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I just read a story, and I'm not going to lie. It was a good story but I'm not going to recommend it. I get it in every state we have our not so nice looking neighborhoods. But when did we, as a writing community allow the words "nigga", and "nigger" to be in our stories. Not everyone from as people say, "from that side of the tracks", speaks like that. I can say that because for years that's how my family and I lived. We're from the east side of DC. We were raised to use proper grammar. I get it you want to show people how they talk, but for every other word to be nigga. That is too much.
We get upset when people call is that, but we give them a reason to. We call our friends that and when we greet each other. It's not "hey how are you?" No instead it's, "hey my nigga". What the hell.
I find it crazy that we as African Americans would call each other that. I thought we were above that.
Just because rappers use it doesn't mean we have to use it.
Times have changed. And instead of going forward, were going backwards. I don't like seeing my people refer to each other in such a manner.
I just had to get this off my chest. I'm so ashamed of of how we as a writing community will allow such degrading words be in our stories.
I know I use bitch and slut, and I shouldn't and I'm working on that. But I would never use harmful words even if they are not meant to be hurtful in my stories. I will not read or follow people who have no respect for themselves.