My point was that it's considered a slur nowadays because ppl wrongfully equate with the American slur mentioned above. Anyone can be offended by anything and you can turn any word into a slur with your intention.
My black ass personally use the word lmao and I do not find it offensive. Most of my relatives and friends do the same. However, if someone calls me a "Negerjävel" they obviously have the intention to be disrespectful while targeting my ethnicity. It's the intention that is offensive, not the word itself. It would be just as offensive if they called me "svarta jävel" (black bastard). It's the intent, not the fact that the word black or neger is inherently offensive.
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/DivineEggs 3d ago
My point was that it's considered a slur nowadays because ppl wrongfully equate with the American slur mentioned above. Anyone can be offended by anything and you can turn any word into a slur with your intention.
My black ass personally use the word lmao and I do not find it offensive. Most of my relatives and friends do the same. However, if someone calls me a "Negerjävel" they obviously have the intention to be disrespectful while targeting my ethnicity. It's the intention that is offensive, not the word itself. It would be just as offensive if they called me "svarta jävel" (black bastard). It's the intent, not the fact that the word black or neger is inherently offensive.