one is, in my opinion, imminently threatening and i would have gotten the hell out of that place in virginia too. i refuse to accept that any white person can use that term without a strong capacity for violence in their heart. decent white people do not ever talk this way.

the saint ex incident is a far too often occurrence, but not threatening. again, from my way of seeing things.

i can’t handle hearing the word “nigger” or “nigga” and instantly lose any capacity to respect those that use them. places that play music with “nigga” are not places i can go again. it makes me too uncomfortable, regardless of the clientele. its usage is incomprehensible to me.

i’m from the north and by far i’ve heard more black people say it than white people. but to me, there is too much evil associated with it and anyone that uses it is drawing evil toward them.

to me, no, it is not okay for kanye to say it. or rather, sure he can say what he wants. but he will never have my respect or my money, nor do i want to even hear his music.

if the room was not full of white people, would your disgust have been different? was the dj white?

one is, in my opinion, imminently threatening and i would have gotten the hell out of that place in virginia too. i refuse to accept that any white person can use that term without a strong capacity for violence in their heart. decent white people do not ever talk this way.

the saint ex incident is a far too often occurrence, but not threatening. again, from my way of seeing things.

i can’t handle hearing the word “nigger” or “nigga” and instantly lose any capacity to respect those that use them. places that play music with “nigga” are not places i can go again. it makes me too uncomfortable, regardless of the clientele. its usage is incomprehensible to me.

i’m from the north and by far i’ve heard more black people say it than white people. but to me, there is too much evil associated with it and anyone that uses it is drawing evil toward them.

to me, no, it is not okay for kanye to say it. or rather, sure he can say what he wants. but he will never have my respect or my money, nor do i want to even hear his music.

if the room was not full of white people, would your disgust have been different? was the dj white?

As far as the former situation in VA, all I can say is that I’m a city boy, born and raised in an 85% Black city. Until I moved out here I didn’t realize how comforting it is to be surrounded by faces and stories with which one can connect, and not have to deal with the racism and xenophobia unless absolutely necessary. I said all THAT to say, what COULD you do in that situation? Make a fuss? Demand restitution? I just hope one day we get to a place where those types of attitudes don’t affect us the way they do now. You can call other ethnicities all the slurs in the book and at the end of the day they keep doing what they’re doing. With us, sometimes we still feel that lash.

I really didn’t mean to say this much, my bad. I haven’t slept.
.-= Jason Rashaad´s last blog ..Law School Personal Statement =-.

As far as the former situation in VA, all I can say is that I’m a city boy, born and raised in an 85% Black city. Until I moved out here I didn’t realize how comforting it is to be surrounded by faces and stories with which one can connect, and not have to deal with the racism and xenophobia unless absolutely necessary. I said all THAT to say, what COULD you do in that situation? Make a fuss? Demand restitution? I just hope one day we get to a place where those types of attitudes don’t affect us the way they do now. You can call other ethnicities all the slurs in the book and at the end of the day they keep doing what they’re doing. With us, sometimes we still feel that lash.

I really didn’t mean to say this much, my bad. I haven’t slept.
.-= Jason Rashaad´s last blog ..Law School Personal Statement =-.

Musicians and other artist/entertainers seriously need to start being socially responsible and think about that they are putting into their work and not just do things because they think its cool or will make them a few bucks.

You can teach a person to not be ignorant but there is no cure for stupidity.
.-= Wardell´s last blog ..Testing Twitter @Anywhere =-.