I know how she feels. I have been called nigger to my face several times and although I can handle my own physically and verbally it still manages to hurt everytime. That word is powerful.
http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/enterta...tle-18592.htmlSuperstar Mariah Carey battles against racism wherever she travels, because people forget she is mixed race.
The singer was born to an Irish-American mother and an African-American father.
She says, "I'm in a room a lot of times with only white people, and they forget and say things that are offensive - and I have to put them in check. And I'm sitting there and I'm thinking I'm either going to have to leave or I'm going to have to talk about it.
"After travelling the world, I think racism, or ignorance, is everywhere. It's in the US, Italy, France. Even in certain Latin American countries, where it's a very mixed society."
I know how she feels. I have been called nigger to my face several times and although I can handle my own physically and verbally it still manages to hurt everytime. That word is powerful.
I understand however, she says racism is everywhere and then says it white people. A racist comment in itself. Yes it white people but its other races too. She's still centering out one race - why is this somehow acceptable?
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I really hate that the rappers use it. I don't normally listen to rap music but when I hear it in passing, it just makes me sick.Originally Posted by ray shawn
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I think the word can be used in a good way, by the right people and in certain situations. Unfortunately it's really overused.
How? Please explain that to me because that word is always offensive to me, as offensive as all the other racial nicknames bandied about. It speaks of a time when it was business as usual to denigrate someone merely because of the color of their skin.Originally Posted by SlimandSexxy
it is NEVER acceptable. famous or not.Originally Posted by Lakesweetjane
If my African American friends are making fun of themselves, they use the word, and it is very okay in those situations. Or when they are telling stories of what happened at a club or something. I don't think it's okay to use the word towards a female, I also think it can be used among black males. That's MY thought.Originally Posted by UndercoverGator
i didn't know mariah carey WAS a race. i thought she was an alien being this whole time!! i mean, just look at the shape of her head... o.O
cry me a river, build me a bridge, and GET OVER IT.
yeah...but my suggestion would be: don't hate. it's just wasted energy. time is better served in trying to understand the reason for her full-of-crapness and bringing understanding. if not to her, then amongst ourselves...besides, we will never fully understand what her experience is/has been. sadly, maybe she's felt the racism more from white america than from other groups, we'll just never know...and maybe that's why she says what she does.....although she does point out the other places she's seen racism alive and well...we'll never know.Originally Posted by Lakesweetjane
Originally Posted by Lakesweetjane
OMG the world has probably tilted off of it's axis because I'm about to defend Mimi. She does say that even Latin countries show racism. It doesn't appear that she's singling out white people.
THERE, did you feel the earth tremor?!? It won't happen again, I can assure you.
[quote=Bellatheball] It doesn't appear that she's singling out white people.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one to think that!!...I bet some of our guilty consciences were triggered when reading Mimi's statement.......
"Victim?"
Oh yeah....is this like when she was "almost homeless" because the refurbishing on her apartment was taking too long???
Or like when she was "practically a prisoner" of her husband???
Biatch. Haul out your victim gear when you want more attention. Crazy ass ho.
how about not using the "nigger" word at all..it just sounds stupid, and ignorant. I don't think I've ever heard someone with more than 3 teeth ever use that.
Disgusting word.
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