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One Day at a Time.: In light of the "Shit White Girls Say to Black Girls" video....
I just have a question… its kinda been bugging me.
Ever since a certain co-host on The View had a proverbial meltdown about it…
What is with the need for some (read that, I said SOME) white folks to want to be able to use the term “nigger” or any variant thereof?
Like……
It’s because white people (blanket generalization ahoy!) are so used to not having rules of society cordon things off to them that they can’t believe something is “off-limits,” and also because there’s a lot of sticky stuff about nigger (and especially “nigga”) being “cool” and “black” and associated with cool things that are black, like hip-hop, that I’m not going to disentangle.
I like that we’re asking this rhetorical question, though! This strikes me as a pretty great way to start a conversation about privilege.
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becuzur reblogged this from condescendist and added:
The commentary is everything
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marion-barry reblogged this from condescendist and added:
Cus we cool bruh and everyone wants to copy
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condescendist reblogged this from jayislegend and added:
I concur! personally I only use the...out of anger to mean
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vivalaevolucion reblogged this from ladysula and added:
I don’t get this either…
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ladysula reblogged this from nohalfwaycrooks and added:
Because they’ve been denied a privilege?
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nolitevastare reblogged this from andyhutchins and added:
Always in favor of talking about privilege.
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andyhutchins reblogged this from nohalfwaycrooks and added:
It’s because white people (blanket generalization ahoy!) are so used to not having rules of society cordon things off to...
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jayislegend reblogged this from nohalfwaycrooks and added:
…they’re just mad that they’ll never understand. The word is a cultural thing, something that they can’t identify with....
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jonathan-cunningham said:
Babies whine when they get told “no, don’t” even if you just asked them not to touch a lit burner on the stove.
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onesmartblackboy said:
I think it stems from not being aware of white privilege. This on top of not truly grasping the magnitude of centuries of dehumanization, oppression, and injustice. That ignorant mindset wants to think “we’re all the same.”
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blackmanplusknowledge reblogged this from str8nochaser and added:
really don’t see why white people...this fascination...this...
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themartianchronicle said:
who had a meltdown
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doobiefry said:
because they have no sense of culture and it drives them stupid.
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