This word has been banned from my house as I try to express the history of the word and the aggression that came with it.
Hip-hop and rap music has transcended into the global market. Kids across the world and chanting and rapping using the N-Word with what appears to be zero understanding the history of the word.
The N-Word and Hip Hop Lyrics
This conversation comes up often whether on social media, the school cafeteria or between parents.
My friend an colleague Dr. Amina Humphrey I wish I had the exact words practiced and rote for me to deliver when asked, “Why is the N-Word so bad?
What to say to your kids?
Hip-hop and rap music gives a pass to people to use the word, why?
Those who use the word are forgetting the history of the word.
There is little critique as it is the language of oppression. It began with the oppressor.
Images of lynchings, we know from history and witness accounts that the last word these men heard before they were lynched, was the N-Word.
The intention of the word is hateful and filled with violence and atrocities. How and why is it used by black men and women who know the history?
Help us understand
“One group does not have ownership of the word.” Amina Humphrey
Non-black transracial teens listen to hip-hop lyrics reciting the words and using the N-Word as a banter back and forth to their friends is a reminder that they are ignorant about the history.
I would love to have the conversation with the writers of the lyrics that include the N-Word, and other words that are hateful toward women, gays, and others.
Let’s sit down and have a conversation.
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