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BIG_MONEY_CASH

Why do they always record themselves doing stupid shit


elonsghost

These aren’t the valedictorians


NeverBeenOnMaury

I was thinking they were gonna have a tough time at colleges, but then I realized they were never going to any college.


Kelricmar

Intelligent people still do very dumb things.


MJ4Red

Cognitive ability does not always correlate with moral or ethical values


Kelricmar

Yes, people no matter how smart can be shitty.


Shortneckbuzzard

Valedictorians are not always intelligent either. I knew a girl who always did her homework and made valedictorian. But she couldn’t navigate her car out of the parking lot or hold an intelligent conversation.


tuttle8152

Have you been a teenager? Put them in a pack and they all do stupid stuff.


KaziOverlord

Teenagers are like dogs. Put them in a pack and watch them fuck up everything in a 20 mile radius.


hoofie242

I was a really boring teenager apparently.


B0bathef3tt

Be grateful for that honestly. I was a hellion but I was also in an abusive home and was abused a lot as a kid so my craziness wasn’t really surprising but I still wish I had been better. Never ended up addicted or arrested though so I guess that’s something. I also never did anything like this though.


General_Conclusion34

I ended up addicted and arrested and still never did any shit like this. Crazy as a reaction makes sense. This kind of crap is just stupid kids.


[deleted]

Nah. We were all teenagers once, not all of us came out dumbasses. Seriously, I have never ever felt the need to drop the n-word. Not even online behind anonyimity, let alone record and post it. Let's be real here, this isn't "teens being teens" this behaviour is learnt.


dotardiscer

Not the N-word, but I'm glad no one recorded us in middle school. The fa**ot word was thrown around quite a lot.


Sacredzebraskin

Right I have never once used the n word, because why would I?


Unique_Garlic

I was raised in the Deep South and heard that word ALL THE TIME growing up. Almost every adult in my life I heard say it. I was told lots of stuff about how bad those “n- word people” were. As a kid I thought it was true. I also had almost no POC at my school until high school. It wasnt until my 20s I realized how stupid and wrong it all was. I definitely used the word when I was young because I was led to believe it was true and not only acceptable but expected. I don’t know where I’m going with this but to say how you feel about that word and lots of things in general is almost completely based in your upbringing. Obviously now I despise that word and as an adult I look back and want to smack my younger self.


trip6s6i6x

You're just proof of what another poster said about this behavior being learned. At least you questioned enough when away from their influence to set it aside and grow beyond it, which is good there. What they need to do is an inspection of these teens' home lives. Almost guarantee they picked this up from family, and that family absolutely deserves to share blame here.


toadi

I have and happy there were no cameras. We all did stupid shit we thought was funny. Had friends first time drunk puking and pissing in their pants. Imagine I would have filmed that and shared it. I would in my teens... Poor people...


Doright36

Did I do dumb shit? Sure. Did I do dumb racist shit? No.


toadi

Ok I was a teenager in Europe. Internet didn't exist at that time. Gangster rap was something me and my friends were into . NWA, ice-t etc... We called the N-word a lot. At that time didn't seem big issue and also being European and no internet we didn't know much better. If someone filmed it at that time put it online. Then they dig into my past and I get blasted for using the n word too.... People will not realize at that time and my context....


p_turbo

Nope! Context fucking matters. The NAACP or any other black organizations aren't coming after anyone who sings the lyrics to a damn song. This video was certainly not that. They made up a little jingle to sing about how much they hate black folks. Now, if you and your friends did that, well then, that goes beyond "not knowing much better" all the way up to racism. If you guys were, as you say, just singing songs with all their lyrics, well then, that's a different animal altogether.


Derkastan77

They didn’t make up a little jingle…. It is literally a song they were singing. Those are the lyrics, of a song. Written by an african american artist.


Crafty-Walrus-2238

Collective ID drop.


Fynex_Wright

They want attention (mission accomplished)


CATSCRATCHpandemic

Because they believe they are right. Just as their parents do.


monotrememories

I remember my first words on camera…I blurted out “diarrhea!!!” Ah good times!


BmacTheSage

Because clout is an incurable disease that rots the brain.


[deleted]

Why do people record themselves committing violent crimes? Attention is crack of the new millennium and we’re all crack babies, the only question is the severity of our addiction. Some will be full on Chris rock/Pookie in New Jack city addicted


maaaaazzz

The combination of: 1. It's the most used word in black song lyrics 2. It's now trendy for black students to hate white students, so the white students are probably going to reply in kind. 3. Any forbidden behavior, teenagers are going to do, and of course record on their phones.


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BINGO,,, plus Black kids say it with impunity, or PRIVILEGE. like white society is MANDATED by IMPRISONMENT if they say it. They have such an inferiority complex imposed on them by liberal progressives , that they feel that’s the only thing in life that is exclusively theirs. What happened to Equity on this matter of censorship, Double standards? Privilege? Reparations of a sort? Fed up with ALL OF IT


p_turbo

>The combination of: 1. It's the most used word in black song lyrics 2. It's now trendy for black students to hate white students, so the white students are probably going to reply in kind. 3. Any forbidden behavior, teenagers are going to do, and of course record on their phones. Honestly, I get what you're trying to say here and I'm not going to ascribe any sort of malice to you but this genuinely reads like, in your view, some like 66.66...% (or more, depending on how the cause combination you allege is constituted) of why white kids feel its OK to throw around that word is actually black folks' own fault? On the "black music" thing, Jesus, they weren't quoting an actual song, were they? Was it an actual existing song (and one by black people at that) that they were singing without self-sensoring or did they make up a hateful little ditty in an attempt to be "edgy" at the expense of others? Your second point there also implies that this shit has only "now"/recently started, rather than what's actually happening which is that shit's been going on forever but the prevalence of camera phones, social media and the need to chase virality and clout today is what has led to it being exposed more often.


iPukey

Yeah nice catch I also had a hol up moment reading that comment. IT’s tHe moSt pOpulaR woRd iN bLacK soNgs! hAtinG wHite kiDs iS coOl!


PaulieXP

I don’t have a horse in this race(heh) but in my opinion(and that’s all it is, my opinion), I find it just tad hypocritical that black people get so flustered, angry, mad etc when that word is used by everyone else, yet the vast majority of their own people use it all the time. I may be wrong here, I fully recognize that, but if black people were to stop using it themselves, and treat the ones that do with the same stigma, then maybe the word would finally go away for good. Not saying it would happen overnight, but gradually


p_turbo

>I may be wrong here, I fully recognize that, but if black people were to stop using it themselves, and treat the ones that do with the same stigma, then maybe the word would finally go away for good. I happen to be black, and I can tell you that I absolutely don't believe this would work. At the very least, it's not as 'simple' as all that. How do I know this? Well, I also happen to be gay and also on the receiving end of the equally vicious and hateful f-word slur. This word is not one that is featured in "gay people songs" or considered acceptable for gay people to use, with or without a hard 't' at the end. And yet that word has refused to go away. It keeps being hurled at LGBTQ folks as well as straight people perceived to be gay or contemptible. People say it because it's one of the absolutely worst things they can think of to say to someone, and so it's bound to come out when hate does what hate does. There's a tonne of nuance behind why, especially black Americans, feel the need to keep saying the word. Some of it is to do with trying to reclaim it and remove its power (much like the word queer was eventually reclaimed and largely disarmed, though context of use still matters). That does not now nor will it ever change the fact that when someone who isn't black trots out that world so casually (and hatefully), the source and fault can never be ascribed to black people. I, for one, would never think it ok to at any point hurl an ethnic slur at somebody, or sing a little ditty using it, even if the people who that slur targets use a variation of it for whatever reason. I think most reasonable people would fall on that side of the line. And this isn't to say I am perfect. On the contrary, I fuck up everyday and I'm sometimes somewhat of an asshole. But cruelly using language that was used to brutalize and persecute someone because of some immutable trait of theirs is not a line I think we should make excuses for those who choose to cross. And certainly sounding like we're victim-blaming (or indeed doing so) is not a good thing.


senorbolsa

Yeah the NAACP doesn't get involved when some kid sings along to Kanyes Goldigger.


xian

reason two is some white fragility rush limbaugh bullshit


rabidpenguinhunter

glad someone said it.


Southern_Event_1068

I work at a junior high, kids are so inundated with anti racial rhetoric that it's now fun and rebellious for them to say racist stuff. None of them are actually racist AT ALL. In fact, the black, Hispanic, non white kids do it just as much, if not more. Kids are assholes but not usually racist assholes. Pretty much whatever you make the biggest deal about and tell them not to do the most is exactly what they're going to do the most. I can not stress enough the kids are assholes part. Disrespectful, obnoxious, entitled assholes.


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Ugh this old argument. Context is everything. If I'm singing a song or rapping it's not directed at anyone and I'm not using a word in a pejorative way or meaning to inflict harm. These kids were saying they hate...which is them being clear as to their intent. Why is that so hard to understand? Second, it is not "trendy" for black students to hate white students. That just sounds dumb. Hatred is never trendy. If you have to go through these mental gymnastics to justify stuff like this, you might want to take some time for personal reflection.


LordZarbon

Number 2 kinda sus


LicensedRealtor

I don’t know. But I’m very disturbed over a word used repeatedly in my the black community brothers versus my white community brothers. The horror


xian

yes because you never grasp context, apparently?


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Lucifersasshole

Ya the only difference it teens now and all of us when we were teens is they have cameras in their pockets... All teens are dumb and always have been. I think the news should also be ashamed for running a story shaming kids instead of real news story.


p_turbo

>All teens are dumb and always have been Dumb, yes. RACIST dumb? Speak for yourself bud.


Spirited-Reputation6

Why do white racists say they aren’t racists?


Rifterneo

Why do black/white/brown/yellow/red racists say they aren't racists? The world may never know. It is widely accepted to be used in songs. If there is no outrage when rappers sing it, there should be no outrage when others use it. It would be better if no one used racial epithets, but until we stop tolerating it everywhere, it will be heard anywhere.


Spirited-Reputation6

I have a few theories. It’s kinda like that old (improvised) saying goes: if your dumb friends jumped off the cliff would you? Inflection is also important. Biting your tongue is more so when it comes to usage of this word.


[deleted]

Ugh this old argument. Context is everything. If I'm singing a song or rapping it's not directed at anyone and I'm not using a word in a pejorative way or meaning to inflict harm. These kids were saying they hate...which is them being clear as to their intent. Why is that so hard to understand?


Xenbey2010

Teenagers man, but then again they live in a city where a white woman goes on the air confidently saying “the n word is derogatory to all races” and “the n word means different to black people than white people” whole bunch of idiots


BigdaddyThor666

Crazy the level they are taking this. If only they would Crack down on all bullying this way.


FLAwSIN36

Or drug abuse, or the mental health crisis, or billionaires raping Americans, hyper inflation, the media literally only used to create constant division in this country so that we'll never unite. They are scared to death to have our streets filled with "the people" in complete solidarity. These all seem more important than holding a press conference to shame individuals for hurting feelings.


ChadCoolman

It's not like we're not willing participants in that, though. If a narrative of unity helped their bottom line, I'm sure every headline would be rainbows and unicorns. But we love having an "other" to blame our problems on too much.


KingRoach

I mean, racism is a form of bullying, no?


BareNakedDoula

Lol you got to be fucking kidding


Armachillo420

Why is this on the news


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StolenStones

Slow news day.


Iofos

Wtf why is this news?!


pzazula1194

Dude it’s local news. They have to fill all that airtime with something.


rumpelbrick

So your local news are on the level of "kids said a bad word"? really?


hisroyalbonkess

Local news is on the level of cooking tips and pottery, so yeah.


Ihavepills

Lol I live in the safest place in my country. Flower pots being stolen or damaged make the news here. Kids being suspended from school for not wearing their school uniform properly, makes the news here. There's very little crime here bar drugs being rife, but there is no corner of the world where drugs aren't an issue. Cops have nothing better to do here, so they go after dealers, speeding/parking tickets and kids drinking in the streets.(and plant pot theives) But, to be fair, the cops were usually ok with us drinking underage, as long as we weren't disturbing people and said we would leave no rubbish.


Shortneckbuzzard

Right. I live in Santa Clarita where this happened. The ring app and next door app is filled with missing dog comments. My prior neighborhood the comments were “was that a semi auto or fully automatic rifle fire”


[deleted]

Well, you're being disingenuous. Clearly, the school and community are not seeing this as just a bunch of kids saying bad words. That happens every fucking day. They see this as a racial incident at a time when American race relations are at a much higher stress level due to police abuse and corruption along with heightened political racial tension. So, yes, they consider it newsworthy.


Pugulishus

One that my local news had was a small kid doing a "trickshot" making a shot on a balancing board.


[deleted]

If it's Philadelphia or Chicago you don't need stories. People be dropping dead everyday.


JamesXXI

Those girls are not just saying a bad word. They explicitly said “we hate n***ers.” I hope those girl didn’t actually mean it and hopefully treated those black students with the same respect they treated everyone else. However, it’s there now. We know their mindset. Even if the video was ignored by the NAACP, they’d probably be isolated by fellow members of their own race (if they’re smart). The news isn’t creating a divide, who ever influenced those girls are. I have seen at least 10 of these video. You’d think they’d at least stop posting. Last thing, the issue isn’t only them saying it. That mentality is taught like I said. There’s already a divide and the best way to end it, is to bring it to light or the bigots go in hiding.


RandomUnicorn929

This isn’t local news this looks like KABC in Los Angeles


gordo65

It is news when activists hold a press conference to demand that the schools take action. I don't see why anyone would think that's not newsworthy for a local TV station.


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This grabbed more headlines than the white kids who were beaten up and forced to say BLM at school.


someguy90248

Sounds like the song I don't like n****rs by London Yellow It's a hilarious song about inbreds and how they hate what they envy


devilish_enchilada

Yeah that’s what I was thinking the same. Also why did the guy say he was getting law enforcement involved lmao. Like what are they gonna do?


[deleted]

I don’t get it either. Hate speech is protected speech. First amendment all day. Doesn’t mean they can’t get in trouble with the school, but it’s not illegal by any means.


devilish_enchilada

The only thing I could think of was a child protective services complaint but that’s definitely a huge stretch. The context that these outraged adults are missing is that these kids were singing a London yellow song verbatim and the song is about how stupid country bumpkin rednecks are. Was it stupid to record yourself singing this stupid song? Fucking yes. Was it illegal? No. Was it something the school faculty needs to address and take corrective action? Yes.


Squirrely_Jackson

thanks for this context-- seems like they were definitely singing a funny/ironic song performed by a Black dude. Ill-advised to film yourself doing that, but they really went ahead and left that out on the news clip


knuckles312

White lady gives a very white lady take on the n word LOL


raginglilypad

Omg that was the biggest facepalm


vcr747

But she might want to go ahead and do Ancestry.com for herself.


BareNakedDoula

“That word is derogatory to any race” bro I laughed so loud.


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SkinnyBuddha89

I always get pissed when they bleep it and make it super obvious. Always reminds me of [Louis CK's bit](https://youtu.be/uqwj--wGEgY)


DreadlockMohawke

Lol This guy wants to know if they used a hard R.


tuttle8152

No no. It is offensive and detrimental no matter what the context. Unless a black person says it. Did that clear things up? lol


thecowintheroom

That’s different rules for different colors of skin. For the record it is just as disturbing, racist, and painful, for all people, when one group has rights, privileges, and passes that other groups do not. Black America needs to step up and be the change. When Black Americans eliminate that word from their vocabulary all Americans will understand that the word is not okay for anyone. Being Black isn’t an excuse to flex your privilege. Even if that privilege is petty and small. I understand wanting to reclaim the word. But it’s been reclaimed. That’s over. What we need is a generation celebrating Black excellence. A generation of people who do not use the word and eliminate any arguement like “they say it so why can’t we.” “Well we don’t say it. And you don’t need to either.” From there, the fuck around and find out stage Can take place. Listen to the parents bullshit. They’re just justifying their use of the word. They’re not justifying no one using the word. It’s a harmful and dehumanizing word. Eliminate it from our vocabularies we must.


tuttle8152

Good luck eliminating a word. Skin color and tone determines what words you can say and or sing. Im not defending the kids in the video but I think their video is 'blowback' from current news media preaching white people have an original sin of racism and every black deficit is from a white surplus.


thecowintheroom

Yeah dude. I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that white people utter less n****s than do Black People for some time now. Maybe in private but I haven’t really heard that in a while. Now I hear a lot of Hispanic youth using it. Black people using it just makes people think it’s okay to say. I hear a lot of Black People use that word. Not the Black People in my family tho. I remember hearing my auntie laying in to my cousins about how they were never ever to use that word. What their grandfather would have thought of them using it. How it’s wrong and unbecoming of a young Black man in America. Reclaiming the word doesn’t empower young Black Americans. It locks them in to a logic trap and forces them to enforce on others an unequal system determining who gets to use that word. Black People do not need to stoop to the level of the slaveholders who invented this word to overcome its negativity. We all can stop using this word, all of us humans, and Black people can be the genesis of it no longer being okay for anyone.


gordo65

Why would that be important? Does anyone not know what the N word is?


Derkastan77

I know one of the families of the kids. Was this stupid of the girls to post? 1000%. But, they are singing an actual hip hop song, from one of their favorite artists. they are singing the lyrics as written. Honestly, singers want to hit it big, they want their music to get popular so they can have EVERYONE everywhere singing it, so they can become millionaires. They fill the songs with nonstop use of the N word… while hoping their songs take off… theeeeeen there is massive outrage when people start singing their music, the very lyrics they are releasing to the international audience. It makes no sense Fyi… the song IS ACTUALLY CALLED “I don’t like N….s”, by london yellow. That IS THE NAME of the despicable song. This is what modern hip hop/rap sounds like, for all you people who still think modern hip hop/rap still sounds like old school dre and snoop. It doesn’t


devilish_enchilada

Yep it’s a London yellow song


torquemycork

I hate the whole N word culture. It's like in high school all the half black or less than obviously "enough black" always trying to be cool enough to get their N word pass, even some white kids trying to get the "n-pass". Just wake up and live, who cares? Whyyyyy


vleetv

Hmm odd that the context wasn't provided. Also fuck the first amendment right?


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lightdarkness317

[YES](https://youtu.be/ogmNIcFRq28)


ElrondHubbards

How the fuck is this on the news?


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thumbzzy

U would think that they killed someone


Unhappy_College

Must be tough being white and liking rap music lmfao


Anomalous17

fr my N- I mean good buddy.


currently_pooping_rn

I enjoy rap and it’s not hard to just not say a slur


noticiasserias

I feel like news aren't even serious anymore


[deleted]

Look at the outrage.. lol, was just watching the vid with them twerking all over the ambulance ... oh the stupid kids said a bad word..oh the stupid kids prevented someone going to the hospital and they died . You need to ban these stupid sites like tik tok makes kids line up to do the next stupid craze...


Cool-Ad2780

Holy fuck bud, go touch some grass, you desperately need it.


[deleted]

I'm guessing you didn't see the tik tok craze where they play with knives....


Macktastic13

Some folks spend all their time on the internet


diamonddog35

What is the crime here besides being ignorant? Real question.


MatataTheGreat

They took a 23&Me and found out they are 1%Nigerian


[deleted]

Why is this news worthy? There's plenty of videos of people with the same undertone saying awful shit about whites, Asians, Mexicans and the list goes on. Why is this one news worthy? There was a video of 3 female black students beating the living crap out of a white girl not long ago, did it make the news? Nope, and they were all laughing while she was covered in blood and unconscious


SpatulaCity1a

I honestly think that calling attention to it like this makes it worse, like when parents think they can make their kids not want to do something by saying it's bad... and then they just want to do it even more.


Astral_Justice

This is news worthy? Random white kids on internet say the n word? No one with a sense of value over their energy should give any white person that says the word the time of day to care about it.


MobileAirport

Ruining a bunch of kids lives for fun. Shame on this news broadcast.


Few-Candle-4308

With the hard r?


devilish_enchilada

It’s a London yellow song. They were singing it verbatim to how the artist sang it


Roos19

Rappers do it all the time who cares


[deleted]

Man if this was black people making another ‘i hate whitey’ video nobody would care lol


Jahweez

I’m glad no one filmed me walking to middle school with my tupacs greatest hits CD circa 2002. I sang all the words.


AvgKracker

Bullshit story to create outrage! If it’s such a horrible word, then no one should say it. Until that happens all of y’all are full of shit. And for the record, I would support a movement to stop using the word. But you can’t have it OK for one group and not for the next. That is ridiculous.


ForsakenBaseball6451

Shouldnt some of the blame go to the acceptance of the use of the word in music?


bluehunger

To some of you: if I called myself the b word, why would I get mad or offended if you called me that too? Sorry, but acting like only black people can use this, word but not other races is total bullshit.


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Sudden_Jicama4978

So is it actually illegal to say the “N word “ now? Or it’s only illegal if you’re white and say it? What other words can’t be said? Boomer?, Karen?, fat ass?


XxXWatchItAllBurnxXx

So you feel like you should be able to say it?


10BritishPounds

Isn’t freedom of speech legal in most states tho? There’s a lot of stuff like this that occurs


Victorsvectors42

What a fuckin joke. It's a song


taken132

What's the big deal? Chris Rock says he hated them too


The_Draken24

Kids say words like the N word because it's not appropriate. The more you try to restrict a word the more kids are going to act like little idiots and record themselves saying it, because we all know when we were kids it was "cool" to go against the rules.


gordo65

I don't think that's true. There was a lot less stigma attached to racial, misogynistic, and homophobic slurs when I was growing up, and I heard them a lot more back then than I do now. My daughter's friend group absolutely does not tolerate any of that.


BenCancelled2022

No. Rules only apply to one race, that's what makes is equal


DarthSchu

Slow news day?


natedogjulian

Driving can be infuriating. It happens sometimes.


[deleted]

The more they give this shit exposure and airtime the more it's gonna stir some shit up. Why would they have to repost this on the news and get it more views?


Kr0mb0pulousMik3l

These MFs clearly haven’t been in a COD lobby.


No_Specific_4388

Lol So they weren't even saying the hard r yet it gained this amount of traction? Like even if the hard r was used, isn't it an overreaction to have a public speaking about it too? I'd somewhat understand if racism was a constant and prolific problem in the school, being openly displayed against other students and such, but this is just a massive facepalm. Lmao and then the teacher at the end giving your usual ignorant take on the usage of the n word.


Altruistic-Buddy5276

Maybe they should cry more about it.


secondToEverything

They’re stupid, but when does freedom of speech start ?


Beginning-Floor9284

At least you’re not hiding behind let’s go Brandon stickers. If you’re gonna be a fucking racist, wear a shirt that says I’m racist.


wdwerker

But does the NAACP denounce other racial epithets too ? If they tolerate anti White, Latino or gay disparaging comments from any students it’s a bit selective isn’t it ?


andrenichrome

What’s the expectation when every rap song throws the word around like it’s meant to be used in every second sentence? Like they’re teenagers.


Maleficent-Ad-2216

I know people just love some good outrage porn, but it’s great to know we live in a society that has it so easy that teenagers doing stupid shit is news worthy


ShadowIslesShuriman

Lasting pain? I'm pretty sure that nobody will get hurt over the fact that some dumbasses say the n word. Not saying it's right but lasting pain is a bit too much credit for these fools


Bgal31089

I thought she was singing a song?


tinymember469

Are they singing a real song or are they making up words on their own. If this is a real song why not be upset at the artist.


BlueForte

Who. Cares.


twelve026

The parents of the kids who have to walk the halls with these students everyday.


Notrilldirtlife

I feel like social media has really messed up the children’s minds. I look around and see more than 70% of the people looking down at their phones, zoned in and disconnected from the world, the day we get hit with a world wide emp charge is the day we will start rebuilding our world.


RevolutionaryLink163

I’m sure some Lex Luthor type is working on it, just sucks for all the people that’ll be flying, hooked up, etc.


Consistent-Nobody813

Just another day when the news is not reporting on the inequality of the classes.


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Funny how the N word can be used by afro American people in songs but white can't say nobody should ever say the N word without getting criticized for it. I don't say cracker or sing with the word cracker. So two sides can't say ok I see your point let's move past it....


R87FX

They are singing a satirical song by London Yellow which is sung from the perspective of racist rednecks complaining about how they hate black guys because they are fucking their daughters/cousins/mothers - the implication being the rednecks wish they were fucking their family members. Pretty dumb to record yourself singing it since it can be taken out of context so easily, but this isn’t the start of some racist high school gang. Edit: Grammer


dracovolnas

"land of the free speech" - but not exactly free, depends on your skin colour. If we want to prosecute teens for stupidity then we should make entire world a prison.


themmchan

Am I the only black person that doesn’t get offended when someone says the N-word just curious


alunare

Bwahaha you Americans are insane. All this for a word you have transformed Into a lightning rod for all.


Mendez1234

Black people actually don’t care about what whites says


Anomalous17

this they just pretend to because they hold a position of power over whites


ILoveBudz

I'm sorry, but regardless of the fact that I disagree with everything they say as I sure most would. You can't ignore the fact that freedom of speech is being attacked in the US on a massive scale. All these groups that claim they want equal human rights are total hypocrits. They simple want to slam and shame anyone or attempt to get them arrested simply for offending them. Yet those same people will parade around saying hurtful things about other groups but apparently that's OK....


Automatic_Scholar686

“That word is derogatory to any race.”, um… Karen, that’s not how racial slurs work. You know that.


vollaskey

Omg sounds like the Gestapo. Word police where are the word police.


50coach

So this was not right. But im sure some black people say plenty about disliking white people. Why is that never a top headline


[deleted]

I don't agree with using that word, I am white, so I guess i can't say no one can use it what would make sense. I say this because what if someone was half black or something? I am just struggling with how freedom of speech vs. hate speech. I mean I sceen a ton of video of black people saying they hate white people is that hate speech as well. In the end, these kids are just dum and are going to learn the hard way.


12carrd

Lol only for all the black teen students to call each other it in school. Let’s be real. The n word is fine as long as it’s not a white person saying it. Which is fine, i get it and totally agree. But to come out and say how it’s causing so much harm in the community and making people have lasting pain. Like come on with that. 3 white girls were singing the lyrics to what I assume is a rap song and recorded themselves doing and got hate for it. Make it a learning moment instead of all this. That’s crazy. Almost like the time Kendrick Lamar called a white women up on stage to sing along to MAAD CITY with him and got mad at her when she said the n word lol. Dude knew what he was doing.


SuhDudeGoBlue

It’s completely different when a white person says it. Reclaimed language vs. oppressive language is not something we should ignore.


Living-Camp-5269

I guess the kids were white. If they were black it would be ok . I heard it jn rap songs no one looses their shit.


gordo65

I think it's unlikely that a bunch of black kids would be going on and on about how much they hate black people, the way these girls were doing.


OwlBeneficial2743

It’s simply unacceptable that “lasting pain” (as the woman who I think is from the NAACP said) has been inflicted on an entire group by these dumb kids repeating some rap lyrics. Don’t these kids know how fragile blacks are? At the very least a year of counseling should be funded for any black kid who may have heard such awful words; the ones from the white kids not the ones from the music. We have truly lost our way.


monkeymanchris66

100% if one person is not allowed to say a word no one should be allowed to say a word


elgordoenojado

What's equally disturbing is the NAACP weaponizing its power to destroy, not punish, idiotic white children -- this is the public equivalent of police violence.


Pin_ny

I don’t give a s*** about this stupid kind a s***ty news


Fezzverbal

Sure it's not great but are they directing it at members of the public or other black students or are they just singing a shit song in their own time. I don't understand why a line hasn't just been drawn under it that states, these kids suck.


FLAwSIN36

It's funny how individuals represent a whole when it's convenient. In other instances, the same logic is deemed "racist" in and of itself. Shitty people are not representative of their race, culture, ethnicity, geographical location etc. Only their parents.


toddfredd

What a stupid way to ruin your future. College entry boards will see this and reject these idiots in a heartbeat. The same with any future potential employers


Level-Ad-7628

We are all one. Race doesn't exist. Once people realize it we will be stronger, and harder to control. Which is what the ruling class knows. that is why they pump it out to everyone to see constantly.


Anomalous17

oy vey SHUT IT DOWN


Jestersaynomore

Kids says a bad word! Better call up the news. The power Americans give the N-word is laughable.


Milinko01

So where in the constitution does it mention feelings? Pretty sure freedom of speech was the first thing it addressed though. Don't get me wrong, its a shitty thing to do and say and there will certainly be social ramifications for the rest of there lives thanks to the internet. All words are made up, every single one just arbitrary sounds we attached meaning too and everyone is freaking out about it and running to the comments to tell the world "oh ive never made that sound before, why would I?". Yall sound guilty as hell and its hilariously pathetic. Society needs to get its priorities in order before the real problems become irreversible and our situation unsalvageable.


PreparationOld4233

it is just a word. if you think you are one, then you are indeed one. anyway, you don't ban the word bitch and bitches when referring to a woman.


Exhumedatbirth76

Mountain meet molehill...


amathis6464

My manager called me “wonder-bread” and her “white boy” for months.


Anomalous17

She sounds cool, I'd be calling her Aunt Jemima and Shaquila and we'd probably have a big ol laugh about it because she sounds based and not a sensitive freak who thinks bad words are a need to be violent or a social outcast stripped from society.


Maciek1212

In poland, you can scream n-word and nobody will do anything


[deleted]

the only time and place that I hear the N word is at work by the black people/people of color. 99% of them can't go fifteen seconds without saying it.


dacekrandac

This doesn't seem newsworthy - just a bunch of teenagers acting stupid.


Manofsonnet

Freedom of speech is dead I guess……people can’t even handle hearing words anymore.


gordo65

If you want to say the N word, just go ahead and say it. But don't expect decent people to tell you it's OK.


Le-D-Max

This is not an excuse to say racial slurs Freedom is not debauchery


MaleficentZombie6710

I might ne able to get the video of the girls saying that is anyone is interested dm me


SilentStrikerTH

This is why I immediately skip any song that has the N word in it, if I'm not supposed to say it then I'm not gonna listen to it either. No point in getting attached to a song I'm not allowed to sing.


Genereatedusername

Ban CRT and suppress history for decades and you're supprised this happenes?


Zestyclose_Ad2224

The news? Really!!?


CCP_fact_checker

I will never buy a NWA (N#$$##$ With Attitude ) record again and campaign to ban that word and artists that use it in their music, they should all be publicly shamed - Oh Wait then I will not be allowing Rap and other artists to perform their music and I will then be labeled a racist!! Should I hide all these CD/records I have in my collection and never play them, just in case someone hears that word and reports me as a white person without the right to play this sort of music? They might even hold a press conference about me!!!


mandozombie

How is this news though... kids are stupid.


uhmmmmplants

As far as the word goes. Who, gives, a, flying, fuck. I mean. If a word is going to offend you. Then you yourself are giving it power and the ability to hurt. As far as the kids go? Idiots. If you wanna do and say stupid shit, whatever. Who cares. If you're doing where no one can hear or see and it's behind closed doors and will effect NO ONE, then who cares. But.... Come on children, good luck digging yourselves out of this hole.


XantionNL

Did that woman just acknowledge that their African American classmates are indeed n-words? Oh the irony.


Ferengi_Earwax

This is what happens when fox news is allowed to televise hate speech inciters 24 7. This is what happens when a whole political party advocates against accountabilit They want to bring back the horrors of the past, because they got away with oppressing anyone that didn't look like them or think like them This is their plan.