""Nigger."" We''ve all heard the word before, we''ve all seenit, most of us have said it or
             thought about saying it at one point in ourlives. But do any of us truly know themeaning of
             the word. We all know it''s adirty word, we all know that in the ""public"" eye we shouldn''t
             use theword. However, what we know to be truthmay be false, what we know to be a
             ""nigger"", is not we know, it''s what we''vebeen taught.
             Commonquestions pop into our head when the word ""nigger"" is said, 1)""Why can
             blackpeople call each other nigger, but when a white person does it, it's time tofight?"";
             2)""If nigger is such a bad word, then why do rappers constantly calltheir friends
             niggers?"". The following analogy should answer the precedingquestion: Imagine a 28-year-
             old man named Steve with a sister four yearsyounger than him named Sara. When Sara was
             a little girl, Steve used to teaseher and call her "Poopface." It was a very mean
             name, but as we allknow, boys will be boys. When the family gets together, Steve calls Sara
             "Poopface."Sara just smiles and acknowledges all the things they went through
             in theirchildhood. But if I were to go up to Sara and called her "Poopface,"she
             would likely serve me up a knuckle sandwich. Furthermore if Steve heard mecalling his
             sister "Poopface," he would also likely be very upset.How could Steve get so
             upset about me calling his sister the same thing hedoes? For the reason I do not use it in the
             same manner Steve does, because Ihave no idea as to where the origin or the background of
             the nickname, or ofthe bond the two share.
             The same precedent hold''strue when concerning the use of the word ""nigger."" Ninety
             percent of th...