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Robbins has been sketchy from the get go. IF he is starting to delve into decisive rhetoric, it just means his grift is losing steam and needs a jump start.
Reading comprehension! The accusation is from 35 years ago.
Why am I waiting for it? Who is Robbins and why do or should I care? Heck, I've heard every member of my family use that word....and yet I still love them.
If the N word is so offensive and bad, than why can't African American rappers stop themselves from using it? Why do African Americans vote with their dollars to support the use of this word in the entertainment industry? Not defending the use of this word by white people, merely pointing out obvious hypocrisy.
Let me correct this for you:
"If the N word is so offensive and bad, than why can't African American rappers stop themselves from using it? Why do White Americans vote with their dollars to support the use of this word in the entertainment industry? Not defending the use of this word by white people, merely pointing out obvious hypocrisy."
White Americans are the biggest supporters of rap music today within America (albeit not as a percentage of their population), actually among all four racial groups, Rap is one of the top 2 most popular music genres and is currently the most popular genre in the world. Why do white Americans support rap music if they believe that the n-word is a bad word. The same reason many black Americans support rap music. Context matters, and while i'm not of this belief in this case skin color and the fact that music is an art-form allows a word like that to be both seen as a bad word and a word that is in many, many rap songs.
He’s not starting to use sketchy language. He used it 35 years ago...back when you still occasionally heard the word on network tv and definitely a lot in movies. He was saying don’t let people who call you names bother you or hold you back. And his mostly black audience was laughing. These days people take words too seriously, even call it violence. Young people are shielded from words and told they can go to safe spaces and get therapy if words bother them. Which message is more empowering?
I certainly did not hear anything he said as being racist or bigoted. He seemed to be saying to the audience (which I assume had some black people in it), don't allow names to define or control you. If someone calls you such names, rise above it.
Let me correct this for you:
"If the N word is so offensive and bad, than why can't African American rappers stop themselves from using it? Why do White Americans vote with their dollars to support the use of this word in the entertainment industry? Not defending the use of this word by white people, merely pointing out obvious hypocrisy."
White Americans are the biggest supporters of rap music today within America (albeit not as a percentage of their population), actually among all four racial groups, Rap is one of the top 2 most popular music genres and is currently the most popular genre in the world. Why do white Americans support rap music if they believe that the n-word is a bad word. The same reason many black Americans support rap music. Context matters, and while i'm not of this belief in this case skin color and the fact that music is an art-form allows a word like that to be both seen as a bad word and a word that is in many, many rap songs.
The thing is this now. The Left in America will hunt down people if any indiciation of evidence that one said something racist or did a sexist act. Racist, bigot, sexist, homophobe, xenophobe, islamophobe and so on.
Robbins has been sketchy from the get go. IF he is starting to delve into decisive rhetoric, it just means his grift is losing steam and needs a jump start.
Starting to delve into divisive rhetoric?
The tape is 35 years old. The intent was clear. Do not giveother people’s words power over you.
Only thing any of us control is our own reaction. Yet most would rather focus on controlling other people, than their own reactions.
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