'Always derogatory'? Germany battles over the N-word

Deutsche Welle ^ | 02.14.2020 | Verena Greb

[bboop]

Seems to me they have bigger battles to fight.

[Leaning Right]

I read somewhere that WWII video games use the old German tricolor flag to represent German forces because a game using the swastika would be banned in Germany. So yeah, I thought the n-word in question here would be ‘Nazi’ (really).

I guess I’m just not woke enough.

[Olog-hai]

All forms of socialism ought to have been taboo in what became West Germany; but the left in the USA encouraged the rise of the “social market economy” under Adenauer, built by “former” national socialists and of course being a continuation of the old “state socialism” built up by Bismarck (as national socialism itself was).

[BipolarBob]

Arnolds last name is Schwarzenegger. Swartz means black. Make of that what you will.

[CommerceComet]

I suppose the Germans are going to begin prosecuting all the rap singers who use the term all the time?

[Leaning Right]

> Seems to me they have bigger battles to fight. <

Come to think of it, the Sharia-compliant niqab also starts with an “n”. And note that we can see the face the polizei woman below. She is obviously an infidel harlot.

[FLT-bird]

So what is Arnold’s last name? Schwarze (ie “black) negger. Gasp! I guess he’ll have to change his name now.

It doesn’t have the same connotation in German.

[SpaceBar]

Obviously the word they’re fighting is “normal”.

[Olog-hai]

Well, the real division in the word is “Schwarzenegg-er”, i.e. someone from Schwarzenegg in Austria (there’s a town with the same name in Switzerland); the name of the town means “black ridge”.

But certainly the pun you mention can be made in either German or English.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

change.org

There is an entire generation that thinks this is a legal document.

[Olog-hai]

Begs the question as to how concerned this Charlotte Nzimiro is with that issue, her being female and all.

[jmacusa]

While Germans do use the word ‘’neger’’ in referring to blacks I believe the more common word is ''schwatze'' from the German word for black which is ''schwarz''.

[myerson]

Whatever letters are thrown together, it’s still only a word.

[Arlis]

Guess they should inform the two African countries of Niger and Nigeria that their names have their origin in the word for black, and since their people are almost 100% black, they should change their names to something like Rojo and Rojoria (red), or Verde or Verderia.....

DUH!

[Olog-hai]

Specifically in that case, it’s the Latin word for “black”.

[elcid1970]

Overheard Germans using the term “Die Negern” often. “Shvartzes” is more Yiddish than German.

“Die Negern” referred to Americans in general, not just American blacks.

That was 38 years ago; the Konrads now have much bigger fish to fry in the `dark skinned foreigners’ department than they did before, if you get my drift.

[Terry L Smith]

Just say schwartze!!!

[BikerJoe]

Back in the 90's, the Munich subway (and others) were sort of on the honor system. No ticket reading turnstiles. You were supposed to buy your ticket, and then a conductor would come through the train and ask you for it. In reality, I rarely saw them between stops, so it was fairly easy to cheat. Don't know what the fine would be if you were caught.

I still remember the sign from the TRANSIT AGENCY that said "Don't be an n-word. Pay your fare" (in German, of course).

[GingisK]

Nitrogen?