Why is it allowed for a Latino to say the N word?

Question

But not for white people, I think its being a hypocrite and stupid. The last time a Mexican dude called me the N word I beat the daylight out of him, but when my half brother who's white says it he gets beat up by blacks. But when the Latinos say it, its no big deal. Whats up with that..??..why cant white people say it but Latinos can..Either let everyone say the word or don't let Latinos say the word.

Answer 1

They aren't allowed! They never will be either.  

Answer 2

I don't know.  Personally I think it's stupid.  No one should say the word.

Answer 3

I thought that word was "buried" not long ago. I guess the word of it`s burial didn`t get out to all my neegazz...

Answer 4

do you have to have the sky fall on your heads???  STOP SAYING THE FU@KING WORD NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE ADDRESSING!!!!

Answer 5

well you should be mad at your brother for even saying it...its offensive and cruel so sorry to say this, but he deserved that beat down...as for all that latino white who can say it who cant...all of that is bullshit...the word should not be spoken by anyone...i get offended when i hear black ppl say it, but thats not gonna stop them from doing so...what you and your brother need to do is except the fact that there is nothing you can do to change the exceptance of the word...your best bet is to avoid it and tell your brother to do the same...and keep this in mind...ITS 2008!!! this word has been used for centuries so stop trying to understand the rules and terms to it and just avoid it all together...

Answer 6

OMG i said the same thing

Like my bf is white, and he's never said the word....i dont mind if he said "n*gga" but -er...that would be so awkward...my own parents call my bf "n*gga" like when they first talked to him on the phone they were like wassup my n*gga (they didnt know he was white lol)...anywayy when Latinos use it they add the -er and i know that a LOT of mexicans do not like black people so when they say n*gger i take it offensively b/c i know they mean it in a bad way...one girl said it but didnt see me the ONLY black girl in the hallway (yeah i live in little mexico aka arizona)...that girl thought i was bout ta beat her like she stole somethin but i didnt...she apologized bout 5 or 6 times....idk why the mexican kids at school look at me like ima shank them or something...i'm 5'8 and i weight 119...i dont carry guns or knives lmao...i never been a fight really...but i can fight if i want to...it's just stupid to look at me as if ima gangbanger...im in effin ib wtf am i gonna do throw a book at you? i mean some people say it's just a word but my ancestors got beat with that word...u'd think i'd be the one using it and my parents would say not to...oh no my mom said she uses that word to greet people and that she cant stop using it (she's a teacher too) lmao...i dont typically use the word like i used to...

Answer 7

Latinos are not N word like as far history goes. As an appearance the local indigenous people who lived in the Americas before the inquisition had a darker tan, but the N word was invented by the American colonists referring to African slaves. Now a days it still keeps it's racist meaning and also got to be used as slang between different gang members.

They let Latinos use the word because they feel that Latinos are as oppressed as they are by the whites.

My take to these kind of words is somehow different. But that's a different matter. Racism is just.....  

Answer 8

that is the best thing i have heard yet. i wish people would stop saying it all together. i grew up in the south and have heard it pronounced so hatefully it makes my skin crawl.

Answer 9

this word sounds bad in any flavor

Answer 10

well the whites called them it to degrade them as a slave, by saying that word and being that race means slaves to whites (from history)

and the urban has adopted it as a way to take away the harshness from the word

Answer 11

No one should use it, I did not know it was pick on latinos tuesday.

Answer 12

Because latinos are minorities just like blacks are.The experience is a little different,but for the most part blacks accept things from latinos they usually wouldnt from whites.

Answer 13

You bring up a good question.  When I hear Indians, whites, whoever except for blacks and hispanics use the "*****" (homey, man, friend, etc.) term, I don't like it.  I feel some certain type of way.  One day at school, some Indian kids said *****, referring to one of their boys, they quickly got quiet and looked in my direction, they was all scared cause they themselves didn't feel like they should be saying the word.  Hispanics/Latins never do that, they use it like blacks do.  I don't know why it is accepted, don't know why I didn/t have an issue with them.  Hmmm....

Don't even know if this is how you meant it ;oP

Answer 14

i'm assuming ur black, i'm black too. anyway i've never thought about that but now that i do i notice that i get pissed when white ppl say it more than latinos. i think its probably because latinos are not the ones that had slaves white ppl were and for a white person to call a black person the N word must be really insulting. but when a latino person says it its not as insulting because first off all, they were considered minority groups as well as blacks and second of all they are usually friends. However, it was really wrong that the black kids at ur bro's skool r beatin him up. r the latino kids that say the N word friends w/ the black kids? wer they insulting the black kids or just sayin it casually as friends. was ur bro insulting the black kids when he was sayin the N word or casually as classmates? also, i dont get mad at my friends wen they say wassup ***** to me whether theyre black/white/latino but if someone i didnt rlly know said it i would get pissed so maybe thats another reason

Answer 15

i have never heard of a mexican being able to call someone a n word and not get in trouble bye it, however dominicans and pourtoricans say it quit often, maybe its because their culture is similar to black culture (hence, alot of Caribbean hispanics have black ancestry). Besides, why would anyone want to use that word anyway, its not a privilege to say the n word

Answer 16

Political correctness possibly. Everyone wants to blame white people for something they had no control over what their ancestors did to others in the past. PC is a social evil and spreads like cancer. Just my view.

Answer 17

IDK

Answer 18

i have never figured out everyone's fascination with the n-word, it's a word with no more power then what the speaker or listener gives it, to say nothing for the fact that i know of uncounted other words that i can come up with that can have even worse meanings than that one does, for as long as people get  upset by the word itself rather than how it's used it will always have power

Answer 19

None of that over here in the UK....never been called a ****** in my life....Fank God.

Answer 20

..Mexicans are latino..

Answer 21

lol, my aunt married a Mexican dude, and he knows good and well not to say the n word, because....well yeah..haha. And they still crack on each other's race all the time! but, THAT'S were they draw the line, and she would never call him a wet****.