I love this movie, but I don't get the part where Nikki says "You brought the brady bunch to the negro club" or something about Sarah, then Sarah says "I'm pretty sure there aren't any negros here" then Nikki says "Well I'm pretty sure you came with one." I guess I don't really get like, what she means by that? That whole interlude.
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You've obviously only seen this on TV. That version is edited for the word to be "negro" as opposed to "n****r," as it is in the original film.
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Ok well I used to own the VHS of this movie and in that version they say negro too.
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I saw the film in a theater when it was released and she said Negro, not the other word.
I never understood this bit of dialogue either.
No, dude. I saw this in theaters. it was always negro. If you don't believe me, look for the script.
shareIdiot! They say negro on the dvd so it wasn't censored for tv! DUHHHH!
shareand when Nikki says "Im pretty sure you came with one" she is referring to Chenille
shareThis is a tough one because you don't really hear people use that word anymore. I can see how most people wouldn't realize its significance. It has definitely become a racial slur as of late, but it wasn't in the beginning. There are organizations that were created that have the word negro in it as well.
shareoh my goodness you are so dense.
the word was used from the very first as an insult and it is still very much used today, trust me I work at an urban school and there isn't a day that goes by that I don't hear it at least half a dozen times. I think you have really got no idea and that you should pick up a copy of Roots before you go around saying that.
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Just because your kids say something in a school doesn't mean that's the way it always was. Every generation words are changed and created based on the youth. And they mean different things in different cultures Don't fly off the handle like you have the authority on the history of that word.
shareironically, the_green_monster -- YOU ARE DENSE and imzadi35 is correct. Negro did not used to have a negative connotation (for details on this, read Andy Rooney or tell me why there exists a United Negro College Fund) but as of recent times has some how become somewhat of an insult (albeit nothing like the word *beep* However, as Andy Rooney exclaimed, why has it become a bad word--it makes no sense. Nevertheless, I hope as a teacher you are passing on better information than you show on this message board.
As for the use of negro--that is certainly in the TBS version...but I have a feeling the first time I saw the movie they used *beep* Now perhaps it is negro on all new DVDs and they edited it out completely from all versions of the film shown, but I feel like it originally was the stronger word...
Wow - talk about being rude in a posting... my god, could you possibly be any more insulting to the person who started this thread!?
I think the person asking the question knows full well what the meaning of the terms 'Negro' and *beep* are... I just think she's confused as to why the girls in this film think calling themselves either of those terms is an insult. I can understand their anger with white people calling them by those names, but to call themselves that, it doesn't really make sense.
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thats not true. Its like a scientific word. There's Negroids and Caucasoids and Mongoloids. Its escalated over time.
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I think she was trying to speak in "white girl" langues.. She said what she thought Sarah was thinking of them.. Nikki thinks that all white people see black people as negros.. But then Sarah sais there aren't any negros, and then she turns it over on Nikki.. Like she got it all wrong, and then everybody likes Sarah and not Nikki.. :)
share"Negro" means black in spanish. There's nothing derogatory about it. Negro means black, if black's not offensive, negro shouldn't be either. Jus my opinion.
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you are correct :) but as was said, nikki was trying to make sara look racist by saying that, then got corrected. the way she was using the word was meant to be derogatory and sara caught that
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This thread is over a year old and the ORIGINAL question still hasn't been answered. That's sad.
Anyway, "You brought the brady bunch to the negro club" was meant as an insult.. Loosely translated, it means "You brought a middle class, white girl to the hood."
"I'm pretty sure there aren't any negros here" was meant as "I don't see people as different just because of race."
"Well I'm pretty sure you came with one" means "You're with a black man. White women need to stop stealing the 'good' black men."
After all, (the character) Sarah is in a relationship with a black man - and Nikki resents this.
Sarah just wants to love the man of her choice. On the other hand, Nikki is afraid that white women will "steal" all of the motivated black men. In certain areas, motivated black men are often prized (by black women) as they are seen as the most likely to break the generational cycle of poverty that often happens. And yes, some black women do resent white women "taking their men."
No, this happened before she started dating Derek. Nikki was referring to Chenille, and that's why Chenille then said, "Oh no bitch you did NOT just call me a negro!" So what does that mean?
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Finally, someone who knows what they're talking about. I couldn't have said it better myself.
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Actually when Nikki says " Well I'm pretty sure you came with one." She's referring to Chenille not Derek.That's why Chenille gets angry and gets into it with Nikki because Nikki was aiming her comment to Chenille. Sara didn't even go there with Derek but with Chenille.
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Writers probably originally intended to use the n-word, but couldn't get it through with a pg-13 rating.
shareyea i never understood why they even had that little scene, I mean "negro" isn't a bad word or anything..hell isn't it that organization that gives scholarships to black teens called the United Negro College Fund?
At the risk of sounding racist, I think it should have been "n****r" as opposed to negro.
Nikki: ...you brought the Brady Bunch to the n****r club.
Sarah: I'm pretty sure there aren't any n****rs around here.
Nikki: Well you came with one.
Chenille: You did NOT just call me a n****r!
"There aren't any 'negros' around here", is like saying "there aren't any 'black people' around here".
By using the N-word, she'd be saying that there aren't any... oh man, how do I say this... "bad" black people around here.
Also, I would think Chenille would be significantly more offended if she'd just been called a "n****r" than a "negro".
My guess is that they had to use "negro" to have a PG-13 rating, and/or because they didn't want to piss anybody off.
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