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Racism in mainstream media
July 29, 2015 at 6:52 pm
This woman sent me a link to her youtube video in which she makes a parody/cover of 'Bad Blood' by Taylor swift and uses that song to spread the message that racism is alive and well. Now I don't normally listen to this type of music but check it out it's an interesting video and I'm curious about what you people think about it. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?s...=page_wall
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RE: Racism in mainstream media
July 29, 2015 at 7:02 pm
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I can't make much sense of the song because I can't understand her.
I think "All lives matter" is a bit silly, and shows how easily some white people feel excluded. Society already got the memo that my white life matters, and saying "black lives matter" doesn't suddenly mean mine doesn't. It just says what it says, "black lives matter".
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RE: Racism in mainstream media
July 29, 2015 at 8:18 pm
(July 29, 2015 at 7:02 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: I can't make much sense of the song because I can't understand her.
I think "All lives matter" is a bit silly, and shows how easily some white people feel excluded. Society already got the memo that my white life matters, and saying "black lives matter" doesn't suddenly mean mine doesn't. It just says what it says, "black lives matter".
I hope this will not be too much of a derail, but your post reminded me of some of the complaints I have heard from men about feminism. To borrow your phrasing, society already got the memo that men are important, and saying "women are important" doesn't suddenly mean that men are not important. It shows how silly some men are and how easily some men feel excluded.
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RE: Racism in mainstream media
July 29, 2015 at 8:22 pm
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How can white people even feel excluded? They're in everything! That makes no sense.
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RE: Racism in mainstream media
July 29, 2015 at 8:35 pm
(July 29, 2015 at 8:22 pm)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: How can white even feel excluded? They're in everything! That makes no sense.
Some white people are stupid fools. One could try and say it in a nicer way, but the answer boils down to that.
Just to be clear, I am white. But when some dumbass, who thinks the world revolves around him, doesn't get to be always prominently included in everything, he whines and complains. Because he is a dumbass.
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RE: Racism in mainstream media
July 29, 2015 at 8:47 pm
I feel like "all lives matter" wouldn't be so problematic if people had been saying that before "black lives matter" was a thing.
It's the way it was so blatantly done in response to #blacklivesmatter, because some people had their arses in their hands and felt they weren't included. Meanwhile people are getting killed out there, while your biggest concern is that nobody said your life matters (when it already does, everywhere).
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RE: Racism in mainstream media
July 29, 2015 at 8:59 pm
(July 29, 2015 at 8:47 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: I feel like "all lives matter" wouldn't be so problematic if people had been saying that before "black lives matter" was a thing.
It's the way it was so blatantly done in response to #blacklivesmatter, because some people had their arses in their hands and felt they weren't included. Meanwhile people are getting killed out there, while your biggest concern is that nobody said your life matters (when it already does, everywhere).
Yes. If it had started as "all lives matter," then there would be no problem with it. But as a reaction to "black lives matter," it is silly and obnoxious. As you stated so well in your first post in this thread, saying that "black lives matter" is not saying that anyone else's life does not matter.
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RE: Racism in mainstream media
July 29, 2015 at 9:04 pm
(July 29, 2015 at 8:47 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: I feel like "all lives matter" wouldn't be so problematic if people had been saying that before "black lives matter" was a thing.
It's the way it was so blatantly done in response to #blacklivesmatter, because some people had their arses in their hands and felt they weren't included. Meanwhile people are getting killed out there, while your biggest concern is that nobody said your life matters (when it already does, everywhere).
The whole issue is a fested combined of bullshit political correctness and need to argue semantics. Black lives matter because all lives matter regardless of race. NEXT!
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RE: Racism in mainstream media
July 29, 2015 at 9:17 pm
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Sorry, feels like self promoting to me, not sincere. Check out her Bonnie LouTube site. She parodies a lot of songs and has other vids.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFrBj18...4GPLT55lXw
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