> Nigger just originates from the french term for "black" It originates from a latin root, most likely by way of Portuguese or Spanish. > how offensive could

> Nigger just originates from the french term for "black" It originates from a latin root, most likely by way of Portuguese or Spanish. > how offensive could it possibly be! As offensive as we agree to consider it. There's nothing intrinsically offensive about words, the public view about what's offensive and what's not is rather arbitrary. That's why a certain culture considers "nigger" offensive if used by pink skinned people, while "black" is perfectly neutral.