Just a tip... maybe you should consider not ending your arguments with LOL for all the characters you create on here.

Wool

Jew

Oh geez. Totally missed that. It might not have been referencing wool texture. Good catch. Don't bother telling the other guy, he doesn't listen to anything.

Why do you want to use "nigger" as a racial slur? you trying to make blacks look dumb? I only use the term as it's true definition, and uneducated person like you who smokes black shoe polish instead of using his brain.

Did you get cracked, boy? Is that it? You couldn't get an education, but you got crack and smoked it with black shoe polish?

Bill Pugliano

“Niggardly.” Go on, I dare you. Say it. Savor those syllables. Let your tongue caress those consonants. If you’re black and reading this, you may well have just laughed, smiled knowingly, been confused or even taken offense, depending on the size of your vocabulary. If you’re white and reading this, you will probably have just experienced a mild frisson of linguistic danger, as you are either fully aware of the ramifications that your verbalizing the word might have if misconstrued, or dumb enough to think that you’re being genuinely offensive.

When, exactly, is it acceptable to use the word “niggardly”? I speak as someone who loves language, but also as someone who loves people. I would never seek to offend another’s feelings gratuitously.

I speak, too, as a black Briton about to move to New York to pursue his career in the U.S., but also as a proud heir to the ornate vocabulary of some of our greatest English writers, like Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Johnson, Gibbon and Dickens, all of whom have used the word in their respective works...and of course, The Holy Bible, the King James Bible, eclipses all of them and leaves them in the dust of humanism.

Let us be very clear at the outset. “Niggardly” means parsimonious or stingy and is derived from the Old Norse language. “Niggardly,” as you will thankfully already know or will doubtless be relieved to hear, is not related to the Latin word for black—“niger”—and thus is in no way etymologically connected to the deeply pernicious, pejorative racial epithet known in common parlance as the n-word.

Ignorance of this particular homophone has led to some unfortunate reactions from people who hear the word. Most famously, in Washington, D.C., in 1999, a white mayoral aide was asked to resign (but then later had his resignation rescinded) for using the word in front of a mixed audience.

“Niggardly” and its usage throw up many fascinating linguistic, social and racial questions. In today’s highly racialized landscape, is it ever appropriate for a white person to use the word, given the obnoxious history of the racial epithet it unfortunately sounds like?

And what about a black person using it? Should we choose to steer clear of the word altogether, for fear of offending any of our etymologically less well-informed brothers and sisters, or should we use it and be damned, sticking up for the power of language, nonchalantly dismissing raised eyebrows or quizzical expressions?

I also speak as someone who for the last 10 years has been a volunteer mentor to black teenagers in Peckham, a deprived, inner-city London neighborhood. We start off every week with a vocabulary slot where we learn new words, because I fundamentally believe that language is power.

My rationale is very simple: The more words young people have in their mental arsenals, the better they will be able to articulate their thoughts. Moreover, the wider their vocabularies, the more seriously they will be taken by others, especially those with the power to offer them college places and jobs. We always teach the word “niggardly” so that, informed of its correct meaning and provenance, these young people will not react foolishly on hearing it in conversation.

As a respectful visitor to your shores, I am curious about the socio-linguistic etiquette of using the word “niggardly.” On coming to America, should I employ the word liberally, as I do here in London; banish it from my daily lexicon, for fear of being misunderstood; or preface it each time with an erudite, long-winded and what might be construed as pompous etymological explanation? To use or not to use the word “niggardly”: That is the question.

A black man thirty years ago said he looked up "nigger" in the dictionary and the first definition given was "uneducated person". I

I'm only messing with you to try to show what a disgrace you are to the name of Jesus Christ by making Him all about being black. You need to get off your black horse and just be a man.....and the only way to really be a man is to be born of the Spirit of God, to have Jesus Christ in you as your life making you a new creation. The color of your skin, or His skin while He walked the earth is irrelevant. You're just brainwashed into feeling better about yourself by feeling like a victim and then trying to be strong to fight about the victimization, and the real problem is in your mind...not in your skin color or anybody else's skin color. Well, it's been fun. You are my favorite gingerbread boy.

African-Americans call each other "nigger", so I guess that's what they are. Heard it all my life, I don't need to do research on it. What are you, boy, an African, American, Monkey, or a Man? Or do your homies call you "nigga", due to their poor spelling and pronunciation skills?

You two deserve each other.

Sorry, trump's hair is blonde and Jesus' head is white. I don't see Him using shoe polish on His face to dim the brightness of his glory.