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Re: born Jamaican / adopted raised USA...
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: wjo</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Wow.......Wow.... just told by one of my sister-in -laws who now know.. <span style="font-weight: bold">" you ain't no Jamaican you still a 5-ward N---er".</span>. (hummm.strange there are no pic's of me with this family)..........Ok peeps I guess I'm in for it.....and more then sure I will hear this again, and many dis belives....But you know what, mi.know who mi is...thanks for the forun I have some to talk to and listen....... LOL.... </div></div>
Hi wjo, I'm not around these forums like I used to, but sometimes I visit and put my two cents in. Because of your sister-in- law's comment, you will get a little Jamaican lesson.. I am aware of how black Americans use the N-word among themselves without feeling offended. Although it's derogatively used by the wider population in reference to black people, I understand why American blacks use it among each other and was told why.. It's done to take the "sting" out of the word. Your sister- in -law doesn't know that Jamaicans have their own N-word; they just dont use it as often for good reasons..
I know of Jamaicans in the States who occasionally use it like you guys do, but dont be dismayed, we have our own equivalence of the word in "patwa" - "Negro" in Jamaican patwa is "Naaga", rymes with "deigo" with an (a) sound at the end instead of the (o). It is used derogatively in Jamaica but not in a racist sense; it's more like a put down of the "lower classes" and so many blacks use it against other blacks without getting any re-action whatever. Most will laugh it off, no harm done.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: wjo</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Wow.......Wow.... just told by one of my sister-in -laws who now know.. <span style="font-weight: bold">" you ain't no Jamaican you still a 5-ward N---er".</span>. (hummm.strange there are no pic's of me with this family)..........Ok peeps I guess I'm in for it.....and more then sure I will hear this again, and many dis belives....But you know what, mi.know who mi is...thanks for the forun I have some to talk to and listen....... LOL.... </div></div>
Hi wjo, I'm not around these forums like I used to, but sometimes I visit and put my two cents in. Because of your sister-in- law's comment, you will get a little Jamaican lesson.. I am aware of how black Americans use the N-word among themselves without feeling offended. Although it's derogatively used by the wider population in reference to black people, I understand why American blacks use it among each other and was told why.. It's done to take the "sting" out of the word. Your sister- in -law doesn't know that Jamaicans have their own N-word; they just dont use it as often for good reasons..
I know of Jamaicans in the States who occasionally use it like you guys do, but dont be dismayed, we have our own equivalence of the word in "patwa" - "Negro" in Jamaican patwa is "Naaga", rymes with "deigo" with an (a) sound at the end instead of the (o). It is used derogatively in Jamaica but not in a racist sense; it's more like a put down of the "lower classes" and so many blacks use it against other blacks without getting any re-action whatever. Most will laugh it off, no harm done.
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