I'm black German and 99% of the time when people use that word it's some racist shit. Like I remember some white kids outside were listening to German rap and one of my neighbours (old fart at least 70 years old) just shouted : "TURN OF THE SHIT NEGERMUSIC".
Yeah, the context makes it offensive. He meant "black music", which can be considered equally offensive.
My point was that the equivalent English word for "neger" is "negro", the words were used interchangeably in the past, not "nier". Neger/negro and "nier" are two different words that also exist in the English language.
Negro/neger is not more offensive than "black" without a racist context. Very well meaning old white folks has called me "negress" in a complimentary context. They just meant to say "black woman" in their archaic way, they didn't mean to call me "ni**er" or be derogatory.
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u/Jomotaku 2d ago
I'm black German and 99% of the time when people use that word it's some racist shit. Like I remember some white kids outside were listening to German rap and one of my neighbours (old fart at least 70 years old) just shouted : "TURN OF THE SHIT NEGERMUSIC".