by Jobie Weetaluktuk

Created on: February 22, 2007   Last Updated: April 30, 2007

The "N" word. Negro or its' biting variation nigger. That is what the N word is. There are some words that are designed to devastate a person, or a whole visible ethnic group and the N word is the biggest one. It is designed to denigrate. Nigger stands alone as a word that bites the soul with the fangs of offense. Some people can only bring themselves to utter the "N" word as if they were speak futile defense before the Lord on judgment day. They have to muster courage even to say the offending word. If there was ever an example of a power in a word, nigger displays it in raw power and viciousness.

There has been for years, a movement to ban the N word. It is an offensive, racist word, so it seems to stand to reason. Like all controversies, the N word has the antagonistic sides. There are people who use that word to the full extent of its' malice. It comes not so much as from the mouth but from the pit that is the excuse for a heart. When this word is spat out, it immediately hearkens the days of slavery when one could own "a thing" and be in utter contempt of "it". "A thing" such as a member of the human race.

In these two camps, the victims and the offender make arguments only as humans can. They employ the full arsenal of rhetoric, indignation, reason, and every strand of human emotion.

Negro is thought to have origins from the Spanish or Portuguese language. It was descriptive word to designate the dark pigmented skin of the peoples of Africa. "Peoples" as in member of the human race. Then the descriptive designation took a dark and sinister tone probably because of human slavery and slave traders. It was probably a way to "psychologically justify" that slaves were subhuman and could be owned. From there it took even a worse demeanor. In the minds of many the word now means an animal that is worse than a dog.
The "N" word for all its' venomous capacity should not be banned. We have now learned that even snake venom has its' applications. As much as it has harmed, hurt, and destroyed lives, the word has build, strengthened, and made champions.

It has build
The N word has build families that would stand together against adversity and of the viciousness of persons, commerce, and states. It has build a community that is not only justly proud, but one that has gain respect and even admiration of peoples around the world. It has built a community of like-minded people, of different colors, languages, and cultures. These diverse groups share a fellowship in their

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