Varför säger ingen kanack längre?

/---/ the word is often used in common language and also in Hip-Hop, films /---/ etc. as a modified synonym to Nigga. Similar to the use of "Nigga" in the United States, this is often done to emphasize a flamboyant manner, violent tendencies, an affinity to crime and a status as an outcast from society, both used as a derogatory term and especially by young people who grew up in Germany and originate from predominantly Muslim countries.

In contrast to "Nigga" the term "Kanake" is not only used between and by those person groups the word refers to. Persons who are not from those minorites, especially younger persons, also often call and describe people of Turkish, etc. origin as "Kanaken". It is used like every other normal term and the word is not understood as derogatory or insulting.

Some claim that the vernacular use of the word may be on the decline. In an interview on 26 February 2006 with the German weekly Die Welt, German-Turkish author Feridun Zaimoğlu was asked if the word Kanake still appeared in contemporary language. Zaimoğlu answered, "That is over. Also pleasant!"