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Showing Original Post only (View all)Is it ever okay for white people to listen to, play, or sing along to Ni@@as In Paris? [View all]
I believe the word is slowly losing its power and to think that its power will not diminish through the ages is foolish.
Ah, have to add that this is a BLOCKBUSTER song by Kanye and Jay-Z. It's actually really good.
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Is it ever okay for white people to listen to, play, or sing along to Ni@@as In Paris? [View all]
Snake Alchemist
Apr 2012
OP
There was a recent post about the n-word where people were saying that it would always be off limits
Snake Alchemist
Apr 2012
#4
I thought the body of my OP explained it well. I did add some explanation to it after a poster made
Snake Alchemist
Apr 2012
#28
If EVERYBODY would just have been informed by this we wouldn't need all these fucking threads
snooper2
Apr 2012
#48
I should have realized that. I'm a bit fan of hip-hop. My wife LOVES country.
Snake Alchemist
Apr 2012
#21
No, but I do believe that it's slowly losing power and don't mind it in hip-hop. nt
Snake Alchemist
Apr 2012
#11
I am most often mistaken for being hispanic, but only occassionally for being black.
Snake Alchemist
Apr 2012
#16
The intent is to foster discussion. I'm a fan of hip-hop. Some consider the use of the word
Snake Alchemist
Apr 2012
#36
It does seem that intelligent discussion that actually produces positive results about some subjects
bighart
Apr 2012
#51
Probably posted now because it is a current topic of discussion of late
The Straight Story
Apr 2012
#41
Do we have the benefit or do they have the benefit? I wonder sometimes. nt
Snake Alchemist
Apr 2012
#50
Sometimes. I feel a little weird when I'm blasting the songs in my car in a parking lot
Snake Alchemist
Apr 2012
#37
I would say that if you are singing a song, you are not meaning it in a degrading way.
doh1
Apr 2012
#38
Try asking this (or doing this) in a an predominantly black neighborhood...
LanternWaste
Apr 2012
#42