/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.12097571]

Should the N-Word be used in literature?

[Anonymous No.12097591]

>>12097571
i mean for historical accuracy sure but if ur just callin some dude a nigger then i mean why would u dothat

[Anonymous No.12097593]

Nincompoop?

[Anonymous No.12097595]

>>12097591
why not?

[Anonymous No.12097597]

Yes, it works as a great filter.

[Anonymous No.12097598]

>>12097591
What about words like "negroid" ? What will happen once even those terms will be outlawed

[Anonymous No.12097600]

>>12097591
Because he's a nigger

[Anonymous No.12097639]

>>12097571
yes

nigger is ok, niger is better, nigga is not ok because its too far removed from niger and therefore vulgar

[Anonymous No.12097646]

N-

[Anonymous No.12097647]

>>12097598
negro is a colour so idk

[Anonymous No.12097649]

fuck niggers

[Anonymous No.12097667]

>>12097649
holy...

[Anonymous No.12097668]

If it's appropriate for the setting and narrative, sure. Being edgy doesn't make your writing good though.

[Anonymous No.12097732]

>>12097571
Joseph Conrad titled one of his works "The Nigger of the Narcissus", and he's seems to be all the craze these days. So my answer is yeah.

[Anonymous No.12097744]

>>12097732
Funnily enough his editors pressed him to change the title when bringing the book to the US. Not because it was offensive but because Americans wouldn't want to read a book about a nigger

[Anonymous No.12097765]

>>12097744
Haha damn some things never change.

[Anonymous No.12097970]

I was shocked that Pope would use it but it's still hilarious

[Anonymous No.12098009]

Nope

[Anonymous No.12098035]

>>12097571
obligatory

[Anonymous No.12098044]

>>12097970
he did? Does anyone have an example?

[Anonymous No.12098825]

>>12097571
No, "the N-Word" should never be used in literature. If you need to describe someone as being a "nigger", then do so. Using "the N-Word" - as if "Nigger" were the unspeakable name of God - is so ridiculous that it marks you as a sycophant. Keep in mind that excessive use will show bias and will likely damage your narrative. There should only be rare circumstances in which you actually need to use "nigger". Also, reconsider why you think about niggers so much that you see a need to write about them.

[Anonymous No.12098857]

>>12098044
I tried to find an example for you and I found this article that I believe argues the point from my perspective.
>https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/why-we-must-avoid-the-careless-use-of-dangerous-words-like-racism-26257917.html

[Anonymous No.12098989]

>>12098035
Not just niggers, but niggers with niggerhands and niggernotions too!

[Anonymous No.12099030]

All the time

[Anonymous No.12099842]

>>12098035
Came in to this thread for this.

[Anonymous No.12099852]

>>12097595
>>12097600
well that’s just mean then guys

[Anonymous No.12099863]

>>12097571
You're asking the wrong question, it's "at what point does using the word nigger detract from the literary work".

[Anonymous No.12100006]

Isn't it already? I mean, I haven't kept up with the last twenty years, and it most probably is "problematic" nowadays, but I was initially somewhat surprised to come across the word in quite a few big books of American literature, which do not seem to have gotten an adverse reaction to them because of their usage of the word (usage that is, however, usually "in character") - while one could probably not get away with such usage on TV or many a motion picture. I'm thinking of Naked Lunch, Gravity's Rainbow, Breakfast of Champions, and, more recently (though probably already too long ago), American Psycho. Thoughts?

[Anonymous No.12100009]

hell ye nigga

[Anonymous No.12100020]

>>12097571
Why limit ourselves?

[Anonymous No.12100025]

I mean, if a novel takes place in 16th century Japan, probably not.

[Anonymous No.12100031]

>>12098035
Was it ever released?

[Anonymous No.12100113]

Why is "nigger" offensive, anyway? It should be about as meaningful as calling someone "whitey", like that means anything. Niggers call each other niggers all the time
>>12100025
>forgetting about big nigger Yasuke

[Anonymous No.12100154]

>>12100113
Ah yes, I too remember being 15

[Anonymous No.12100177]

>>12100154
No, I'm just not American, or have any kind of contact with africans. Despite this, American culture has penetrated us deep enough to orient our entire English education around "identity", including a large portion on niggers, and their hard felt oppression. Why is that? It's so embedded in the western psyche by now that it's transferred to even near-homogenous communities. It seems to me from the outside that black people, or niggers as I like to call them, must be extremely fragile to form such a complex about it

[Anonymous No.12100197]

Nigger is BY FAR the most important word in the American lexicon

[Anonymous No.12100198]

ahem... - dare i say it?

[Anonymous No.12100201]

>>12097639

[Anonymous No.12100230]

>>12097571
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[Anonymous No.12100508]

>>12100198
go on then laddie

[Anonymous No.12100673]

Don't forget that H.P. Lovecraft hated black people and wrote a poem called "On the Creation of Niggers" guys:

When, long ago, the gods created Earth
In Jove's fair image Man was shaped at birth.
The beasts for lesser parts were next designed;
Yet were they too remote from humankind.
To fill the gap, and join the rest to Man,
Th'Olympian host conceiv'd a clever plan.
A beast they wrought, in semi-human figure,
Filled it with vice, and called the thing a Nigger.

[Anonymous No.12100682]

>>12098035
The first three lines of that OP post are the greatest humour ever produced by 4chan

[Anonymous No.12100687]

>>12100673
based lovecraft

[Anonymous No.12100945]

>>12100006
>American Psycho
>not controversial
I suppose all the prostitute murdering and "misogyny" probably grabbed everyone's attention so there was no time to be mad over Bateman saying "nigger".

[Anonymous No.12100995]

>>12097600
I expected better from the brain of chan

[Anonymous No.12101668]

>>12100113
you're so retarded you're on /lit read a fucking book dude and find some historical context.

[Anonymous No.12101695]

Yes, it should be used early and often. In fact, if you don't open the novel by calling the reader a dirty nigger you're probably doing something wrong.

[Anonymous No.12101733]

>>12100031
haven't found it anywhere :^/

[Anonymous No.12102026]

>>12098035
>>12100031
Release never