Sometimes I want to call my white friends “niggah”, just as a term of endearment. What would happen if I did this in public? Would a black guy get upset about this?
Let’s note the difference between “nigger” and “niggah.”
As soon as you get outta the hospital, let us know how it went. 
Most black guys I know would just assume you were an idiot. I’m not sure if I’d disagree.
Peace,
mangeorge
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Like any other group, black people are people, and the reaction of a specific individual will be peculiar to that individual.
That said, some might get pissed, but I’d guess the majority would just laugh at you.
I don’t even use the term and my father is a black man, it would never be O.K. for a white person to say it. It’s just so stupid and obviously making fun of black people. There are so many other words you could use besides “Niggah” that my question is why even go there?
I don’t even like when black people say it but I know if I hear 2 black kids using it that they are not mocking a group of people or if another black kid says it to me I know he isn’t condescending. If I had my way nobody would use the words Nigger or Nigga.
There is none.
Why you would even want to do that speaks volumes about you. None of it good.
Kinda like calling your buddy a bitch, huh?
What, you don’t have any black friends you can ask?
If you have to ask…then don’t do it.
You think there’s a difference huh? Maybe, but apparently not enough for you to use it in public. A term of endearment? Niggah please…don’t bullshit me. You just wanna be cool but you ain’t no brutha.
nah…it just doesn’t roll off the tongue when you’re faking it, does it? Sounds kinda insincere and maybe a little disrespectful doesn’t it?
Now that I think about it some more. I don’t even think I’d use the word bitch publicly.At least not in the presence of any ladies. Unless of course I was calling HER a bitch. Sorry if that ain’t what you wanted to hear (insert ethnic slur here).
Another vote here for no, you shouldn’t do it. That is a very emotionally loaded term for many people and it’s just too much of a potential powder keg.
In public? No. Who cares if there are blacks around? It could offend anyone.
In private? Who cares what you call your friends, but the more you call them that in private, the more likely you are to slip up & call them that in public.
WHY??
What about the word ‘niggah’ in general? What if you’re white, walking down the street, and your little old grandmother asks you what NWA stands for?
A term of endearment is “buddy”, or “pal”, or “ya big knucklehead.”
“Niggah” is an ethnic slur, however you want to misspell it.
Have you considered the possibility that you are merely a moron?
Then why the hell is it okay for blacks to call us “crackers” in public? If we cant say nigger or niggah, they shouldn’t say cracka. It works both ways.
Personally though, if you were my friend and you called me “Niggah”, I’d slap you. It seems more like an insult than a term of endearment.
Play it safe. Go with “crackah”.
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I don’t think, pyrrthon1, that you came to this board meaning any disrespect. I hope you posted as you did out of ignorance. So what I reccommend is that you make an effort to really get to know some black people, in and outside of your peer group. Maybe you’ll get to know someone well enough to call him “knucklehead”. I promose that if you try you’ll at least make some new friends.
Forget the word “nigger”.
Two friends of mine - Kev, who is white, and Asha, who is black - were goofing around one day.
Kev says “For shnizzle, my nizzle” (a la Snoop Dogg).
Asha looks him dead in the eye and says, “For shnizzle, my wizzle”. :eek:
My advice? Greet your friend by saying “whaddup, my wizzle”. Or, “Yo, wizzle, what’s the snizzle?”
Ya still sound dorky, but you’re not being offensive! 
It isn’t OK. Why do you think it is? Just because they do it?
That’s the silliest argument. When I was three, mom told me “two wrongs don’t make a right.”
I don’t think you’ll find an etiquette manual anywhere that would describe blacks calling whites “cracka” to be polite or even mildly acceptable.
Please. Frances done tore up Florida and the damn Republicans have a double digit convention bounce. I gots no time t’teach y’all wigger etiquette!!
There is a difference between white folks saying “nigger” and “nigga”, tho. One gets you laughed at, one gets your ass handed to you. Word.
Damn wangstas.