I don’t particularly care if Black folks say nigga. I use the word more than I’d like to (not as much as Aaron McGruder apparently), but the meme that it’s basically a term of endearment among Black people is flawed at best. If I say “fuck you nigga”, I’m not exactly you showing you love. The word gets used in this manner often.

I generally don’t care if you use it, but let’s drop the pretense that’s it’s always or even mostly used when showing love to another brown person.

If 99% of things about so-called Black male privilege can be addressed by calling it male privilege & we get the bonus of not having a polarizing discussion of whether or not BMP exists than why not do that? What’s the benefit to calling it Black male privilege? I don’t see any. I don’t get the investment in the notion.

I would love to be enlightened in a serious way. I have no problem saying I’m wrong, but this is a subject that you really need to come with it to get to me on. In plain words that can be easily understood. Because honestly, a lot of the academic reasons for the “necessity” of calling it BMP feels like intellectual masturbation and not an actual wish to change our communities & society. #noshots to anyone I know personally.

If the language you’re using doesn’t help you effect (affect?) the change you’re trying to make than what good is it?