11-10-2015, 03:15 PM
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Location: California
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Originally Posted by crockett
Music has always been a social identity diver for teens as they grow into adults. they are searching for their own identity that fits within their peer groups approval and music is always one of the biggest common denominators as to who your friends in school are.
You like rap, you are gonna grow up dressing like other kids that like rap.l you like metal you are gonna grow up dressing like the kids who like metal.. Country.. Ect..ect..
Now you grow up hearing hahahahahaha as every other word in a sentence, you are going to speak the same.. Just like if you grow up in Alabama and speak with a southern accent saying yall..
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You are examining n-word usage on a superficial level. You fail to recognize the intent behind the usage. If a black used the n-word as a term of endearment towards another black, that is entirely different than if a person uses the term to intimidate a black.
Furthermore, blacks sometimes use the n-word among themselves to communicate a shared "poor black experience" (sometimes sarcastically). So it is inappropriate for a white to use it in that manner. It would be the same if whites used the word "cracker" among themselves to communicate a shared "poor white experience"...it would be inappropriate/offensive for a black to use it in that manner.
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