Going back to the old Roll Call thread, was it rkmsuf who named SkyDog HNIC?

nope, wish I did though. I'd have book deals by now.

I think he was laughing at me having already put it in there.

Ah. I was looking at posts #18 and #21:

http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=4475&page=1

Dola, strange too because it's one of the two threads I have subscribed. Don't know why I subscribed them.

Hockey Night In Canada :p

Hockey Night In Canada :p

that's why I clicked on the thread.

*backs out quietly*

From the African American Registry:

[Neo revisionist] arguments [for the use of "nigga"] may not be true to life. Brother (Brotha) and Sister (Sistah or Sista) are terms of endearment. Nigger was and still is a word of disrespect. ...the artificial dichotomy between blacks or African Americans (respectable and middle-class) and niggers (disrespectable and lower class) ought to be challenged. Black is a nigger, regardless of behavior, earnings, goals, clothing, skills, ethics, or skin color. Finally, if continued use of the word lessened its damage, then nigger would not hurt or cause pain now. Blacks, from slavery 'til today, have internalized many negative images that white society cultivated and broadcast about black skin and black people. This is mirrored in cycles of self- and same-race hatred. The use of the word nigger by blacks reflects this hatred, even when the user is unaware of the psychological forces involved. Nigger is the ultimate expression of white racism and white superiority no matter how it is pronounced.

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Nigger, like the false impressions it incorporates and means, puts down Blacks, and rationalizes their abuse. The use of the word or its alternatives by Blacks has not lessened its hurt. This is not surprising in a racial hierarchy four centuries old, shaping the historical relationship between European Americans and African Americans. Anti-Black attitudes, motives, values, and behavior continue. Historically, Nigger more than any other word capture the personal hatred and institutionalized racism directed toward Blacks. It still does.

I'm offended.



















OKay, not really. ;)

African AmericanYour source lost all credibility with me right there. ;)

Your source lost all credibility with me right there. ;)Regardless of your feelings on that particular piece of vernacular, I think the author makes a pretty good point.

Well, I do remember when i had the sillyness to ask what HNIC meant...

Well, I do remember when i had the sillyness to ask what HNIC meant...

I give up. What does it mean?

I give up. What does it mean?
Go watch the movie Lean On Me.

I give up. What does it mean?

He's Not Ichabod Crane.

Helps Naughty Indiscreet Children :)

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