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Joadanus Olivas, My Ghetto Thesis On The Word Nigga.There's much controversy over the word "nigga." As a black youth myself, I'm more than familiar with this word. Those from black conscious groups argue that the work should be done away with completely not only because of its derogatory meaning but because this was the last word many of our ancestors heard before getting killed by lynching.So many have adopted this word and now it sounds normal even coming from the mouth of someone who was far from black. Rap music refuses to remove this word from its vocabulary. Some such- some such as Tupac Amaru Shakur even reversed the denigration by turning it into an acronym: Never Ignorant Getting Goals Accomplished.I've come to understand that there are many different variations of this word meaning-wise. Some emphasis on the word and you automatically know it's a danger like, nigga? Others show that it's peace like, my nigga! Some shows ignorance, race in a good way. And everyone knows if you pronounce the -er on th