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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.  |
What black people call each other is "nigga", which is somewhat different than the archaic meaning. I view it as a way to co-opt an unpleasant past, turning it into a source of pride and individuality, and indeed, a term of status.
Tupac Shakur, the late hip-hop superstar, was fond of saying that "a n****r is a black man with a slave chain around his neck; a nigga is a black man with a
gold chain around his neck." That doesn't always apply, but it should give you a general idea of the terms of its usage.