Makes sense to me -Are we banning Rap music? ![]()
Makes sense to me -Are we banning Rap music? ![]()
Not really....
Really, you say - please name the "racist" rice and the "racist" pancake syrup. Everyone knows that RAP music, if one can call it music, is full of racist words - so don't worry about naming any of the thousands of "songs".
That's a breathtakingly idiotic argument, even for you.
No words are racist in and of themselves. It's how they're used and what they are used to refer to that makes a statement using them---or not racist.
And to illustrate what I mean--The word "nigger" is often used ironically by the Black community to refer to Black people. The idea is to remove the negative connotation---and disarm the word itself---by preemptively using it to refer to "just another Black guy."
The above concept might be waaaaaay too sophisticated for you.
If one wants to "disarm" that word, then quit using it - that goes for you, other racists and Blacks. Rap "music" is full of that word, and I believe when they quit using it, then and only then will others quit using it. If you use that word all day, every day, then don't complain when persons of another color use it - you can't have it both ways.
Originally posted by: David Miller
If one wants to "disarm" that word, then quit using it - that goes for you, other racists and Blacks. Rap "music" is full of that word, and I believe when they quit using it, then and only then will others quit using it. If you use that word all day, every day, then don't complain when persons of another color use it - you can't have it both ways.
That supposition ignores the fact that it is and has been used millions of times by people who aren't rappers.
I'm not complaining about the use of the word--it has its place, such as the way I described it. I object to its use within a racist statement. It's not the word itself; it's the context. Hell, "boy" can be and has been used in a racist context.
Quit making lame, worthless excuses why it is OK for some to use the word, but not OK for others. Wrong is wrong.
Originally posted by: David Miller
Quit making lame, worthless excuses why it is OK for some to use the word, but not OK for others. Wrong is wrong.
Your fake outrage has been duly noted.
Originally posted by: David Miller
Quit making lame, worthless excuses why it is OK for some to use the word, but not OK for others. Wrong is wrong.
I KNEW that the word "context" was too advanced for you.
"Context" does not make a "racist" word non racist. Is that "concept" to difficult to comprehend?