Day 49
We have been looking into our family tree and as a person of colour, obviously we've run into relatives who were slaves.
We have managed to get copies of flyers from the Caribbean (there was a lot of rebelling and runaways in Jamaica, no wonder it was the first Island to abolish slavery).
The majority of paperwork relates to people from Africa as Negros. It comes from the Latin word Niger meaning the colour Black.
Malcom X as well as others in the American Civil right movements of the 60's, championed for the word Negro to be removed, due to its connotations to slavery, discrimination and segregation.
Nigger, is an American word. Used as an insult to anyone with even a single drop of black blood running in their veins. It is a seriously offensive word, that brings to mind, one races inhumanity towards another. Whipping, rape, hanging, poverty and torture.
Yet black men insist on calling each other this word. They say it to each other in the street, they use it in their song lyrics, they use it in films. I have young nephews who hear these words every day. Why? The people who insist on using this word, who are in the main stream entertainment industry claim they are reclaiming the word, so it no longer has any power over us.....BULLSHIT!
The Jews suffered not only slavery in the past, but 6 million suffered at the hands of Germans, yet I have yet to hear a Jewish comedian or singer open up with "What's up my Yids"
Pakistanis suffered at the hands of the English but I don't remember any bollywood hits with lyrics "I'm a Paki and I'm proud!"
The Irish suffered for over 800 years at the hands of the English, yet I don't remember any of them constantly referring to each other as 'Paddy'.
I grew up in the 80's where offensive words like that were constantly on TV (we still had the Black & White minstrel show on TV for God's sake!). Words like those above were used to hurt, insult or used to make another feel inferior.
The word 'Nigger' IS a major insult. It shows how low you have become. Low intelligence, low prospects, low life expectancy. Those in the entertainment industry, use that word to inflame, to be popular with the kids who they want to buy their products and make THEM rich. In that respect, they are no better than the old slave masters. We should be helping each other, not using words to segregate us further. We need to ban this word, not only from others but by us as blacks too. To do otherwise, is to perpetuate the Nigger mentality. Generations of black boys killing each other in the gutter, where the old slave masters always said they belonged.
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"Duchess", "GI Jane", "Bollywood", "Doc Martins", "Guru".
We have been looking into our family tree and as a person of colour, obviously we've run into relatives who were slaves.
We have managed to get copies of flyers from the Caribbean (there was a lot of rebelling and runaways in Jamaica, no wonder it was the first Island to abolish slavery).
The majority of paperwork relates to people from Africa as Negros. It comes from the Latin word Niger meaning the colour Black.
Malcom X as well as others in the American Civil right movements of the 60's, championed for the word Negro to be removed, due to its connotations to slavery, discrimination and segregation.
Nigger, is an American word. Used as an insult to anyone with even a single drop of black blood running in their veins. It is a seriously offensive word, that brings to mind, one races inhumanity towards another. Whipping, rape, hanging, poverty and torture.
Yet black men insist on calling each other this word. They say it to each other in the street, they use it in their song lyrics, they use it in films. I have young nephews who hear these words every day. Why? The people who insist on using this word, who are in the main stream entertainment industry claim they are reclaiming the word, so it no longer has any power over us.....BULLSHIT!
The Jews suffered not only slavery in the past, but 6 million suffered at the hands of Germans, yet I have yet to hear a Jewish comedian or singer open up with "What's up my Yids"
Pakistanis suffered at the hands of the English but I don't remember any bollywood hits with lyrics "I'm a Paki and I'm proud!"
The Irish suffered for over 800 years at the hands of the English, yet I don't remember any of them constantly referring to each other as 'Paddy'.
I grew up in the 80's where offensive words like that were constantly on TV (we still had the Black & White minstrel show on TV for God's sake!). Words like those above were used to hurt, insult or used to make another feel inferior.
The word 'Nigger' IS a major insult. It shows how low you have become. Low intelligence, low prospects, low life expectancy. Those in the entertainment industry, use that word to inflame, to be popular with the kids who they want to buy their products and make THEM rich. In that respect, they are no better than the old slave masters. We should be helping each other, not using words to segregate us further. We need to ban this word, not only from others but by us as blacks too. To do otherwise, is to perpetuate the Nigger mentality. Generations of black boys killing each other in the gutter, where the old slave masters always said they belonged.
Race for Life 5K Pretty Muddy Reading 30th May 2015
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