African-American singer Justin Timberlake calls Madonna his "ninja" on Twitter

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Wow. I have never once heard the term Ninja used in that reference before.

didnt even know it was a " thing " .

Are we just making up stuff to get offended by these days? Sure seems so.
 
You guys need to watch

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He calls people his ninjas constantly on there. I didn't think anyone ever cared, haha. And yes, I like that show. :(
 
Squalor said:
You're obviously trying to make a comparison when you state "as if Madonna has to prove anything to you when it comes to success."

I never said she had to prove anything to me. I never said she wasn't successful. I made a joke about how she is less successful now, which is a measurable fact.

Never thought I'd run into a Madonna stan. Good lord.
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Fuck...am I part of Pop-gaf now?

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This is stupid. The uproar over this that is. First of all EVERYBODY is saying nigga nowadays, EVERYBODY. That word has long since lost its "black only" status in my eyes.
Secondly. .. JT deserves a black card anyway. Dude makes some good R&B.
 
IAmRandom31 said:
Wow. I have never once heard the term Ninja used in that reference before.

didnt even know it was a " thing " .

Are we just making up stuff to get offended by these days? Sure seems so.
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So you've never heard of it, and then proceed to declare it "made up".

OK.

Pinko Marx said:
This is stupid. The uproar over this that is. First of all EVERYBODY is saying nigga nowadays, EVERYBODY. That word has long since lost its "black only" status in my eyes.
Secondly. .. JT deserves a black card anyway. Dude makes some good R&B.
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No. No, no, no, no, no.

No.
 
I am completely ignorant on this topic, so can someone enlighten me on why "my nigga" is offensive? Is it just because it's basically the n-word? Because I thought the -ga ending changed the meaning and turned it into a term of endearment, especially when paired with "my" in front of it. Does it still cause offense when non-African Americans use it because of its roots with the n-word? or is it more about appropriation? Because I "my nigga" seems like such a friendly, inclusive phrase to use that I can see why people would enjoy using it. And variations of it too, like "my homie" my brother" or "my ninja". Is the last offensive if you are Asian?
 
Squalor said:
I never said she had to prove anything to me. I never said she wasn't successful. I made a joke about how she is less successful now, which is a measurable fact.
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But the Sticky & Sweet Tour (2008) did ~$400 million+, making it the fifth-highest grossing tour of all time and the highest grossing tour for a female artist. And the MDNA Tour is the 12th highest grossing tour of all-time.

And I think in 2013 she was Forbes's #1 top-earning celebrity of the year.

The measures I have say that she's as successful as ever.
 
CapNBritain said:
I am completely ignorant on this topic, so can someone enlighten me on why "my nigga" is offensive? Is it just because it's basically the n-word? Because I thought the -ga ending changed the meaning and turned it into a term of endearment, especially when paired with "my" in front of it. Does it still cause offense when non-African Americans use it because of its roots with the n-word? or is it more about appropriation? Because I "my nigga" seems like such a friendly, inclusive phrase to use that I can see why people would enjoy using it. And variations of it too, like "my homie" my brother" or "my ninja". Is the last offensive if you are Asian?
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Said by anyone not black is offensive. Not all black people are okay with nigga when black people use it so it is seen as nothing but racism when non-blacks use it.

There are just some things some people can't say.
 
I am officially old. Never heard of this.

Been having a few of these moments lately.

Also, obligatory: "Everyone want to be black, until it's time to be black."
 
Enzom21 said:
Said by anyone not black is offensive. Not all black people are okay with nigga when black people use it so it is seen as nothing but racism when non-blacks use it.

There are just some things some people can't say.
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I don't 100% agree with this. "Nigga" as a term in the hip-hop community means something much different than if, say, Paula Deen or Donald Sterling say it. If the person's in the hip-hop community, it's fair game IMHO, as long as you mean it as a term of endearment or knocking on someone w/o racial malice.

I mean, quite a few of my favorite white, Latino and even a couple Asian rappers use the word, but you can tell in what way they're saying it, and it's not to be racist. They're deep into hip-hop and in hip-hop "nigga" is almost as common as "yo" or "what's up".

I'm not really "in" to hiphop that deep so I don't say it, but if I were, and were big into urban/street culture too...it'd just become a natural part of my vernacular. And in the end I think it's better to try and change the meaning of a negative word into something positive instead of just making the word itself taboo and throwing away the key.
 
He said what!? What a racist scumbag! I'm fucking outrage!! I think? No, not really. I'm not at all offended by this. In fact, I think less of him for being so spineless and deleting it.
 
Pinko Marx said:
It's not worth fighting. Let em have it. I've been saying it for over 10 years, it's lost its lustre, I barely even say it anymore. Let people nigga themselves out so we can move on.
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Considering I've had the term throw at me in a derogatory manner by people older and the same age as me, something about a white person using that word just incenses me. I've had white friends call me nigga thinking I was fine with it when in reality, it made me mad as hell. Never mind people taking Chris Rock's classic skit between niggers and niggas literally and thinking it gives them carte blanche to start throwing the word around, I just don't know where we are going with this.
 
jhmtehgamr20xx said:
I don't 100% agree with this. "Nigga" as a term in the hip-hop community means something much different than if, say, Paula Deen or Donald Sterling say it. If the person's in the hip-hop community, it's fair game IMHO, as long as you mean it as a term of endearment or knocking on someone w/o racial malice.

I mean, quite a few of my favorite white, Latino and even a couple Asian rappers use the word, but you can tell in what way they're saying it, and it's not to be racist. They're deep into hip-hop and in hip-hop "nigga" is almost as common as "yo" or "what's up".

I'm not really "in" to hiphop that deep so I don't say it, but if I were, and were big into urban/street culture too...it'd just become a natural part of my vernacular. And in the end I think it's better to try and change the meaning of a negative word into something positive instead of just making the word itself taboo and throwing away the key.
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To a lot a black people who don't want to hear that from black people and most certainly don't want to hear it from non-blacks. Hip Hop does not determine what black people do or don't find offensive.
 
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