yang salitang Bisaya? At bakit kailangan na ma-offend ako?
Sana yung may mabubuting puso ang sumagot nito. Kung beast mode ka... please lang... F off. I need genuine answers.
Yung negro at negra kasi Spanish for Black. Kaya nga may Negros Occidental Negros Oriental. Actually di naman porke masama sa kanila masama sa atin. Dati yan talaga tawag tapos kasi bawal sa kanila bawal na sa atin? Eh lahT naman may spanish pa tayo like time, some colors, names of places etc. Ang hirap magadjust when may hostory din tayo mismo with the words
DeleteNakita mo naman parang celebrity siya. Mukha bang degradading him yug purpose ng mga tao? Yung nakikigaya most likely doesnt even get ano pinagsasabi niya. Akala niya yun ang way to say hi.
@11:20 PM The word, nigger, carries much hatred and disgust directed toward Black Africans and African Americans. Historically, nigger defined, limited, made fun of and ridiculed all Blacks. It was a term of exclusion, a verbal reason for discrimination. Whether used as a noun, verb, or adjective, it strengthened the stereotype of the lazy, stupid, dirty, worthless nobody. No other American surname carries as much purposeful cruelty.
DeleteOn the other hand, Bisaya, has been made synonymous by some prejudiced Filipinos to househelp, flirt or a rumor mongerer (pardon my fellow Visayans). Hence, the unfortunate degrading connotation of the word.
11:20 sa pagkakatanda ko sa nabasa ko, (others pls correct me if im wrong hehe) yung word na yun ay naging offensive para sa mga black americans, africans dahil nabigyan ata yun ng meaning ng hindi maganda at related sya sa pagiging racist. Tapos lalo na kung ang nagsalita nun ay hindi nila kakulay o kalahi. Sa tanong mo naman about bisaya, relate ako jan. I know someone na sinsabihan nya na "bisya kasi" pag may hindi magandang nagawa yung tao. For me,
Deletekinonect nila ang bisaya na word rin kapag tingin nila mas nakakaangat sila sa tao. Na hurt din ako pag nakakarinig ako ng ganong comment kasi mama ko bisaya. And I personally believe that there is nothing wrong being one. I hope nasagot kita ng maayos. :)
Parang sa tin lang din, during the spanish colonization, spanish call filipinos indio kaya offensive sa tin yun. Equivalent sa kanila nyan is n word.
Delete11:20 May mga words kasi na sadyang kakambal na ang pangungutya. Tulad ng bakla bakla, pango. Lalo
DeleteNa sa mga pinoy na likas na mapamintas ang maraming tao. Na ang maganda sa kanila ay maputi at matangos ang ilong. Tingin ko hindi na yan mababago sa mga pinoy. Ang pwedeng baguhin ay tanggapin ng isang tao kung ano sya iembrace ng buong buo ang kasarian nya ang kulay nya etc
i remember during my grade school and high school days hindi masama ang mga terminology na negritos and negrita kasi ito yung ang ibig sabihin ay mga tribe, mga ninuno natin, kaya walang masama. Pero pag ginamit ito sa pag describe ng Black American, doon nagiging racist
DeleteRacist ang ibang pinoy, nakaka-offend kaya matawag ng ganun
ReplyDeleteWe can’t do anything. Di nila alam yon eh.
ReplyDeleteYou can do something by educating your family.
DeleteOkay granted let's educated our fellow Filipinos. But how I see it is that they are bleeding on us, metaphorically speaking. wala naman masamang meaning sa atin yang salita na yan. pero dahil they educated us, now it also means bad to us. now we also have to be offended by that term.
DeleteEducate your friends and family when you hear them say it
Delete4:36 Di ko naman kaano-ano yun nagsabi.
DeleteTanong lang, kung tatagalugin, pano ba sabihin ang "black American" o "people with color"? Yung mga tita ko kasi na di English speaking "N" word din ang gamit.
ReplyDeleteMostly kasi mas prefer nila matawag na African-American kaysa black American.
DeleteAfrican-american or black ang tawag sa kanila sa US. Ang nigger kasi is a racial slur and very insulting sa black race.
DeleteItim na dapat actually. Pero diba spanish background natin. may cerveza negra may paella negra etc
DeleteAmerikanong itim. Amerikanong puti.
Deletemagkaiba kasi yan , malamang Amerikano silang parepareho pero ang negrito at negrita tumutukoy sa mga tribo dito sa Pilipinas. Makikita niyo sa mga textbooks natin yan
DeleteIf you are in the Philippines and if you refer to someone black and call him negro/ negra that is not offensive especially if your dialelct uses those words. Inasmuch as the black Americans want to educate us on the offensive nature of the N-r word, they also need to be educated on the existence of other cultures and languages which may use words such as negro to mean something that is not exactly derogatory. One cannot impose their culture on the other. If tayo yung nasa bansa nila then it is also up to us to educate ourselves on what is and is not acceptable. Thats how it should be. Napaka OA na po kasi minsan. The world does not revolve around a certain group of people. We need to have a little bit of tolerance and understanding towards things that we dont understand and an open mind to accept differences in culture
DeleteThere are words here in the Philippines pertaining to a place like Negros.It is a nice province.
DeleteNot cool nga. But still funny the meow meow.
ReplyDeleteI've been living in the US more than half my life. Isa sa mga pinaka-unang sinabi ng uncle ko na unacceptable sabihin eh ung n-word. That was back in 2008. Fast forward to 2024, ung niece ko na 18 y/o fresh from the Philippines, kung maka-post ng n-word wagas. Nakakainis. But you know what? Di ko sya pagsasabihan. She should know better, especially kaka-graduate nya lang ng high school dito after only months kasi nga they just immigrated.
ReplyDeleteWow. Sometimes you just have to let people learn their own lessons without help.
DeleteNot cool at all. Call them out!
ReplyDeletePinoys are racists without actually knowing that they are being racist
ReplyDeleteTrue
DeleteTrue. And pinoys easily get offended
DeletePero sa raps/songs ng african-american rappers ginagamit nila yung n***a na word.
ReplyDeleteThen leave. Why are you chasing clout in the Philippines anyway!
ReplyDeleteIkaw siguro ayaw mong ini-educate ka kapag ignorante ka sa isang subject ano.
DeleteI'm just curious bakit yung ibang tao hindi pwedeng gamitin yang N-word na yan, pero yung mga mismong Blacks yan ang tawagan nila sa isa't-isa. Maski sa kanila double standards?
ReplyDeleteIt is. Look at blackwashing in hollywood. They call it progressive but when roles are white washed they cry.
DeleteIn the Filipino context, the words Negrito and Negrita are not deregatory. Yan ang tinuturo sa school to describe ethnic tribes in the Philippines. Hindi nito tinutukoy ang Black Americans, magkaiba ito. Grade school at high school textbooks include these words.
ReplyDeleteNigga is typically considered to be taboo for non-black people to say in virtually all contexts, but black people often use it as a general identifier for other black people, like “dude”. It’s usually not an insult, and if someone calls someone else “my nigga” it’s a term of endearment.
ReplyDeleteSome examples:
“That nigga can write with both hands.”
In this context it’s interchangeable with “guy” or “dude”.
“You my nigga, man”.
This is more like “you’re a close friend/companion”. It means you’re close with someone.
It could also just be used to identify people as black:
“They all niggas in that neighborhood”.
many of them call each other that word casually as a way of saying “friend” or “dude” but yes it is very offensive for a non black person to say it
ReplyDelete"Nigga" is used by black people as another word for "dude," "bro," or "friend." This is such because the word "Nigger," both in days past as well as today, was meant to dehumanize black people. In an attempt to "reclaim" the word, or to lessen its power to hurt others, black people have taken it to denote companionship amongst each other.
ReplyDeleteHowever, seeing as how you can't even say or write the words "nigga," or "nigger," without being reprimanded by your peers, despite being in the context of talking about the word itself, I would say it has failed in regards to "lessen its power." This has, more or less, led to a type of "segregated speech," wherein certain groups are "allowed" to say the word, while others aren't. This, in my opinion, while understandable, and good-intentioned, sets a dangerous precedent for other words society might eventually deem "offensive." As such, I refuse to participate in any sort of self-censorship when it comes to discussing the words themselves. By no means am I advocating to go out and call every black person you see a "nigger." By all means am I saying to fear a singular word, to fear a set of characters arranged in a certain order, and fearing the sound it makes, is rather ridiculous. A good rule of thumb when in any kind of social setting is to just avoid the word altogether. Just to be safe.
Supposed to be, still is, but not amongst friends who are black. Depends on the context.
Yikes. Don't say it or type it out. Use n-word and everyone will know what you mean.
ReplyDeleteI'm black, don't use the word but have no problem if other black people do. There is no context where a non black person should/can use the word. That's just the way it is.
because it has a different meaning in this country, so it depends how the word was used
DeleteIt depends on context. When with friends that don't have anything against it anyone can use it. Else it can be offensive.
ReplyDeleteThis is more of a cultural thing.
ReplyDelete"Nigga" is a distortion of "N-gg-r" (fill in the blank yourself), which is a distortion of "Negro" (which, itself, is derived from the latin root for the color black, probably indirectly through spanish).
These are generally considered very offensive when used to describe a person or persons whenever not a member of the group (though "negro" just isn't really used at all anymore). However, as a social phenomenon, some black people use the terms "nigga" to refer to themselves or others. I am not remotely qualified to comment on this phenomenon except to say that I strongly suggest that you do not use any of these terms without being a member of that community.
Labels imposed upon a group tend to not be viewed favorably by that group.
I just wanted to add that I’m african american and I use the word quite often with my peers but not all african americans like being called nigga and may take offense even when other african americans use it. This is mostly the older generation
ReplyDeleteedit: like others have said, it means bro/mate/buddy but it can also mean asshole/bitch/jerk/idiot
Eh racist din naman ang mga yan sa mga asians. Kaya, why get bothered.
ReplyDeleteYung N-word is used by black people to refer to other black people because they have reclaimed that term. You know what reclaiming means? It's to take the negativity out of a word by claiming it as your own and changing its meaning for your people.
ReplyDeleteYung N-word gamit yan ng slave owners and white people in the US to denigrate, degrade, and humiliate the slaves/black people. Many people in the Southern states still use that word because many of them are descendants of slave owners and racism is still very strong there. That word not only carries racism, it carries hundreds of years of hurt done by whites to slaves/black people in America including all the violence they've had to suffer and endure at the hands of white people.
Black people can use the N-word with each other because it doesn't have the same connotation as a white or non-black person using it. The N-word when used by black people means pride in their skin colour and their history. Using the N-word on each other lessens the hurtful meaning of the word for black people, like saying "yeah we're N-word and we're proud of it"
A white person cannot use the N-word without being seen as racist because that term has always been exclusively used by whites to inflict violence and abuse, and to classify black people as subhumans and deny them equality. A non-white or non-black person using it not knowing its history is being ignorant but still hurtful even if it's not their intention. If a white person uses the N-word, it means extreme anger and intention to hurt because its history is taught in American schools, there's no reason to be using that word unless it's to be explicitly racist. There are many words that can be used to call someone but the N-word is one of the worst.
Basically, if you don't know the meaning of the word, do not use it just because you heard other people, especially minorities, use it to call someone else belonging to the same ethnicity. If you hear a word you're not familiar with, research it first instead of saying "well they say it so why can't I?" There are certain words that you cannot say because of their violent history. Only the group on the receiving end of that violence can reclaim that word.
Like literally, people learn language from context clues and hearing them.
DeleteBlacks owned black slaves in africa sold to the whites during atlantic slave trade
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DeleteThe N-word wasn't used by slave owners in Africa. The word doesn't have a violent history from Africa.
It's derived from the word "negro" used by the Spanish/Portuguese slave traders who were the ones who started bringing slaves to South America and had dealings with other white slave traders, but "negro" didn't have the same violent meaning to it for the Spanish/Portuguese as what the N-word has become.
It was the slave owners in America who infused that word with so much violence and hatred, that's why its mostly associated with racism in the US and it's still hurtful and offensive to this day.
As you being a Foreigner, congrats for surviving dropping by the unfiltered side of the Philippines and its people. The street people, the glimpse of daily street life. Random peculiarities yay! Even the bgc peeps went nuts! Just wth?! Di nya expected he would gather such crowd. Kaya at the moment nalang sya nag suggest for police control. Pero yeah, mostly pinoys are such crazy expectators but still a li'l safe buti may dala kang mga body guards lol!
ReplyDeleteActually, mejo nagegets ko yung mga tao na hindi nila alam na nde pala acceptable tawagin yung mga black ng N word. Ako nga over a decade na taga US at ngayon ko lang nalaman na nde rin pala acceptable yung term na M (mix of black and white).
ReplyDeleteOK NAMAN SINABI NYA, PERO IBA ANG LITERALISM SA CONTEXTUALISM
ReplyDeleteHilig kasi ng Pinoy to copy what saw on internet without knowing the context. Don't use the N word if you are in the West. But here in PH parang di naman derogatory yung term na n**ro/ra coz these words are commonly used here as a Spanish word that refers to a certain colour. I don't get offended if family members or friends would playfully call me n**ra. My parents raised me not to be ashamed of my brown skin. More melanin means less risk for skin cancer.
ReplyDeleteSiguro ang N-word is parang indio na tawag sa mga Filipinos nung spanish colonization ng 300 years. Ayaw natin tawagin tayong ganon at hindi rin natin tinatawag ang kapwa filipino ng salitang indio
ReplyDeleteN word ginagamit talaga yan sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas kasi tribo yan ng mga ninuno or yung ancient tribes na mga Pilipino, not pertaining to Black Americans
DeleteMost of the black people are playing racism card. But most of them are racist also
ReplyDeleteThey should also stop using it so it doesn't become common, forget the word but not its history
ReplyDeleteMake sure you also make the same plea when Asian Americans are facing the most name calling and prejudiced treatments by most people of the West. Like the tennis star Zheng Qinwen in the US Open was outright called a Yellow Banana just when she was about to serve. Asian-Americans in STEM research being unfairly targeted by authorites. The amount of racism online against Asian-Americans is staggering and people are emboldened, and yet no one is defending them. Pero ngayon pa righteous kayo sa N-word
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