Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Small Stones of the Lexicon

Some say the word "nigga" is blasphemous. How? Why? Isn't the connotation different than the actual word "nigger?" Tell me, if "nigga" was not part of the upper echelon of friendly lexicon, how can black people can get away with calling everyone it? The house of lexicon that I am a part of believes that to satirize a word is to cauterize it, thus making it another word and words are mere. So my niggas, I tell you this: nigga is a brother and a brother is a friend of mine.

To call someone a "nigger," however, is completely different. Amazing how the change of the ending can bring about two different meanings. But is this so different? In Greek there are four different words for love, and in spanish, there are constant irregularities that cause changed definition. Thus, only "nigger" is offensive, whereas "nigga" is not.

Sin boldly, O brothers, for in sin is the basis of change and acceptance. Society, more oft than not, is wrong.

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