OPEN LETTER TO THE ELDERS...YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE/*Friday, September 25th

OKAY! THE CAMEL'S BACK IS BROKEN! I GOTTA SPEAK ON THIS SHIT REAL QUICK.

I say this knowing that the the main group this is directed @ wont see this so essentially this tirade is mostly in vain. Has to be said tho

OLDER GENERATION(S): STOP TRYIN TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS WERE THE FIRST ONES TO USE "NIGGA" AS A TERM OF ENDEARMENT.

YOUNGER GENERATION(S): STOP TRYIN TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE USING "NIGGA" AS A TERM OF ENDEARMENT WAS YOUR IDEA

THE TRUTH IS, BLACK PEOPLE (NOT ALL, BUT IN A GENERAL SENSE) HAVE BEEN CALLING EACH OTHER "NIGGER/NIGGA" PROBABLY SINCE SLAVERY. THE REASON YOU (YOUNGER GENERATION) USE IT IS BECAUSE YOU LEARNED IT FROM SOMEWHERE; OLDER GEN.: YOUR GEN. USED IT BECAUSE THEY TOO LEARNED IT FROM SOMEWHERE. IT HAS BEEN USED BY BLACK PEOPLE AS A DEROGATORY TERM JUST AS MUCH AS A TERM OF ENDEARMENT (AT LEAST BACK THEN). OLDER GEN: STOP BLAMING US! IT DOESNT GET YOU/US ANYWHERE. MOST OF YOU BLAME HIP-HOP, LIKE HIP-HOP INVENTED THE TERM. NO. THE "HIP-HOP GENERATION" SIMPLY MADE IT POPULAR, WHICH IS LITTLE THEIR/OUR FAULT. THE WORD NIGGA HAS APPEARED IN SOME BLACK MUSIC B4 RAP. RAP JUST HAPPEND TO BE THE MOST POPULAR GENRE TO USE IT, AND IT CAME ALONG AT A TIME WHEN ALL TYPES OF CENSORSHIP WAS BEING CHALLANGED. OLDER GEN.: YOU WANT YOUNGER PEOPLE TO STOP USING THE TERM? SORRY, NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. THIS THING IS BIGGER THAN THEM/US.

WE'RE TALKING CENTURIES, YES PEOPLE HUNDREDS OF YEARS, WHERE THIS WORD WAS BEING USED THROUGHOUT AND OUTSIDE OF BLACK CULTURE! YOU CAN'T JUST ERASE CENTURIES OF INFLUENCE! IMPOSSIBLE! OLDER GEN: HOW BOUT YOU STOP PLAYING THE FUCKING BLAME GAME AND START EDUCATING PEOPLE (STARTING WITH YOURSELVES) ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE WORD AND WHY IT HAS BECOME WHAT IT IS! SEE, THAT'S THE DAMN PROBLEM! THERE'S NO COMMUNICATION! NO GIVE AND TAKE! YALL BLAME US FOR STUFF, AND WE FEEL ALIENATED AND REBEL AGAINST YOU!

THE CYCLE NEVER ENDS! IT WILL ONLY START TO IMPROVE WHEN YOU (OLDER GEN) START TRYING TO UNDERSTAND US INSTEAD OF TRYING TO MAKE US DO WHAT YOU WANT US TO DO. WE ALL CAN'T BE WHO YOU WANT US TO BE, SO WHY DONT U JUST HELP US BE THE BEST US WE CAN BE INSTEAD?

Until next time...