Nigger Fires Bitter Debate Summary

Michel Marriott’s article, “Rap’s Embrace of ‘Nigger’ Fires Bitter Debate” was an interesting read. The thing that caught my attention the most was his spelling of Nigger instead of Nigga. There is and importance of who says this word and how it is said. This article really focuses on the “popularity” of the word Nigga. In this article a rappers were mentioned like Ice T, KRS -ONE, NWA which brings attention to how rap helped with the increasement in the use of the word. Nigga has been used more and more by blacks and even whites. Krs One says that there is upside to the word Nigger being used more, that it could possible lose its original meaning and become and term of endearment, even used in elementary school testing.While on the same hand …show more content…
He argued, “They were trying to suggest that the very means by which the dominant culture will assault you we will now appropriate that term and then spit it right back at you, circulate it as a term of endearment, love each other.” I feel as if he saying that sometime during history that every Black Person has taken this word and made it into something great to reflect a better union. I don't feel as if Dyson was realistic in the sense of how the word Nigga came upon. He says that Nigga is a term of endearment, but that isn't it either because it applied in different senses everydays. I.E “I hate that Nigga”, “Fuck that Nigga” and so forth. Whereas when used as a term or “endearment” other words can be used, such has brother, sister, homie, friend and so forth. The term Nigger was used so much in regards to blacks that we started to pick it up and use it ourselves. Even though its meaning today does is not denote inferiority this is because of ebonix used with in Blacks. While West states that “You can never put limits on creativity, e West Also states that the Hip Hop culture appeal makes the process problematic as the hurtful history of self-hatre that comes with the word. West opposes the use of the word in any