White Georgia teens celebrate graduation with a Drake lyric (they chose poorly)
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CassidyIzABeast
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Nas lost
ChubbyHuggs
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chickdigger802
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Thats what counts as a senior prank these days?
cubicle47b
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Haha.
I don't know. Depends how/when it's used. So many non-black kids like Punjabi/Vietnamese/Fijian/Persian said it all the time in BC. Usually just joking with friends or because hip-hop was/is huge. Don't really remember white people saying it, just awkward.
Not sure if srs. I agree it's poor word choice especially for a prank that's on the school and they'll be reprimanded, but to say they don't deserve to go to university and have an agenda/spreading their racist views? Nigger is a historically terrible and demeaning word, but surely you can see how the phrase "nigga we made it" in reference to them graduating school is not the same? Especially when they say it's because of Drake lyrics. So many use his phrases like yolo, started from the bottom now we here.
Uh... So would you be fine with incarcerating these people? Or how about killing them, so those racists can't live to breed? Why the half measures?
jediyoshi
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Is "this type of stuff" the racism or the foolishness.
victreeb3l
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I see what you did there.
sixteen-bit
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that was really subtle. Capital S next time.
Hey, we have Koreans, too.
Um, yes.
djplaeskool
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As a non-American I have a hard time wrapping my mind around this. The word is used commercially, in pop songs like this one by Drake. It is then marketed and sold to kids and like most pop artists intended for kids to like, sing along to and emulate. Which they do, but then people get upset when they do. They should know better, they should understand.
But here is the thing. The word is used in a song, light hearted, commercial. Like it isn't a big deal, even though it quite obviously is and very rightfully so.
So why isn't this explained to those kids and why isn't the outrage aimed at Drake and other artists who so carelessly use the word and teach kids like these that it's a cool and hip thing to say and use? To me that is where your anger should be aimed. That word and other slurs like it either need to not be used at all or only used for education of how bad they are. But if you have commercial pop songs make light of them and even make them hip and cool, then it seems to me that that is where your problem lies.
But here is the thing. The word is used in a song, light hearted, commercial. Like it isn't a big deal, even though it quite obviously is and very rightfully so.
So why isn't this explained to those kids and why isn't the outrage aimed at Drake and other artists who so carelessly use the word and teach kids like these that it's a cool and hip thing to say and use? To me that is where your anger should be aimed. That word and other slurs like it either need to not be used at all or only used for education of how bad they are. But if you have commercial pop songs make light of them and even make them hip and cool, then it seems to me that that is where your problem lies.
Black Republican
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im not offended but they chose a shitty lyric, why not something more oldschool hmm Georgia?
Sho_Nuff82
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Not racism if they're literally quoting a rap lyric. Just stupid and immature as hell to have profanity in your senior motto. I'd be more embarrassed if the kids involved were black, honestly.
People saying it in general makes me cringe.
Byakuya769
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The feeling of "nigga we made it" should be universal. I'll let it slide.
nintendork666
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Pretty much the same thing as "Dude, we made it". People are dumb.
MHWilliams
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Conditional usage in language is a norm. There's things you can and can't say to others outside of race. Much like I can't go up to your significant other on the random and call them "honey" or some other pet name.
The word is a part of the conditional usage, in that you should probably watch where and how you use it. It has a clear and present history and while black people have put effort into retaking the word, it still retains a lot of its power as a racial slur. It's not reverse racism, it's the acknowledgement of how it was previously used and of your possible connection to the racial minority it was used against. Drake saying "nigga" is taken different from Teg Nugent saying it.
These white kids were dumb. Someone just needs to tell them that and send them on their way.
CrazyDogg77
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#facts. "Nigga We Made It" is universal
freeofgreed
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I don't think this specific case was that bad, I don't think they had any ill intent. What usually gets me about the "White kids using the n word" threads that we get here every so often is that the actually story usually isn't any where near as bad as the people who come to the threads and try to rationalize/defend their usage of it.
I'm 99% sure he was being sarcastic
I'm 99% sure he was being sarcastic
I hope
HuskerDutheDu
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What? These kids too good for "Started from the bottom now we here?"
Pretty much. Was it stupid to do? Yes, because of exactly this shit coming out of it, but seriously it's a freaking popular song lyric. There are LOTS of offensive things in songs that people sing or quote all the time.
Was I too subtle? I thought for sure "Why can't I ignore historical context and say it too?" would make it obvious.
JJDinomite
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They said nigga not nigger, so it's fine.
I think this sums up the rules who who can say what pretty well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldJ6H-6PKJg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldJ6H-6PKJg
Vicetrailia
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Drake is so soft...
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Hispanic kids here in Miami do it all the time. Can they get away with that or something?
bobbychalkers
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I'm sure that argument has been made on GAF non-sarcastically.
No they can't. I have found that people who use "nigga" who aren't black are often the first people who turn around and call black people "niggers."
No one gets a "nigga pass" if they aren't black, regardless of what their one black friend says.
Also the fact that this is a song lyric doesn't mean shit to a black person who doesn't want to see that nonsense hanging from a building.
Something similar and far worse. "I tell nigger jokes with my friends, but not around black people so I'm not a racist."
negreenfield
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As a resident of Forsyth county I'd like to point out that there is a decent Indian and Mexican population, probably making up 20% or so of the residents. No fun allowed. Carry on.
Pretty much. Drake sucks anyway.
Massive Duck. C.M.
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"We'us gon' put 'nigger' like in the old days, but Suzy said that'd be bad. We love black folks!"
*spits tobacco
Not too smart, kids
*spits tobacco
Not too smart, kids
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