Blog #12- Selective with Slurs

I was at a party and Kanye West’s “Gold Digger” came up on the iPod. And this white guy was singing the lyrics--- I ain’t saying she a gold digger, but she ain’t messing with no broke ni--- and he just stopped and asked “Greg is it alright if I say the n-word in this song?” I don’t give a fuck. It’s not my word. I don’t own it. Later on Notorious B.I.G.’s “Big Poppa” came on. He’s knows all the words. “I love it when you call me big poppa/ throw your hands in the air if you’s a true player/ I love it when you call me big poppa / to the honeys getting money playing niggas like dummies---and on that line he looked at me like “Shit I didn’t ask for his permission this time.” Don’t ask a black guy if you can say the n-word because you’re singing along to Kanye or Biggie. There won’t be many guys like me who won’t care. Most of them will laugh in your face…and then walk away without giving you an answer, leaving you confused and/or in fear. Now you have to edit yourself when you sing along, even if you’re by yourself. It sounds ridiculous. "I ain’t saying she a gold digger, but she ain’t messing with no broke n---are any black people watching me?"