Hey DeltaQTE:
I agree we should be offended when J. Lo uses it but I feel like we have to start at the source because I can't control what she does. I can however not be hypocritical and yell and scream when she uses it in the same context we do. Ultimately the onus (sp?) is on us as black folks to stop using it and referring to each other as such. So I am saying I can't worry about her using it, Eminem, Beastie Boys, Big Pun, Cuban Link, Fat Joe or any of these other artists when DMX, Ja Rule and SHYNE all use the word heavily and in the SAME CONTEXT in their music. SHOOT Shyne's album have songs TITLED w/ the word. So we really need to check ourselves first before we run out there trying to check others.
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Originally posted by DELTAQTE:
Hey Ivy,
We have all heard the saying two wrongs do not make a right, and if we are trying to get our own people to quit saying it, then we shouldn't let other races do it either.
I am offended because nigga is a word used to insult black people, so if black people using the word offends you, then it should with j.lo also.
Has J.Lo responded to this yet?
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