I decided to research about the use of the ‘n-word’ to see why people of that origin can say the word freely but a white person is restricted from using the word. In my findings it was apparent that the word was used by white people back in history when there was black slaves. The term would often be used when the action of whipping, beating etc. was been carried out on black slaves and so therefore if a white person were to use this terminology now it may be seen as that we are going back to a time that we have moved on from and developed as a human race since then. Many people use the word as a sense of brotherhood which is becoming more commonly used; however some people don’t think we should be using the word at all after what it was originally used for.
With these words I feel that it’s all in the context that you use them and the understanding you have with the people you use it to. At times I find that the way the words are delivered can change the meaning entirely. For example the song ‘straight outta compton’ is this aggressive rap song with numerous bad words within it, however as artist performed an acoustic of the song and even though she’s singing the words still, the song seemed to have a different meaning just from the way it was packaged. A similar example is with Taylor Swifts’ latest album ‘1989’ where an artist called Ryan Adams covered the whole album and afterwards you were left with an album which was more laid back and chilled out and with songs they seemed to gain a greater/ deeper meaning.
