“My niggas. Some niggas that you don’t wanna try. My niggas. Some niggas that’s really do or die. My niggas. Ain’t no longer living a lie. My niggas is stong. My niggas is real.” Does this artist use the word nigger in the same way that racists have and still are? The answer to this question is a simple one- no. Today’s urban society have changed, not only the definition, but …showed first 75 words of 1457 total…

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