Black People : Do you think the term NEGRO should be used here on a black message board?

The term NEGROE comes from the root word NECRO which means DEAD!

Necro-phobia is a fear of the dead.

Necro-mancy is the communication with the dead.

Necro-philia is the attraction to dead things, or corpses.

So my question is do black people around you still call each other NEGRO?

As far as i know only a white person would constantly use this word online in thread titles while in the presence of black people who can't physically see him or her.

Your thoughts if you will.......................

Hildegard is correct on the etymology of the word "negro."

When the Spanish and Portuguese traders and slavers got to Africa, they used the Spanish word "negro" (black) to describe the people there. --Then, over time, English-speaking slavers made "Negro" into "n!gg3r."

And over the years, we have evolved from "Colored" to "Negro" to "Black" to "African American."

At one time, the word "Negro" was NOT a derogatory term to people-of-color. It was even used BY Black people to describe us and to SEPARATE us from the derogatory stereotypes with the term "n!gg3r" used by whites by showcasing the accomplishments of BLACK/NEGRO PEOPLE.

"The NEGRO WORLD" was a Black newspaper published in NY from 1918 to 1933.

In 1914, Marcus Garvey started the "Universal NEGRO Improvement Association and African Communities League" organization.

Carter G. Woodson started "NEGRO History Week" in 1926. --He also published the "NEGRO History Bulletin," the "Journal of NEGRO History," and wrote the book, "The Mis-Education of the NEGRO."

....So, at one tiime, the word "NEGRO" was used BY Black people to describe ourselves as well.

OVER TIME, when Blacks wanted to move AWAY from its association with the word "n!gg3r," then we started calling ourselves "BLACK." ---And the birth of "BLACK AND PROUD" became our rallying cry.

In the 60s, Malcolm X and the NOI were some of the fore-runners in spear-heading the moving away from the word "NEGRO" by teaching that it was a term that was derogatory and insulting to Black people.

And, TODAY, the word "NEGRO" is used by many Blacks TOWARDS OTHER BLACKS as an INSULT, meaning that they are some kind of "House Negro" (Malcolm X) or an "Uncle Tom."

But, at one time, we were PROUD to be "NEGROES."

I have talked with many of our older Elders who still sometimes used the terms "Colored" or "Negro," themselves because those were the words used in their lifetimes.

But, over time, Black people have changed the usage/meaning of these terms.
Often Black parents and Black teachers would teasingly tell a child, "If you don't sit your little 'colored-self down somewhere!"....or ...."Come here, little 'colored-girl/boy!." (lol)

Black people 'around me' ONLY use the term NEGRO as a reference to a 'BLACK UNCLE TOM' or a 'Black' person with a similar disposition or 'attitude of mind'.

In essence, it is used as a negative connotation, such as, for example, 'Negro, PLEASE!".
 
I see everyone is becoming wiki experts instead of being able to speak from your own minds. This can be dangerous.......

Creation Of The Negro

Compiled by Ayinde
Extracts from: The name "negro" its origin and evil use: Richard B. Moore


The name that you respond to determines the amount of your self worth. Similarly, the way a group of people collectively respond to a name can have devastating effects on their lives, particularly if they did not choose the name.

Asians come from Asia and have pride in the Asian race' Europeans come from Europe and have pride in Europe accomplishments. Negroes, I am to assume, come from negroland-a mythical country with an uncertain past and an even more uncertain future. Since negroland is a myth, where did the myth of the negro originate? The key to understanding what a negro is, is to understand the definition of that word and its origin.

The word negro is Spanish for black. The Spanish language comes from Latin, which has its origins in Classical Greek. The word negro, in Greek, is derived from the root word necro, meaning dead. What was once referred to as a physical condition is now regarded as an appropriate state of mind for millions of Africans.


Historically when the Greeks first traveled to Africa 2,500 years ago, the Egyptian civilization was already ancient. The Great Pyramid was over 3,000 years old and the sphinx was even older. Writing, science, medicine and religion were already a part of the civilization and had reached their zenith. The Greeks came to Africa as students to sit at the feet of the masters, and to discover what Africans already knew. In any student / teacher relationship the teacher can only teach as much as the student is capable of understanding.

Egyptians, like other Africans, understood that life existed beyond the grave. Ancestral worship is a way of acknowledging the lives of the people who have come before you, and their ability to offer guidance and direction to the living. Temples were designed as places where the ancestors could be honored and holidays (Holy Days) where the ancestors could be honored, and holidays (Holy Days) were the days designated to do so.

The Egyptians had hundreds of temples and hundreds of Holy Days to worship their ancestors. The Greeks thought the Africans had a preoccupation with death. The act of ancestral worship became known as necromancy or communication with the dead. The root word necro means dead. Another word for necromancy is magic - that Old Black Magic which was practiced in Ancient Africa. When the Greeks returned to Europe, they took their distorted beliefs with them and the word negro evolved out of this great misunderstanding.

http://www.raceandhistory.com/historicalviews/negro.htm
 
I see everyone is becoming wiki experts instead of being able to speak from your own minds. This can be dangerous.......

Creation Of The Negro

Compiled by Ayinde
Extracts from: The name "negro" its origin and evil use: Richard B. Moore

The name that you respond to determines the amount of your self worth. Similarly, the way a group of people collectively respond to a name can have devastating effects on their lives, particularly if they did not choose the name.

Asians come from Asia and have pride in the Asian race' Europeans come from Europe and have pride in Europe accomplishments. Negroes, I am to assume, come from negroland-a mythical country with an uncertain past and an even more uncertain future. Since negroland is a myth, where did the myth of the negro originate? The key to understanding what a negro is, is to understand the definition of that word and its origin.

The word negro is Spanish for black. The Spanish language comes from Latin, which has its origins in Classical Greek. The word negro, in Greek, is derived from the root word necro, meaning dead. What was once referred to as a physical condition is now regarded as an appropriate state of mind for millions of Africans.

Historically when the Greeks first traveled to Africa 2,500 years ago, the Egyptian civilization was already ancient. The Great Pyramid was over 3,000 years old and the sphinx was even older. Writing, science, medicine and religion were already a part of the civilization and had reached their zenith. The Greeks came to Africa as students to sit at the feet of the masters, and to discover what Africans already knew. In any student / teacher relationship the teacher can only teach as much as the student is capable of understanding.

Egyptians, like other Africans, understood that life existed beyond the grave. Ancestral worship is a way of acknowledging the lives of the people who have come before you, and their ability to offer guidance and direction to the living. Temples were designed as places where the ancestors could be honored and holidays (Holy Days) where the ancestors could be honored, and holidays (Holy Days) were the days designated to do so.

The Egyptians had hundreds of temples and hundreds of Holy Days to worship their ancestors. The Greeks thought the Africans had a preoccupation with death. The act of ancestral worship became known as necromancy or communication with the dead. The root word necro means dead. Another word for necromancy is magic - that Old Black Magic which was practiced in Ancient Africa. When the Greeks returned to Europe, they took their distorted beliefs with them and the word negro evolved out of this great misunderstanding.

http://www.raceandhistory.com/historicalviews/negro.htm

But brotha' info-moetry,

You know the 'yt man's' ice [scholarship] is colder.

The author is using non-yt sources.

...'You buggin''
 
The term NEGROE comes from the root word NECRO which means DEAD!

Necro-phobia is a fear of the dead.

Necro-mancy is the communication with the dead.

Necro-philia is the attraction to dead things, or corpses.

So my question is do black people around you still call each other NEGRO?

As far as i know only a white person would constantly use this word online in thread titles while in the presence of black people who can't physically see him or her.

Your thoughts if you will.......................

I do not believe that word should be used.

The only exception is if a poster is discussing an older work of literature like Huckleberry Finn or Uncle Tom's Cabin.
 
OR, lets go to earlier than the Greek-

"member of a black-skinned race of Africa," 1550s, from Sp. or Port. negro "black," from L. nigrum (nom. niger) "black," of unknown origin (perhaps from PIE *nekw-t- "night," cf. Watkins). Use with a capital N- became general early 20c. (e.g. 1930 in "New York Times" stylebook) in reference to U.S. citizens of African descent, but because of its perceived association with white-imposed attitudes and roles the word was ousted late 1960s in this sense by Black (q.v.).

PIE=Proto-Indo-Europeon.

nekw-t
 

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