White people can say the word nigga all they want. Unless they're joking, it will just make them look like a fool. Most white people that seriously use it in their vocab have just heard it in songs and shit and are trying to be "cool."

Blacks can say it if they really want to... But they shouldnt go arguing that it retains the same meaning it used to have. They say it because its been popularized, and its just a slang word now. Its like white people saying "oy, hows it going man?" .. blacks will say "oy, hows it going, nigga?" ... In the end its just a slang word. A meaningless prefix or suffix that has become a habit to say. If blacks argue it still has meaning, they wouldnt be saying it, since its an insult.

and dont rebut with "omg u idiot it has meaning wtf do u even kno hiztory?" .. yeah, it had a meaning, but now it doesnt.

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