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[Adam Blade]

BBC

Pop star Madonna has apologized for using a racial slur to refer to her son on an Instagram post.

The singer uploaded a snapshot of 13-year-old Rocco Ritchie boxing on Friday night, with the offensive epithet used in a hashtag accompanying the photo.

"I am sorry if I offended anyone with my use of the 'n-word'," she said in a statement issued on Saturday.

"It was not meant as a racial slur. I am not a racist. There's no way to defend the use of the word."

Madonna's comment was swiftly deleted from her Instagram account after some of her 1.1 million followers berated her for using the hashtag "#disnigga"

 

[Mount Shasta]

BBC

talk like everyone else #GetCalledRacist

 

[CHEEZMO™]

For someone to be around during slavery days and still think it's okay to say that is very disappointing.

 

[BertramCooper]

"One of my best children is black."

 

[Bundy]

"One of my best children is black."

 

[Kinyou]

I'm ashamed to admit, but a mother referring to her son as "disnigga" made me laugh

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

Thought she had a pass because Pac and Big Daddy Kane smashed.

 

[djplaeskool]

"One of my best children is black."

:lol

 

[Kinitari]

For someone to be around during slavery days and still think it's okay to say that is very disappointing.

"One of my best children is black."

Enjoying this thread so far.

I wonder if it's cool to say "disnigga" when you have half black kids. Apparently not

 

[DBT85]

For someone to be around during slavery days and still think it's okay to say that is very disappointing.

"One of my best children is black."

Lmfao

Both of you are beautiful people.

 

[blame space]

"One of my best children is black."

shut it down

 

[jhmtehgamr20xx]

I...don't see the issue here?

 

[Ether_Snake]

I...don't see the issue here?

#disnigga

 

[BrokenEchelon]

"One of my best children is black."

We're done.

 

[Greg]

"One of my best children is black."

amazing

 

[the chris]

For someone to be around during slavery days and still think it's okay to say that is very disappointing.

This comment deserves more love.

 

[Aiustis]

For someone to be around during slavery days and still think it's okay to say that is very disappointing.

iDied lmao

I'm actually okay with some white people using nigga, but Madonna is too white for that nonsense.

 

[vas_a_morir]

I think the term 'racial slur' should be used for deliberate malicious speech used as a pejorative.

 

[Zeus Molecules]

"One of my best children is black."

/thread lol

 

[Aiustis]

I think the term 'racial slur' should be used for deliberate malicious speech used as a pejorative.

I agree with that, racially inappropriate maybe?

 

[Skilotonn]

For someone to be around during slavery days and still think it's okay to say that is very disappointing.

"One of my best children is black."

Ahahahaha!

But really though, how can you be a publicly-known figure and not know the consequence of saying something like this nowadays.

 

[vas_a_morir]

I agree with that, racially inappropriate maybe?

Inappropriate is actually a great way of putting it. I came into this thread thinking she just flat out called somebody something maliciously. (Like Alec Baldwin calling a guy a faggot)

 

[Bay Maximus]

I wasn't offended but still a dumb thing to say imo

"One of my best children is black."

haha damn

 

[FO-totality]

Lol gotta try keep the spotlight every little bit

For someone to be around during slavery days and still think it's okay to say that is very disappointing.

"One of my best children is black."

Too good

 

[Solid Samus]

"One of my best children is black."

the best

I think the term 'racial slur' should be used for deliberate malicious speech used as a pejorative.

Yeah but then what damn-near-meaningless little thing will whiny fucknuts have to complain about on the internet then

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

She shouldn't have posted that.

 

[Mattlikewhoa]

"One of my best children is black."

WOW!

 

[Kurdel]

"One of my best children is black."

Holy mother of god.

 

[DrForester]

I think the term 'racial slur' should be used for deliberate malicious speech used as a pejorative.

But then what could people get all wound up about?

 

[gofreak]

Oh Madge.

Isn't she supposed to be taking a more 'serious' tack with her next album? I want another Ray of Light, Madonna, but this kind of stuff isn't exactly coherent with some serious/enlightened reinvention.

 

[DR2K]

nigger/nigga/etc has so many meanings and uses it's ridiculous. Obviously this wasn't intended to be malicious or hateful.

It's just a word, stop giving it so much power.

 

[PhoenixDark]

She called her white son a nigga? I...don't care, nor do I feel she needed to apologize.

 

[twobear]

"One of my best children is black."

lordT

 

[Talents]

nigger/nigga/etc has so many meanings and uses it's ridiculous. Obviously this wasn't intended to be malicious or hateful.

It's just a word, stop giving it so much power.

Agreed. If a black person said "Cracker" in regards to a white person, it wouldn't receive any where near as much attention. But because it's the N word everyone rages.

 

[CHEEZMO™]

Agreed. If a black person said "Cracker" in regards to a white person, it wouldn't receive any where near as much attention. But because it's the N word everyone rages.

and why isn't there a white history month?

what's up with that?

 

[botty]

Agreed. If a black person said "Cracker" in regards to a white person, it wouldn't receive any where near as much attention. But because it's the N word everyone rages.

Hmm.

 

[JohnDoe]

Agreed. If a black person said "Cracker" in regards to a white person, it wouldn't receive any where near as much attention. But because it's the N word everyone rages.

bwahahaha

 

[Camp Lo]

LOL disnigga

 

[Stinkles]

For someone to be around during slavery days and still think it's okay to say that is very disappointing.

10/10

 

[Cipherr]

Agreed. If a black person said "Cracker" in regards to a white person, it wouldn't receive any where near as much attention. But because it's the N word everyone rages.

This is a pretty silly statement here, if someone as well known as her said "Cracker" and was black, plenty of people would be falling all over themselves to manufacture outrage just as they did here.

That being said I saw this yesterday and didn't care at all. Like someone else said, getting 'upset' when someone other than us uses the word 'nigga' is so fucking 90's. Give it up already. The hypocrisy is just ridiculous. Its just a word. Sort of upset that she bit on the nonsense and apologized.

 

[PhoenixDark]

Agreed. If a black person said "Cracker" in regards to a white person, it wouldn't receive any where near as much attention. But because it's the N word everyone rages.

You wouldn't be from Europe, would you?

edit: yup

 

[Kurdel]

Agreed. If a black person said "Cracker" in regards to a white person, it wouldn't receive any where near as much attention. But because it's the N word everyone rages.

One can easily be defined, and the pain can quickly be understood.

Cracker doesn't mean anything, does it?

Edit: I mean it doesn't mean anything more than "lol white people"

 

[DY_nasty]

Agreed. If a black person said "Cracker" in regards to a white person, it wouldn't receive any where near as much attention. But because it's the N word everyone rages.

that damned n word

 

[A Human Becoming]

One can easily be defined, and the pain can quickly be understood.

Cracker doesn't mean anything, does it?

Edit: I mean it doesn't mean anything more than "lol white people"

It supposedly refers to poor whites in the South. I heard it originates from white people cracking whips, but I don't know if that's true.

 

[MC Safety]

Did Madonna ever apologize for the British accent she developed before she stepped off the plane?

 

[PBY]

Agreed. If a black person said "Cracker" in regards to a white person, it wouldn't receive any where near as much attention. But because it's the N word everyone rages.

Dat logic

 

[malyce]

I actually thought it was funny *shrugs* inappropriate, but funny.

 

[robotzombie]

Here is what I don't understand. Do people actually believe these apologies? I mean the people who are offended and "demand" them in the first place? It is obvious they are never sincere and are only done under duress to make the "problem" go away, as in, most of the time the person who supposedly needs to apologize doesn't actually think they did anything wrong and are simply saying empty, baseless words to remove the threat of whatever the offended party is capable of (or the offender's bosses overestimate and fear what they are capable of)

I mean it really just ultimately seems to me like a gotcha!, where the offended just want to say that they made someone do something to make themselves feel better, like they had the power to control someone's actions.

 

[Copenap]

For someone to be around during slavery days and still think it's okay to say that is very disappointing.

"One of my best children is black."

Second and third post delivered.

But seriously, how could she think that is a good idea?

 

[vio]

"One of my best children is black."

"... in fact, many of my friends own black children."