History Quotes / NWordPrivileges

->''As I often do in African-American matters, I asked my black girlfriend for help. Was [[ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire Power Man]] speaking a forgotten dialect of her people's tongue? Or was it [[JiveTurkey meaningless gibberish from a mental breakdown]] that transcended racial differences? This is a word-for-word transcript of our meeting.''

->''[I don't care for] these new Nazis, "oh, Jews are the worst, and Jews ruin everything, and Jews try to take over your life". Well, you know what, motherfucker? My ''wife'' is Jewish. [[BaitAndSwitchComment I know all that, how do]] ''[[BaitAndSwitchComment you]]'' [[BaitAndSwitchComment know all that]]?''

->''As I often do in African-American matters, I asked [[BlackBestFriend my black girlfriend]] for help. Was [[ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire Power Man]] speaking a forgotten dialect of her people's tongue? Or was it [[JiveTurkey meaningless gibberish from a mental breakdown]] that transcended racial differences? This is a word-for-word transcript of our meeting.''

->''"If it's Christmas Eve, between 4:30 and 4:49 am, and you're in line at the toy store to buy the latest Transformers toy for your kid, and a black man hits you in the back of the head with a brick, beats your ass, Riverdances on you, takes your money, and then takes a piss on you and runs away, you can scream 'SOMEBODY CATCH THAT NIGGA!' Hell, if that happens, you can say 'nigga' for a whole month, but you better have the police report in your pocket in case someone wants to see your papers."''
-->-- '''Creator/ChrisRock'''

->''[I don't care for] these new Nazis, "oh, Jews are the worst, and Jews ruin everything, and Jews try to take over your life". Well, you know what, motherfucker? My ''wife'' is Jewish. [[BaitAndSwitchComment I know all that, how do]] ''[[BaitAndSwitchComment you]]'' [[BaitAndSwitchComment know all that]]?''
-->-- '''Creator/JohnMulaney'''

->'''Daphne, a black woman:''' You're not allowed to use that word! Only ''we're'' allowed to use that word!\\
'''Marshall:''' I'm sorry. I will never call you or anyone else [[DiscriminateAndSwitch a Trekkie again.]]

->'''Kerchak:''' ''[an [[UpliftedAnimal uplifted ape]'' If you make me slow down to explain my orders, I'll be on top of you like ugly on an ape.\\

->''[I don't care for] these new Nazis, "oh, Jews are the worst, and Jews ruin everything, and Jews try to take over your life". Well, you know what, motherfucker? My ''wife'' ''is Jewish. [[BaitAndSwitchComment I know all that, how do]] ''[[BaitAndSwitchComment you]]'' [[BaitAndSwitchComment know all that]]?

->''[I don't care for] these new Nazis, "oh, Jews are the worst, and Jews ruin everything, and Jews try to take over your life". Well, you know what, motherfucker? My ''wife'' is Jewish. [[BaitAndSwitchComment I know all that, how do]] ''[[BaitAndSwitchComment you]]'' [[BaitAndSwitchComment know all that]]?

->''"That's ''our'' word for making fun of you! We ''need'' it!!"''
-->-- '''Homer Simpson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

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->'''Jazz''': Naught's a naught, figger's a figger.\\
All for the white man, and none for the nigger.\\
'''Addie''': Don't you use that word around here.\\
'''Jazz''': What word?\\
'''Addie''': You know what I mean.
-->-- ''Regina''

->'''John''': Oh, I can't believe you dropped that! Do something, Henderson, you fat fuck!\\
'''Gay Robot''': Hey! That was very offensive to me!\\
'''John''': Why? You're not fat.\\
'''Gay Robot''': I thought you said "fag".\\
'''John''': No, I wouldn't say that. I said "fat".\\
'''Gay Robot''': Oh, sorry.
-->-- '''Creator/AdamSandler's [[Recap/AdamSandlerS4E3GayRobot Gay Robot]]'''

->''"That's ''our'' word for making fun of you! We ''need'' it!!"''
-->-- '''Homer Simpson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

->'''Randal:''' Well, I still don't think "porch monkey" should be considered a racial term. I mean, I've always used it to describe lazy people, not lazy black people. I think if we really tried, we could reclaim "porch monkey" and save it.\\
'''Dante:''' It can't be saved, Randal! The sole purpose for its creation, the only reason it exists in the first place, is to disparage an entire race! And even if it could be saved, you can't save it, because you're not black!\\
'''Randal:''' Well, listen to you. Telling me I can't do something because of the color of my skin? You're the racist!
-->-- ''Film/ClerksII''

->''"I'm Dr. Robotnik! I say what I want! I say ''penis'',[[note]]snooPING AS usual, or occasionally hapPINESS[[/note]] I say ''pussy'',[[note]]pushy[[/note]] I say ''butt'',[[note]]roBOT[[/note]] I say ''crud and sludge'', I say '''''ni'''--[[[CensoredForComedy beep]]]!''[[note]][=NIncombot=][[/note]]"''
-->-- '''Dr. Ivo Robotnik''', ''[[WebAnimation/YouTubePoop Robotnik Says the N-Word]]''

->'''Riley:''' ''(to Huey)'' Hey... what's "class"?\\
'''Huey:''' It means, "don't act like niggas".\\
'''Granddad:''' S-s-s-see? That's what I'm talkin' about right there! We don't use the "n-word" in this house!\\
'''Huey:''' Granddad, you said the word "nigga" 46 times yesterday. I counted!\\
'''Granddad:''' [[HypocriticalHumor Nigga, hush!]]
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' ("[[Recap/TheBoondocksS1E1TheGardenParty The Garden Party]]")

->''"What about '[[GoshDangItToHeck nogger]]'?"''
-->-- '''Don Cheadle''', in response to Oprah Winfrey forbidding blacks to use the word

->''"Nigger doesn’t mean anything in [[CanadaEh Canada.]]"''
-->-- '''Creator/WhoopiGoldberg''' comes to Music/JustinBieber's rescue, ''Series/TheView''

->''"Why can black people go up to each other and say, ‘nigger’, but when a white guy does it all of a sudden it’s a big putdown? I don’t like boundaries of any kind. I don’t like being told what I can and what I can’t say. I used the word ‘nigger’ because it’s a word to describe somebody that is basically a pain in your life, a problem. The word ‘nigger’ doesn’t necessarily mean black... I was pissed off about some black people that were trying to rob me. I wanted to insult those particular black people."''
-->-- '''Axl Rose''', explaining the lyrics to his band Music/GunsNRoses' song "One in a Million"

->''"But, Jewish comics can kid Jews, Hispanic comics, Josh Lopez, kids Hispanics all the time. Gay comics kid the gay situation. It's OK, isn't it? But not OK when the non-N-person uses it."''
-->-- '''Larry King''', August 17, 2010

->'''Mr Garrison''':...and so you see, because I'm gay, I'm free to say the word "fag".\\
'''Randy''': Really? So we can't say "f[Bleep]"?\\
'''Mr Garrison''': [[BreakingTheFourthWall No, see? You got beeped.]]\\
'''Barfly''': You mean you have to be a f[Bleep] to say "f[Bleep]"?\\
'''Jimbo''': Well that's not fair, I should be able to say "fag"!\\
'''Randy''': Hey Jimbo, you didn't get beeped.\\
'''Jimbo''': Uh oh!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' discussing a variant, "It Hits the Fan"

->'''Kevin Eubanks''': So, [[GallowsHumor I got sold again.]]\\
'''Jay Leno''':I am so glad'' YOU ''made that joke instead of'' me''!
-->-- ''TheJayLenoShow'', on the Creator/{{NBC}} / {{Comcast}} deal.

->'''Jake Hamilton''' (critic): There's been a lot of controversy surrounding the usage of, uh, uh, the n-word in this movie, and--\\
'''Creator/SamuelLJackson:''' [[TheGadfly 'No'? 'Nobody'? 'None'?]] Which is it?\\
'''Hamilton:''' [--Oh, I don't wanna say it...--] ''(recovers quickly)'' I don't ''like'' to say it.\\
'''Jackson:''' Have you ever said it?\\
'''Hamilton:''' [[DiggingYourselfDeeper No, sir!]]\\
'''Jackson:''' Try it.\\
'''Hamilton:''' I don't like to s--\\
'''Jackson:''' '''''TRY IT.''''' ''(beat)'' We're not gonna have this conversation until you say it. Wanna move on to another question?\\
'''Hamilton:''' Will ''you'' say it?\\
'''Jackson:''' No. Fuck no. That's not the same thing.\\
'''Hamilton:''' ''(defeated)'' Okay. I'll skip it. Sorry, guys. It was a good question.\\
'''Jackson:''' No it wasn't.
-->-- Interview on ''Film/DjangoUnchained''

->'''Barack Obama:''' I came to thank you for your great service to this country.\\
'''Skipper:''' No thanks neccesary, Mr. Obama.\\
'''Barack Obama:''' As a token of my gratitude, I'd like to give you the n-word pass.\\
'''Skipper:''' Mr. Obama, it is an honor to call you "my nigga".\\
'''Barack Obama:''' And as to you, old friend.
-->-- '''[[https://youtu.be/Zjt-xRkjFaY The Penguins of Madagascar Obtain the N Word Pass]]'''

->''"‘Dave, we’re having [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad a symposium on the n-word]], and we wanted you to speak about your use of it. It’s just for our information.’ And I did it, but afterward I was like, That was real stupid of me. Why the fuck would I explain to a room full of white people why I say the word nigga? Why on earth would I put myself in a position like that?"''
-->-- '''Creator/DaveChappelle'''

->''"When Creator/SpikeLee and other well-known cultural commentators began to pile on Creator/QuentinTarantino for his liberal use of the N-word in his blaxploitation western masterpiece ''Django Unchained'', I wrote a story for this very outlet insisting that Tarantino had tapped a proud history in creating modern Hollywood’s first black superhero... Clearly Ms. Lampanelli was paying attention. [[MisaimedFandom And for that, I must apologize.]]"''
-->-- '''[[http://www.salon.com/2013/02/21/is_it_ever_okay_for_white_people_to_say_the_n_word/ Eric Deggans]]''', ''Salon''

->''"No matter how many times she talks about how she slept with a black man, the n-word is still off-limits. Let me try to put this in terms she might understand — it's like how if you fuck a fourth-tier Kennedy, you don't just get to start showing up at Hyannis Port. It's something you're born into."''
-->-- '''''Jezebel''''' on Lisa Lampenelli

->''"If it's Christmas Eve, between 4:30 and 4:49 am, and you're in line at the toy store to buy the latest Transformers toy for your kid, and a black man hits you in the back of the head with a brick, beats your ass, Riverdances on you, takes your money, and then takes a piss on you and runs away, you can scream 'SOMEBODY CATCH THAT NIGGA!' Hell, if that happens, you can say 'nigga' for a whole month, but you better have the police report in your pocket in case someone wants to see your papers."''
-->-- '''Creator/ChrisRock'''

->''"I've called gay friends of mine 'fag,' Jewish friends 'kike,' and some black friends 'ni--' well, no, I've never done that. That would be insane. (Even with an 'A' on the end.)"''
-->-- '''[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-personality-types-we-constantly-misjudge_p2/ Gladstone]]''', ''{{Website/Cracked}}''

->''Speaking of Franklin, this game was written by [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy a bunch of white people in the UK.]] Should he really be saying the N-word this much? I swear he once said it six times in two sentences. In my life, the only time I ever heard six N-words in two sentences was when [[RacistGrandpa my grandparents helped each other remember Sammy Sosa's name.]] Was there an outside consultant brought in to write this character? If not, that's fucked up. If so, [[DiggingYourselfDeeper that's more fucked up.]] Does the black community even have a term for a person who goes into an office and gives white people permission to say the N-word? And is it expensive? Because there are some really terrific rap songs I've always wanted to sing.''
-->-- '''{{Creator/Seanbaby}}''', "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-things-critics-love-about-gta-v-that-actually-suck_p2/#ixzz2mTtpxIUp 5 Things Critics Love About GTAV (That Actually Suck)]]"

->''As I often do in African-American matters, I asked [[BlackBestFriend my black girlfriend]] for help. Was [[ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire Power Man]] speaking a forgotten dialect of her people's tongue? Or was it [[JiveTurkey meaningless gibberish from a mental breakdown]] that transcended racial differences? This is a word-for-word transcript of our meeting.''
->'''Seanbaby:''' Sweetie, could you read a page of this Luke Cage comic? I want to verify that he's talking nonsense, or jive.\\
'''Girlfriend:''' What's Luke Cage's power?\\
'''Seanbaby:''' He's just tough. He lifts like 40 tons and is kind of bulletproof.\\
'''Girlfriend:''' Just tough? They can't give a nigga' a freeze ray?
->''She never answered my question. I think she may have been covering; embarrassed that she didn't know what the fuck he was talking about either. I didn't press the issue because I immediately knew I was going to quote her, and was trying to figure out a polite way to ask her where the apostrophe goes in the n-word.''
-->-- '''{{Creator/Seanbaby}} again''', [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-superheroes-who-completely-lost-their-shit/ "6 Superheroes Who Completely Lost Their Shit]]"

->''"And it's important that we all respect that if these people should happen to choose to reclaim the word as their own it doesn't mean the rest of you have a right to its use."''
-->-- '''Music/TimMinchin''', "Prejudice" (talking about the word [[spoiler:ginger]])

->''"Today, I had to explain to my white girlfriend that dating me doesn't give her the right to call my mother the n-word. FML"''
-->-- [[http://www.fmylife.com/miscellaneous/20507523 FML post]]

->''"When little people hang out together, you know they're all like 'MIDGET, PLEASE!!!!'"''
-->-- '''Creator/GreyDeLisle'''

->''"Don't you see what Whatley is after? Total joke-telling immunity! He's already got two big religions covered! If he ever gets Polish citizenship, there'll be no stopping him!"''
-->-- '''[[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Jerry Seinfeld]]''', "The Yada-Yada"

->''"This habit of claiming exclusive rights to the use of particular words and denying them to outsiders is one of the paradoes of the 20th century."''
-->-- '''R.W. Burchfield''', ''[[ArtifactTitle Fowler]]'s Modern English Usage''

->''"I think there’s a lot of guys out there who cross the line, because they a little too familiar or they think they too familiar or it’s guys that, you know, [[BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama had a black girlfriend or two who made them some Kool-aid every now and then]], and they think they can cross the line. And they can’t. You know, it’s a word that has been used against us. [[HarshWordImpact It’s like a knife, man, and you can use it as a weapon or you can use it as a tool]]. It’s been used as a weapon against us by white people, and [[NeverBeHurtAgain we not goin’ let that happen again by nobody]], because it’s not cool. Now, I know you heard—it’s in the lexicon, everybody talking. But that’s our word now. That’s our word now, and you can’t have it back. They trying to get it back, and I’m not talking bout you, [[Series/RealTimeWithBillMaher Bill]], I’m not talking bout you. But I’m talking bout guys who cross the line everyday, cuz [[SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX they got some black homies, they got some friends]], they think it’s cool. It’s not cool, cuz when I hear my homies say it, it don’t feel like venom; when I hear a white person saying it, it feels like that knife stabbing me, even if they don’t mean it."''
-->-- '''Creator/IceCube''' on ''Series/RealTimeWithBillMaher''

-> i love calling my self a Bitch but if a man calls me a bitch im gonna step on his throat an snap his neck
-->-- '''redroseclub''', Website/{{Tumblr}}

->''"Young man, I've had a long day. I'm tired. But I'm not tired enough to ever let nobody call me that word."''
-->-- The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse incarnation of '''Series/LukeCage2016''' gives his opinion on the trope

->'''Maggie:''' You had time to make cookies?\\
'''Arizona:''' They're lesbian gratitude cookies.\\
'''Maggie:''' What? [...] Mmm, lesbian gratitude cookies are delicious.\\
'''Arizona:''' Now, I can call them that, not so sure about you.
-->-- ''Series/GreysAnatomy'', "Judgement Day"

->''“Why would you want to?”''
-->-- '''Dr. Mark Anthony Neal''', in response to the question "How come they can call each other that but we can’t?"

->''"See, because a nigga pass is regional. You do not get a universal nigga pass. You gotta get your nigga passport stamped. Every fucking new black person you meet, they gotta stamp it with approval. Because here’s the thing. There’s only one white boy that got a universal nigga pass. And that is Eminem. You know why? ‘Cause Dr. Dre endorsed him. His baby mama drama is real… and that freestyle he did about Donald Trump was amazing."''
-->-- '''Marlon Wayans - "Woke-ish"'''

->''"'Nigger' is a derogatory term used to insult our ancestors. See, if a white man used it, you'd be ready to fight. Your using it teaches him to use it. You're saying it's cool. Well, it's not cool, and when you're around me, I don't wanna hear that shit! We clear?"''
-->-- '''Ken Carter''' deconstructing and defying the trope, ''Film/CoachCarter''

->'''Daphne, a black woman:''' You're not allowed to use that word! Only ''we're'' allowed to use that word.\\

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' discussing a variant, "The F Word"

'''Mr Garrison''': No, see? You got beeped.\\

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' discussing a variant.

-->-- '''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]]'''

->'''Foxxy:''' Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle!
->'''Clara:''' Oh, so it's okay when ''you'' say it?

'''Jack:''' No, I know that's what ''you'' call you, but what do ''I'' call you?\\

-->--''Regina''

-->--'''Creator/AdamSandler's [[Recap/AdamSandlerS4E3GayRobot Gay Robot]]'''

-->--''Film/ClerksII''

-->--''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' ("[[Recap/TheBoondocksS1E1TheGardenParty The Garden Party]]")

-->--'''Don Cheadle''', in response to Oprah Winfrey forbidding blacks to use the word

-->--'''Creator/WhoopiGoldberg''' comes to Music/JustinBieber's rescue, ''Series/TheView''

-->--'''Axl Rose''', explaining the lyrics to his band Music/GunsNRoses' song "One in a Million"

-->--'''Larry King''', August 17, 2010

-->--'''Jack''', ''Series/ThirtyRock''

-->--''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' discussing a variant.

-->--Interview on ''Film/DjangoUnchained''

-->--'''Creator/DaveChappelle'''

-->--'''[[http://www.salon.com/2013/02/21/is_it_ever_okay_for_white_people_to_say_the_n_word/ Eric Deggans]]''', ''Salon''

-->--'''Creator/ChrisRock'''

-->--'''[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-personality-types-we-constantly-misjudge_p2/ Gladstone]]''', ''{{Website/Cracked}}''

-->'''Seanbaby:''' Sweetie, could you read a page of this Luke Cage comic? I want to verify that he's talking nonsense, or jive.\\

->'''Bill Bailey:''' " 'I'm Dave... I'm [what]!' "\\
'''Jack Whitehall:''' "... saying whatever I like now because [[SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX I've got a black friend."]]
-->--''Series/HaveIGotNewsForYou'', during a ''Missing Words'' round.

->''When little people hang out together, you know they're all like "MIDGET, PLEASE!!!!"''
-->--'''Creator/GreyDeLisle'''

->''Don't you see what Whatley is after? Total joke-telling immunity! He's already got two big religions covered! If he ever gets Polish citizenship, there'll be no stopping him!''
-->--'''[[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Jerry Seinfeld]]''', "The Yada-Yada"

->''This habit of claiming exclusive rights to the use of particular words and denying them to outsiders is one of the paradoes of the 20th century''
-->--'''R.W. Burchfield''', ''[[ArtifactTitle Fowler]]'s Modern English Usage''

-->--'''redroseclub''', Website/{{Tumblr}}

-->--''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'', "Clum Babies"

->''Young man, I've had a long day. I'm tired. But I'm not tired enough to ever let nobody call me that word.''
-->-- The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse incarnation of '''Series/LukeCage2016''' gives his opinion on the trope.

-->--''Series/GreysAnatomy'', "Judgement Day"