We already know about nigga/nigger, but there are more!
1. Bodega
2. Hood
3. Ghetto
Really, no one—white, black, Kappa, etc.—should ever say “ghetto” again, ever.
4. Spades
5. What’s Good?
Nothing at all, now that you’ve said that.
6. Ninja
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.
7. Harlem
8. Cousin
Just sounds wrong coming from a white person’s mouth. Plus, we know how they generally feel about cousin culture.
9. Homie
10. Aight
Just say “all right,” man. “All righty” is even better, for you.
11. Soul Food
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.
12. Yams
13. Booty
14. Twerk
15. Collard Greens
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.
16. Solange
17. Drank
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.”
18. Black Twitter
Fuck you.
19. Moist
It’s already on the banned list for black people, and I’m not going to discriminate.