"Neg" (sp?)

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Don't try to sugar coat it, if it's considered a term of endearment it's only because the people using it were not thinking or seeing their subconscious racism... I found this thread because I had a memory of it and searched and found this... I'm a white Cajun and I remember it was used in jest, I remember the the reference regarding our summer tans, white Cajun people can get very dark in the summer and adults referencing us as T'neg or negesse was saying we were like little black kids and while maybe in "fun" I still think it was overt or covert subconscious racism... It was derogatory ... But at the same time Cajun people call themselves Coon asses... Lol that seems a bit derogatory... They are kinda racist toward themselves, kinda just poke fun at most things and don't really get too caught up in holding grudges or holding themselves as high and mighty or better than, I think a lot Cajun people have black, or African blood anyway.

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So if its considered a cultural thing for me to refer to women as bitches. It should befine for me to refer to your mother, wife, sister, or daughter as a bitch, right? Since its cultural for me, it should not be a problem for you to get over it. Is this how we are going to deal with unbeknownst ignorance? We all know where the term comes from. And though it is used as words of endearment now, like most black culture has integrated the use of nigger or nigga (which "Neg" means the exact same thing), dont disregard a person feeling offended by it because they aren't ignorant to its origin. As a black man, I dont care about you saying nigga when singing your favorite rap song, but I dont want to be referred to as nigga (or T neg) by a person of a different race because carries malice even when it's not intended to.

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It says Louisiana meaning not Canada...