20 Words and Phrases White People Just Ain’t Allowed to Say

We already know about nigga/nigger, but there are more!Really, no one—white, black, Kappa, etc.—should ever say “ghetto” again, ever. Suggested Reading Father’s Day 2025: Fave Black Dads in TV and Film The Wild, Unbelievable Timeline of Kendrick Lamar’s First Toronto Show Post-Drake Diss ‘Iconic’ Rapper Implicated in “Jane’s” Diddy Trial Testimony Video will return here…

We already know about nigga/nigger, but there are more!

Really, no one—white, black, Kappa, etc.—should ever say “ghetto” again, ever.

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Nothing at all, now that you’ve said that.

Is officially on the list because too many black people use “ninja” as a substitute for “nigga,” and all popular “nigga” substitutes are banned from white mouths.

Just sounds wrong coming from a white person’s mouth. Plus, we know how they generally feel about cousin culture.

Just say “all right,” man. “All righty” is even better, for you.

They can eat it, and they can even cook or sell it. Just don’t call it soul food. Call it something else, like—I don’t know—spirit food. Yeah, there we go. Spirit food.

When I was a kid, I used to think that “collard greens” were actually called “colored greens” because black people were the only ones who ate them. I had an interesting childhood. Anyway, “collard” sounds too much like “colored,” so banned.

I know it’s the past tense of drink. But black people appropriated “drank” so that it refers to alcoholic beverages, and when I hear a white person say it now, I just think, “You need to be saying booze or something instead.”

Fuck you.

It’s already on the banned list for black people, and I’m not going to discriminate.

Straight From The Root

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