(November 13, 2019 at 5:36 pm)BrokenQuill92 Wrote:(November 13, 2019 at 2:04 pm)Shell B Wrote: If one individual tells me something is offensive to them, I take it that they are offended, not that every single person who is in any grouping they could feasibly fit into feels the same way. Artists like it when you sing their music, go to their shows, buy their merch.
I don't particularly want men to think of women as hos, but I'm not going to ask people not to sing along to "Hoochie Mama." If a specific woman felt that way, don't blast the song and sing it in her face as a matter of decency. I don't share that view, so come sing along with me. Don't assume the offended speak for a whole group of people.
There is a world of difference between the way it's meant in most music and the way it's meant when a racist says it. If you can't recognize the subtleties and cultural nuances of language, that's fine. Just don't expect me to similarly limit myself. Believe me, I'm equally offended when it's used in an offensive manner. It has a horrible history, but it's not up to me to tell black people they can't use it in a new way.
It’s also not up to you tell me a black woman not to be hurt or offended when not only black so called artist throw black people and black culture under the bus for the white corporate dollar but then you a white woman (who get uplifted in hip hop culture and stands as a pillar to the structure of colorism and anti-blackness) accuse me of virtue signaling on a topic that affects me as a black American. Don’t go there with me sweetie.
I stand as a pillar to anti blackness? Get over yourself. You don’t know shit about me. I’m just singing along to music I like. That’s literally it. I didn’t tell you not to be hurt or offended by shit, nor would I. It’s your right to be offended. Since I’ve never used that language toward you nor would I, you have no reason to be offended by me or call me fucking anti-black. You don’t get to call me names because of the color of my skin or because I like a very wide variety of music. Stop making my whiteness a thing. I don’t.
