• Weedian [he/him]
    hexbear
    51
    3 months ago

    manhattan its 2023 and fat joe is defending his use of the n word

    manhattan its 2019 and fat joe is defending his use of the n word

    manhattan its 2022 and fat joe is defending his use of the n word

  • @taiphlosion@lemmygrad.ml
    hexbear
    28
    3 months ago

    It's always nonblack people who wanna say it, and always comes with this same kind of stupid ass whiny attitude whenever they know they shouldn't be and people call them out on it.

    • RyanGosling [none/use name]
      hexbear
      6
      3 months ago

      A lot of the time they don’t even “want” to say it. Back in high school I’ve seen black guys tell people “ok go ahead you can say it” the other guy just get uncomfortable and don’t want to say anything lol. More often than not, white people just get upset at the idea of being restricted in any way even if they have no real intention of engaging with whatever the restriction is

      • @taiphlosion@lemmygrad.ml
        hexbear
        2
        3 months ago

        It's part of the reason why I only say it around other Black folks cause I'm not tryna be the one Black friend that white people have that "gives them permission". Ain't no passes on reclaimed slurs for those with no reason to claim it. Most especially for those who are part of the same group who used it as a slur.

        white people just get upset at the idea of being restricted in any way even if they have no real intention of engaging with whatever the restriction is

        This is the real reason lol. Their biggest fear is being excluded from things that have nothing to do with them anyway.

  • Gorillatactics [none/use name]
    hexbear
    17
    3 months ago

    I do think there's something to analyze here. In the 80s and 90s ideas about the hood and ghettos became part of a cultural identity. An identity that had a lot of overlap with ethnic identities. With a cultural identity that centered around a dead end of economic mobility I think it sort of blended in with the ethnic identities; similar to how Haitians described the french peasants as 'white slaves.' The paradigm has shifted, but why and what caused it? Did the gentrification of the 2010's allow the already present white passing population in inner cities to move up socially while the black population stayed put?

    • keepcarrot [she/her]
      hexbear
      6
      3 months ago

      I remember a lot of asians at both of my highschool adopted "ghetto culture" more than the white kids.

      • RyanGosling [none/use name]
        hexbear
        5
        edit-2
        3 months ago

        My school was in the ‘ghettos’ with majority black and Hispanic residents, so a lot of non black students grew up saying the n word and adapted black culture. But there were times when we went on trips to other schools - most of which were extremely bougie. Like public schools that look like cathedrals with 5 different basketball courts type shit. But it was extremely jarring to see students - black and non black - who obviously never grew up in the same environment as us somehow sounding and acting like us lol.

        Like this lol https://youtu.be/0MoQ61ap-CU

  • emizeko [they/them]
    hexbear
    13
    3 months ago

    only learned about this guy recently and can't remember why. I feel like he was advocating for Biden or something?

  • invo_rt [he/him]
    hexbear
    9
    3 months ago

    Just curious, is there a reason this has been popping off in the past few years? "Rockaway" came out like 20 years ago and he says it throughout.