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Ja Rule Questions The True Definition Of The N-Word—Asks The Internet For Help

<p>Chile&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;ja-rule-explains-ashantis-involvement-in-his-song-im-real-with-jennifer-lopez&sol;">Ja Rule<&sol;a> is having a rough time on social media these days—and it all stems from his opinions that leave him wide open to be endlessly dragged&period; The latest incident involves Ja questioning the real meaning of the N-word and as you can imagine&comma; it didn’t go well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier this week&comma; Ja Rule found himself on the wrong side of social media when he harshly criticized black people for going to extremes over the hugely popular Popeyes chicken sandwich&comma; which recently saw a man stabbed to death after a confrontation of cutting in line&period; While everyone agreed that resorting to violence over a chicken sandwich is ridiculous&comma; many on social media took issue with the way he was critiquing black people…especially considering his Fyre Festival debacle&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fast forward to the present&comma; and Ja has found himself in the middle of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thegrapevine&period;theroot&period;com&sol;i-wonder-what-ja-rule-thinks-about-popeyes-chicken-sand-1839672063">another online controversy<&sol;a> before the first one had time to settle down&period; After clearly moving on from the Popeyes chicken sandwich issue&comma; he decided to direct his attention to what the N-word actually means—due to his claims that he recently discovered some contradicting information surrounding the racial slur&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a series of tweets&comma; Ja asked the following questions&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Wow I just learned something that blew my mind my whole life I was taught the word Nigger didn’t mean black it meant ignorance but I just looked it up and it’s always meant black smh tell the kids the truth&period; I’m so confused I need my history majors on this if the word nigger just means black how did it become a derogatory term&quest;&quest;&quest; Is anyone else confused by this&quest;&quest;&quest; I was taught the word nigger meant ignorant now I look it up it says it means black&&num;8230&semi;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"B4iLwoUHqx2" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Unfortunately for him&comma; his questions didn’t spark the healthy debate he was likely hoping for&comma; as he was once again accused of being ignorant to the culture and bashing his own race&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roommates&comma; what are your thoughts on this&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"54245" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;ja-rule-questions-the-true-definition-of-the-n-word-asks-the-internet-for-help&sol;" data-secure&equals;"270d31e518"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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