Students run racist Facebook

[TheHiveMind]

http://forum.learnxhosa.com/showthread.php?t=50

Seem it doesn't mean that.

Are you saying that people don't use it as an insult though? I wouldn't know, never heard of it before.

K****r means non believer/atheist

N***o simply means black.

Nothing insulting about either of those definitions.
Its more about people using them in a derogatory way.

 

[.Froot.]

The funny thing is, the original meaning for the k-word was indigenous to South Africa (or something very similar to that effect). Also, the spelling was "k.a.f.f.i.r", not the spelling they use now. For whatever reason that may be.

 

[Fudzy]

Its more about people using them in a derogatory way.

Agree with that, guess it depends on who is using the word and in what context. Baring in mind the history the words have, I view umlungu to be a lot less offensive (in the general sense) than the n & k word.

 

[Skinner]

Can someone supply a direct link to the Facebook group?

 

[fskmh]

The funny thing is, the original meaning for the k-word was indigenous to South Africa (or something very similar to that effect). Also, the spelling was "k.a.f.f.i.r", not the spelling they use now. For whatever reason that may be.

AFAIK, it originated from the Arabic word for an unbeliever and was introduced into our history at some point by explorers to this continent.