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Originally Posted by Nobody1
Perhaps a provocative question but it interests me really. So please don't understand this wrong. I ask anyway. 
Why do black people call each other " N***** "? Maybe i'm stupid but i do not understand that.  |
Neither does anyone else. I've heard one theory that by "claiming" the word for themselves African-Americans can somehow sanitize it or remove the negative association. Personally I don't think that will work, its still too soon.
Personally, I think its just some people rebelling. One of the best ways to get an adolescent to do something is to forbid them from doing it. The N word is forbidden, so of course they have to shock everyone else by using it. I think there's also an element of baiting involved. If someone else uses it after hearing them use it, its an excuse to vent on the second party for being disrespectful. "I'm the only one who can be insulting like that!" thinking.
Basically, IMHO, there's no good reason for it.