Comments on: Don Imus Done In Radio, But Can I Rap With Jay-Z About His Hos?

By: Bryen

Bryen — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:04:40 +0000

It is not just hip hop.

Buckcherry has a hit song called Crazy Bitch, but no one brings that up. Or Smack My Bitch up by prodigy..

Imus didn’t say what he said because of hip-hop, but because he is an idiot, plain and simple. Hip-hop didn’t create racism or sexism.

If white people are upset that black folks use the n-word and feel they should be able to say it, too, my response is: ‘Why do you want to say it?

By: dmdo1016

dmdo1016 — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:14:47 +0000

You are wrong jrenee, you couldn’t find one person one this earth who has heard me utter in public or private the n-word, not one.

But I still want to know how am I supposed to listen to song I like that do use words I find inappropriate or that society find distasteful.

Double-standard. How about NONE of us use them is the real point of the story and then no one will be confused.

Some people are really stubborn, full of it and dense.

By: jrenee

jrenee — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:49:27 +0000

the “n” word has been used and abused by white people since slavery, personally I think white people should be tired of using it by now. because of the abuse of the word for so many years, i don’t believe that you have the right to question the black, white or gray areas, most people always use the words they want to use when they are by themselves or in a group where they feel comfortable, why ask permission now? the moral to the story is that anyone asking permission already uses the word - just don’t try it in mixed company.

By: Fan

Fan — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:41:12 +0000

I’m not sure if you heard Jay-Z’s last album, but he makes it a point not to refer to women as bitches and hos on it. He said he grew as an artist. Let’s remember that the Beastie Boys also used to degrade women & gays in their music and apologized years later when they found Buddhism.

By: EricOlsen

EricOlsen — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:57:25 +0000

excellent and thorny point Dawn, I don’t know the answer - it’s very much a subjective/cultural thing, though, not a matter of logic

By: dmdo1016

dmdo1016 — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:28:46 +0000

Well, that was an answer, but not a very good one.
Maybe white people should just stop participating in black culture and then that would solve all our problems.

Yeah, that’s the answer.

By: John White

John White — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:22:56 +0000

No, you man not use any terms that may indicate that you a racist, precisely because you are not a member of that race group.

Has that helped to resolve your confusion.

John

By: dmdo1016

dmdo1016 — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:08:50 +0000

I am glad you got my point Jason. I like a lot of soulful music as well, and I would like to expose my daughter to the joys of good music, even today’s rap, but dayum, if I don’t know how I am supposed to do that with out causing all kinds of confusion.

Just recently I discussed the idea of not describing someone by their color, but to my daughter it was the most innocent thing. Her phrase: “you know mom, the kid in my class with the dark skin.” She was so embarrassed that I said this, but then how else is she supposed to describe a person.

It’s very confusing.

By: Jason Meltzer Patterson

Jason Meltzer Patterson — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:37:13 +0000

Kayne West told Rolling Stone that he hates the N-word but I cannot count the number of times he uses it in his album. I still like like his music and when I am humming along I replace the N-word with “brother”

i.e. “If ya feelin’ like a pimp, brother, come brush your shoulders off”

I don’t really know how I feel about this. I understand using the word to “reclaim” the word, but at the same time, why do I laugh when Dave Chappelle calls White people Crackers?

Well..I’m not sure.

But I sure do like my share of hip hop including Mos Def, The Roots, Talib Kweli, De la Soul, etc.