Conor McGregor is seen in Philadelphia on January 22, 2025. | Supply: Gilbert Carrasquillo / Getty
There’s not an excessive amount of left to be mentioned that hasn’t already been made right into a debate over the span of a long time, generations even, relating to utilizing the racial epithet nig— nicely, let’s simply say “The N-word.”
Though it’s considered an unstated rule that Black persons are the only proprietors to now utilizing it as a “time period of endearment,” some consider we have to fully rid ourselves relating to adapting one among America’s most derogatory phrases into on a regular basis vocabulary. Nonetheless, one factor we’ve all come to agree on is that no white individual ought to ever discover themselves utilizing it for any motive. Case closed.
…or is it? You may really be stunned on the quantity of white males who’ve examined that principle in latest occasions. The most recent was Irish boxer Conor McGregor, who earlier immediately (January 31) went on a N-word-laced rant towards former UFC Light-weight Champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov.
“Present yo spouse nigga. Present yo youngsters nigga,” McGregor overtly writes, following up with much more hateful language by including amongst different issues, “Cousin fuckin motherfuckin hidin motherfucker. Present us you and your cousins youngsters collectively as a result of now we have youngsters right here in Eire that wanna smoke them in competitors.”
McGregor’s tirade (seen above) got here in response to an entire different match between a lot youthful fighters Paul Hughes and undefeated PFL light-weight champion Usman Nurmagomedov. Hughes, additionally hailing from Eire, made a observe to separate himself from any comparisons to Conor in leaked footage (seen beneath) by stating, “I’m not like this different man; I’m my very own man,” making it clear that he’s not one to trash-talk if issues don’t go his manner. Like clockwork, the 36-year-old MMA legend hopped on social media to go off on Hughes, referring to him as an “arse licker” amongst different filthy jabs. After Khabib, a coach and relative of Usman Nurmagomedov, sided with Hughes by writing on his Instagram Tales, “You’re a actual Irishman [Hughes] and never a rapist and drug addict like this bastard,” McGregor turned his sights on attacking the person who defeated him by submission again in 2018 at UFC 229.
Right here’s the place the preliminary debate comes into play. As you may’ve guessed by now, there are zero Black individuals and/or anybody of African heritage concerned within the aforementioned back-and-forth. So, what’s with the N-word use? Going again to that “time period of endearment” argument, some will argue that Conor McGregor kind of was utilizing the N-word generally phrases — an alternative to “bro,” “man” and/or “man,” if you’ll. Though not as racially delicate, many ladies compared have equally tailored the phrase “bitch” right into a time period of endearment that may relate to any feminine of any race with out the derogatory connotations. In a way, Conor refers to Khabib because the N-word in the identical manner he may say to any pal or affiliate no matter their race.
Does that make it any higher although? Take nation star Morgan Wallen for instance, who nearly 4 years in the past to the day discovered himself in scorching water when he was recorded drunkenly but playfully shouting to one among his white associates, “care for this pussy-ass nigga.” A couple of Black nation stars even got here to his protection, with Kane Brown telling The New York Instances, “I knew that he didn’t imply it in the best way that the world thought that he meant it” and Jimmie Allen assuring podcaster Bobby Bones that “[Morgan] didn’t use the -er.”
So, mushy “a” makes all of it okay? How about when pop prince Justin Bieber infamously remixed his tune “One Much less Lonely Woman” into “One Much less Lonely Nigger” when he was 15. Younger Cash CEO Mack Maine jumped to his protection when it initially went viral, telling TMZ, “Bieber doesn’t have a slave mentality.” Phrase has it, Biebz even acquired an alleged “Black historical past lesson” from mentor Usher with movies to teach him on why that phrase is so offensive.
Hey, no matter protects the funding…
General, we stand with the NAACP on their views relating to any use of the N-word, by which they boldly state, “the N-word is just too usually freely and casually utilized by some people in common media, literature, and common society with utilization broadened throughout racial and generational backgrounds; and whereas, the stigma of this phrase embodies and invokes painful recollections and inhumane ill-will; and numerous people together with NAACP freedom fighters, have misplaced their lives as a result of beliefs perpetuated by means of this phrase.” Their mind-set is mirrored within the coveted NAACP Picture Awards as nicely, additionally including, “the Nationwide Affiliation for the Development of Coloured Folks shall not condone, award, or interact any person who makes use of the N-word in any capability, or in any inventive endeavor that doesn’t allude to the historic context of the phrase, or that doesn’t spotlight the prejudicial nature of the phrase.”
Agreed!
Have a look beneath at what some are saying with regard to Conor McGregor and his scot-free use of the N-word. Tell us your ideas on this endless debate as nicely:
by way of @ParamPam1990
2. me liking each tweet towards conor mcgregor
by way of @spiderzuko
3. Nearly all of the Irish individuals don’t even fee Conor McGregor. They’re embarrassed. It’s solely racists which can be cheering him on.
by way of @I_amMukhtar
4. Connor Mcgregor getting on Twitter and utilizing the N phrase one sentence right into a coke rant was not on my bingo card for immediately
by way of @OnePunchSham
5. Conor Mcgregor when he realized he posted the n phrase on his essential account as an alternative of his burner!
by way of @TheMMAGladiator
6. Does Conor McGregor get the N Phrase cross?
by way of @DovySimuMMA
7. I bear in mind when Conor McGregor was calling Floyd a boy and a monkey, Dwights and raccoons tried to say that he didn’t imply it in a racial manner. Oh, he didn’t know. Am I stunned Conor utilizing the N phrase? NOPE! THEY ALWAYS KNOW! Y’all identical to to play dumb.
by way of @izdatyofaceee
8. Anybody saying that they’re stunned Conor McGregor used the N phrase hasn’t been paying consideration. I’m stunned it took him this lengthy.
by way of @ProblemChildFil
9. Conor simply saying nigga freely now!? wtf is occurring, it kills me how a lot different races be so thirsty to say nigga even to different races. Conor ought to have been canceled, don’t he beat ladies????
by way of @BoxOutEntertain
SEE ALSO:
‘I Am A Racist’: College Board Member Goes Viral For Proudly Shouting The N-Phrase On Video
When And How Can A White Individual Say The N-Phrase? Conor McGregor’s Viral Rant Reignites Debate
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