in the wake of so much debate over an elite White man calling members of a women’s college basketball team ‘nappy-headed ho’s’ …
this has been cordially jacked from Vast Aire’s MySpace blog.
here are some extra ebonic sounds for you proper speaking nerds…lol
ALL WORDS THAT END WITH “TH” BECOME “F”
ALL WORDS THAT START WITH “TH” BECOME “D” OR “DA”
ALL WORDS THAT END WITH ‘ER” BECOME “A’ OR “AH’
ALL WORDS THAT END WITH “ING” BECOME ‘IN’
REMEMBER “BAD” MEANS GOOD….
AND CHILLIN’ MEANS RELAXING, OR MAINTAINING
.I LIKE TO SAY “WHATS GOOD” ITS MEANS HELLO…lol
Ebonics is very important, because it is the root of hip hop speaking. hip hop is from the streets, and this is how we talk. in this blog i am going to try to help people understand why we say what we say and what it honestly means and who has the right to say it.
During slavery slaves were sold to the americans by
portuguese slave traders.The americans were buying ,”Ne-gros”, which is spanish for black, the slaves owners coined the term, “Nigger”
trying to say, “Ne-gro”, “Black”
“NIGGER” is a bad word. it was used to put dark colored people down, not only the american negro slaves, but any race that was not white.
but like always humans will find ways to make somthing evolve.
and how we talk is a huge part of this process.
in today’s lesson we we look at how “nigger” became “nigga” and how we as a people changed the underlining meanings of this ugly term.
the meanings of a lot of words have been changed to fit different needs
for ex;
the word “mad” in ebonics means “to have a lot of”
so if i wanted to say there are a lot of people at the party…that becomes “yo theres MAD people in the house” or “i have MAD money”
now the last time i checked, “mad” in english ment to be angry, or crazy?
but in street/urban culture it means “a lot of” like “theres MAD food”
the word nigger is used in the same light.
“NIGGER” can be many things, it could be a group of men.
for ex; “yo i just got robbed by mad niggas” now in this case it could have been 4 or 5 white kids that robbed him. but when he tells the story, those white kid became “niggas” and remeber “mad means “a lot”
so “mad niggas” in this case is a few white dudes.
or it could be a hurtful term used to down a certin type of person like ‘i hate you niggers…go back to africa”
…bitch is used to rep females, this is not always a bad thing!!! most times BITCH is used for a strong women who knows what she wants. it can also be used to show a group of women. such as;
“im going to that club tonight, they got MAD BITCHES”
notice agian the use of “mad” witch reps the numbers, and “bitch” reps the women.
a bitch can also be a weak man. or somone who complains.
so a bitch is a nagging women, a strong women and a weak man, and a female dog all in one.
when this is understood, you are able to see the different sides of language
for ex;
the word “SHIT” means feces or in child talk “doo doo” but “SHIT ” also means “possessions” or what you own. or somthing you like a lot or respect.
for ex;
if you have a lot of somthing yo can say “i have MAD SHIT”
i come home and i cant find my jacket, only to find out my little brother has it. so when i see him i wil say. “dont touch my SHIT witout asking me.
or if my friend comes home from drinking all night, i can say “damn…you look like SHIT”
or when a song or a movie comes on that i love i can say ” Tturn that up…thats my SHIT” ….lol lol
again nigger is used in the same way. NIGGER CAN YOUR BROTHER, OR A FRIEND OR A BUNCH OF PEOPLE. it all depends on how its used.
white people should just leave the word alone, due to the history of how it was used. we were being sold like farm animals and “nigger” was the term used.
blacks or other colored people should undertsand what the words root is, and if they choose to still use it, its up to them. BUT WHATCH YOUR CONTEXT.
look at the term “SHUT UP”
now that couldbe said from a very angry view or it could be little richards “shut up”
whitch is like a personal joke. how many times did you tell somone to shut up and you loved them to death?
even i have a term like little richards..i always say “YOU NEED TO STOP”
thats my way of saying your crazy, or your over the top with it
nigger is the same, again if your only looking at this from a standard engilish veiw point. you will be a robot, and you will not see the truth. and the truth is a word is nothing without its “TONE” OR MEANING”
CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING.
SO WHEN I HUG A CLOSE FRIEND AND CALL HIM “MY NIGGA” IM HONESTLY SAYING “MY BROTHER” BUT WHEN A RACIST COP HAS HIS FOOT IN YOUR BACK…HIS “NIGGER” HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH US BEING BROTHERS!
I HOPE I DIDNT LOSE YOU….LOL
I WROTE THIS BLOG BECAUSE OF THAT RAIDO HOST THAT CALLED THE FEMALE BASKET BALL PLAYERS ‘NAPPY HEADED”. IN MY OPINION HE SHOULD HAVE JUST CALLED THEM A COON OR A NIGGER. I THINK HIS JOB SHOULD BE TAKEN.
IT WAS HIS CONTEXT THATS HAS HIM IN HOT WATER….AND HE IS NOT BLACK OR FROM HIP HOP CULTURE. HE’S JUST A WHITE GUY ON A MIC THAT SAID NAPPY HEADS????
IM GLAD I HAVE NAPPY HAIR. IM VERY PROUD TO BE NUBIAN INDIAN.
SO CALLED “BLACKS” ARE THE ORIGINS OF HUMAN LIFE.
AND WE NEED TO GET THAT RESPECT BACK.
AND EBONICS IS OUR PERSONAL WAY TO SPEAK. ITS OUR SLANG
THERE ARE NO DOUBLE STANDARDS….LIKE WHEN IM ON X BOX, THE RACIST KIDS WE PLAY WITH DONT KNOW WHAT COLOR WE ARE….BUT THEY HEAR THAT ‘URBAN-TALK” AND THEN THEY START CALLING US NIGGERS WHEN WE WIN THE GAME??? THEY ARE TRYNG TO HURT US. AND THATS THERE UNDERLINING MEANING.
PEOPLE WILL USE WORDS TO HURT OR TO HEAL AND IN SOME CASES, THE WORD WILL BE THE SAME. BUT THE MEANING IS NOT!
VAST-
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