• Minnesota School Faces Lawsuit Over Racist 'Wigger Day'
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[QUOTE=Mikedestruct;31528894]Hmm, so rapping about saving children and how the ghetto is bad really causes depression. Cuz thats what Tupac rapped about. He sold drugs to keep his family from living on the streets. Or how about Eminem who raps about overcoming drug addiction. Or how Common raps about how the gangsta culture is bad. Typical "hurr I don't like rap because of its culture". [/QUOTE] Seriously this, if you would actually look into their lyrics (not gucci or waka, but like tupac, ESPECIALLY ICECUBE, and dre) they all rap about trying to overcome the living hell that is the ghetto, I'm white as fuck, I grew up in the south side of chicago, I'm not saying I'm hood yo, but I've seen it all from a 3rd person view. I think it's safe to say none of you know exactly the struggles they go through, and you know what, I'm not even going to try pounding it into your thick skulls about why black people are put in situations like that, section 8 is fucked up. Everytime I hear people on facepunch hate on rap, and the black culture I just laugh, it just shows how ignorant some of you are down to the core, and this is exactly what tupac is talking about in this song. Give it a listen before you stereotype rap. and I mean really listen, to what he's saying, try to understand the similes and metaphores...... [video=youtube;PWJJl8osF7w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWJJl8osF7w[/video]
[quote]"Wigger is a pejorative slang term for a white person who emulates the mannerisms, language and fashions associated with African-American culture,"[/quote] Since when is being criminal uneducated uncultured scum considered African-American culture?
[QUOTE=Aman VII;31530487]Since when is being criminal uneducated uncultured scum considered African-American culture?[/QUOTE] Please refer to my above post before spewing your ignorance, thanks.
[QUOTE=Mikedestruct;31528894] I would rather have guys rapping about how they get laid and how rich they are instead of a bunch of strange guys raping the microphone with their throats, yelling about how they are satan's children and you should cut yourself and burn bibles.[/QUOTE] Actually, it's quite the opposite. [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrZyKFimmmw[/url] [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTaD9cd8hvw[/url] I think you'll find saying that is about as ignorant as what he just said.
[QUOTE=Aman VII;31530487]Since when is being criminal uneducated uncultured scum considered African-American culture?[/QUOTE] since many black people were forced into low-income situations by white people and had to take up criminal activity to survive also lol at metalheads getting angry
Slightly offended? SUE EVERYTHING
[QUOTE=Noz;31530623]Slightly offended? SUE EVERYTHING[/QUOTE] okay, imagine if it was called "white nigger wednesday" it's a day where you act like black stereotypes and it's named after a racial slur; how the hell do you not see the problem here? this shouldn't be taking place in a school. "wangster" should only be allowed for porn star day
[quote]Okay, if everyone is getting offended by how they used the word "wigger" why not make it "ACT LIKE A BLACK DAY!" or even better "CHILLIN' LIKE A BLACK DUDE IN SCHOOL DAY!" I hate how people bitch and moan about how "racially inappropriate" some jokes are. If you can't handle some backwards people poking fun at you by using a mild racial slur, think about how bad it was only 50 years ago and be glad you got born when you did. [/quote] I don't see why people should have to put up with "mild racial slurs" from an institution that is suppose to be 100% anti-racism. Also, usually things like this aren't just one isolated incident. "mild" (and not so mild) racism is something some minorities have to deal with their [b]whole[/b] life. The buck has to stop somewhere, and maybe the institution that's suppose to be encouraging kids to NOT be backwards is a great place to start? [QUOTE=LCBADs;31530407]This is something that a lot of schools do? That's fucking stupid, why would they do that? I honestly would not blame anybody if they found that grossly offensive.[/QUOTE] Uhh, I live in Jersey, so that's part of the reason why schools would have "Jersey Day." No one in Jersey finds it offensive anyway since we all know that the stereotype is a piece of shit. And using the term "Gangster" is broad enough to encompass all sorts of different urban cultures and etc. without targeting one specific group of people. And they're both better ideas than creating a day which basically is an indirect insult to black (pop) culture.
[QUOTE=Aman VII;31530487]Since when is being criminal uneducated uncultured scum considered African-American culture?[/QUOTE] Are you acting blind to the perspective of racism in order to seem better?
Everyone should go dressed in their normal clothes and acting normally.
[QUOTE=Mikedestruct;31528894]Hmm, so rapping about saving children and how the ghetto is bad really causes depression. [/quote] Yes, selling drugs to keep your family off the streets is depressing. Are you saying it's not? [quote] Or how Common raps about how the gangsta culture is bad. [/QUOTE] Are you fucking stupid? You use a person who raps that gangsta culture is bad as evidence that gangsta rap is good?
[QUOTE=RichyZ;31531749]no im fairly sure all black people kill whites steal their women and eat fried chicken and watermelon on an hourly basis[/QUOTE] I just had a bunch of watermelon so some of that would still be acting normally.
[QUOTE=RichyZ;31531749]sad how this could get agrees and a winner you are ignorant and here is something to educate you [/QUOTE] I'd rather you educated yourself, buddy. I have no problem with rap, and it can definitely be considered an art. My problem is with the 'gangsta' lifestyle being seen as attractive. I understand that a whole lot of it is borne out of racism, but... I don't see how selling drugs, pimping and killing your brothers and sisters is really helping the massive systemic inequality that minority groups face.
This is a shining example of people crying about things being racist, furthering the cycle of politically correct bullshit and continued racism. Seriously, playing the race card is as bad as being racist, so is complaining when a bunch of goofy, white kids dress like awkward white kids who try to act black. I don't fucking get people, at all, I really don't. I'm fairly certain I was born to the wrong species, or in the wrong time period or something like that. I don't belong here in a world filled with whiny, oversensitive candy-asses.
Most people who live in ghettos don't like gangster culture btw. That's usually why a lot of people look to get out of it. [editline]4th August 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=JumpinJackFlash;31532386]This is a shining example of people crying about things being racist, furthering the cycle of politically correct bullshit and continued racism. Seriously, playing the race card is as bad as being racist, so is complaining when a bunch of goofy, white kids dress like awkward white kids who try to act black.[/QUOTE] Do you know what "wigger" means? White Nigger.
[QUOTE=JumpinJackFlash;31532386]This is a shining example of people crying about things being racist, furthering the cycle of politically correct bullshit and continued racism. Seriously, playing the race card is as bad as being racist, so is complaining when a bunch of goofy, white kids dress like awkward white kids who try to act black. I don't fucking get people, at all, I really don't. I'm fairly certain I was born to the wrong species, or in the wrong time period or something like that. I don't belong here in a world filled with whiny, oversensitive candy-asses.[/QUOTE] What? The fuck? How many people hear something about racism and then go "oh hey, racism, I'm going to go be [B]racist, fuck yeah[/B]" that's like saying hearing about atrocities being committed in sudan makes more attrocities occur. [quote]Seriously, playing the race card is as bad as being racist[/quote] wow I agree, these fucking black people, how [B]dare[/B] they be discriminated against. what fucking scumbags, how dare they be black. (!)
[QUOTE=Reimu;31532408]Most people who live in ghettos don't like gangster culture btw. That's usually why a lot of people look to get out of it.[/QUOTE] Then why the hell aren't african americans burning down congress, because it seems the only way to become a successful African American is to either shed all Afro-American heritage and act Anglo-American, or to support crime/act like you support crime even though you are intelligent (hello Mr. Diddy Combs)/make music about the crimes you committed. [editline]5th August 2011[/editline] oh, also forgot the athletics route, because every one knows that black people are stupid and only good at sports (!) jesus christ I'm glad I'm not african american and live in America. tell your African American friends to come to Australia (we have free healthcare and the places that look like ghettos are actually extremely expensive town houses that trendy folk live in, so everyone else lives in the suburbs)
The didn't have to call it wigger day which literally means white nigger day. Just call it "rapper day" or "bling day" or something there's plenty of hispanic rappers and a handful of white ones that dress the same way. I mean chavs in the U.K. dress the same way apparently. That way it could be seen as dressing up as a subculture rather than a race.
[QUOTE=RichyZ;31532532]i saw you as one of the many on fp that just hate rap because black people like it but anywho i can agree with your statement but it isn't exclusive to rap, pretty much every genre exhibits the fuck bitches get money mentality[/QUOTE] That's fair enough, I understand. The thing is that the African American community needs solidarity more than say, the pimply white teenager screaming about death and destruction, because they're discriminated against. When a black teenager listens to music, hears of a life sounding a 100x better than the current one, and does X crime, it's seen as reflective of the wider community. When a white one does the same, it's not his fault, it's him, he was sick in the head, whatever, but it isn't extended to everyone of his colour. Is that fair? No, of course not, so if you're going to be singing about committing some crime, talk about burning down congress, or stealing the cars of rich white men and driving them off cliffs.
[QUOTE=valkery;31530413]Exactly. Realize that minorities are now the majority of Americans, and that racist white people are slowly dying off.[/QUOTE] I dunno From reading your posts I would say that racism is definitely still going strong
[QUOTE=Contag;31532561]Then why the hell aren't african americans burning down congress, because it seems the only way to become a successful African American is to either shed all Afro-American heritage and act Anglo-American, or to support crime/act like you support crime even though you are intelligent (hello Mr. Diddy Combs)/make music about the crimes you committed. [editline]5th August 2011[/editline] oh, also forgot the athletics route, because every one knows that black people are stupid and only good at sports (!) jesus christ I'm glad I'm not african american and live in America. tell your African American friends to come to Australia (we have free healthcare and the places that look like ghettos are actually extremely expensive town houses that trendy folk live in, so everyone else lives in the suburbs)[/QUOTE] Well, what a lot of black people who are seriously motivated to live outside of the ghettos do is they try to enter charter schools to assure competitive colleges look at them, and focus on education so that they can work to be a professional and maybe better the areas they grew up in. Not everyone does though, because they grow up in the ghettos and they think the ghetto is all they could ever possibly amount to. That's how a LOT of people in El Barrio - Spanish Harlem in NYC - feel about life. It doesn't help either that our American culture tells us subconsciously that blacks are ugly and inferior (just google Implicit Association Test racism or the baby doll experiments of the 1960s). That's also why it sometimes seems black people "have to be white" to succeed. The reason why people like Snoop Dogg create media about crime is because a.) that's part of their mythology growing up, and b.) that's what sells. There's a lot more people who want to listen to shitty rap than classic R&B, for instance.
my boy Jamal is really offended by this
[QUOTE=RBM11;31532707]The didn't have to call it wigger day which literally means white nigger day. Just call it "rapper day" or "bling day" or something there's plenty of hispanic rappers and a handful of white ones that dress the same way. I mean chavs in the U.K. dress the same way apparently. That way it could be seen as dressing up as a subculture rather than a race.[/QUOTE] "Bling day" or "Gangsta day" would be all right. "Wigger" or "Wangsta" would not.
[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;31530436][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTJCUoybqbw[/media] :v:[/QUOTE][video=youtube;GyCP5hGYllw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyCP5hGYllw&feature=related[/video] Song with pictures of wiggers.
[QUOTE=Mikedestruct;31528894]Or how about Eminem who raps about overcoming drug addiction. [/QUOTE] Eminem literally raps about how he's a fucking phoenix that rises from his own self-inflicted oppression every album he releases. Seriously, it's "I've got problems, but I've overcome." When you've released four consecutive albums about how you beat drug addiction that somehow relapses in between every album maybe you're not so good at kicking the addiction after all. For the most part popular and gangsta rap is a pretty shallow and stupid form of music. Name pretty much any human fault and it's expressed in a positive way in pop/gangsta rap, greed, objectification of women and sex in general, materialism for materialism's sake. Rap can definitely be used as an art form, Andre 3000's rhythm is fucking hypnotizing. But there's a lot of it that's complete shit.
brain dead people run minnesota schools
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulIOrQasR18[/media] Good rap music. Take note.
Minnesota.. again. :suicide: (imo - a great Homecoming theme)
[QUOTE=Mikedestruct;31528894]Hmm, so rapping about saving children and how the ghetto is bad really causes depression. Cuz thats what Tupac rapped about. He sold drugs to keep his family from living on the streets. Or how about Eminem who raps about overcoming drug addiction. Or how Common raps about how the gangsta culture is bad. Typical "hurr I don't like rap because of its culture". I would rather have guys rapping about how they get laid and how rich they are instead of a bunch of strange guys raping the microphone with their throats, yelling about how they are satan's children and you should cut yourself and burn bibles.[/QUOTE] Never heard much of Tupac, Eminem's voice annoys me and never heard of Common. Alls I know is most of the crap I'm exposed to is the likes of Little Jon and various other classy gentlemen explaining to me that "y'all niggas cain't fuck wit mah niggas". It also rather annoys me when people pull up next to me at stop-lights utilizing 1.21 giga-watt sound systems that, with THEIR window down, are capable of rattling every window within .5 miles of them. But hey, shouldn't worry about that, the cop right behind them will bust them for violating noise ordinance, right? ...right? Though I personally don't care for that shit where they mumble at the top of their lungs either (death metal, added for clarification), shit used to piss me off working at Little Caesar's when they'd play that shit. I'd tell them "You can't even understand a god-damn thing he's saying!" and when asked to translate for me, they'd listen for a while and say "...Yeah, I can't understand what he's saying. :downs:" [QUOTE=Reimu;31530286]Yeah. Most schools call it "Gangster Day" or "Jersey Day" or something, not "Wigger Day."[/QUOTE] If we had such a day I'd dress up in a suit/fedora get-up. Y'know, the classy kind of gangster. All in all I'm reminded of the riddle that states: There's a white guy and a black guy on a park bench. Which one's the racist? ...If you answered either of them, the racist is you.
[QUOTE=Zero-Point;31536237]...If you answered either of them, the racist is you.[/QUOTE] And if you answered both of them, do you win cookies?
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