Really quickly: When we want good NBA analysis we turn to the people that have the most experience right? NFL HOFers host the Sunday shows and we rely on them for expert opinion. When you hire a contractor to remodel your house you make sure he's licensed, bonded, has references, has a good standing with the BBB, and can show you before/after pics of his work right? Why? Humans value experience. Life experience is the best teacher. Since this is an absolute truth, why do the people who never experience racism feel like they know so much about it and why THE FUCK won't you listen to the people who have THE MOST experience with it???
Im justvgona say this. You are wrong on so many levels, but ill clarify one of them for you. Dope wasn't coined by the hip hop culture. It was morphed. My father and his hippy buddies used the word dope all the time in the 70’s. Thats just one instance of many that could be pointed out. This thread reaks of ignorance. Sorry.
K, thanks. My original reference (as uninformed as it may be) came from this link: https://english.stackexchange.com/q...gy-of-dope-meaning-excellent-great-impressive The upshot of this discussion is that dope in the sense of "excellent" didn't reach a mass audience in the early 1980s by appearing in Spicer's extremely popular and influential rap recording—because it didn't appear in that recording. The spread in usage of dope as "excellent" seems to have been slower and more organic, and Spicer seems to have been an early user but not (on this evidence) a crucial promoter. The actual mechanism of the term's popularization remains to be identified. In other words, there may very well be earlier uses before the 1980's. I was simply relying what I thought was a seemingly comprehensive source.
White people need to stop talking, shut up, listen, then pay up. See, you have the ability and the privilege to just check out of the discussion. Racism doesn't affect you in the slightest so it's something you can ignore. The problem is, you're too busy whitesplaining to us how to fix problems that never affect you. Stop talking and open your ears about things you have no experience with. Start there. It's really easy to get along with black people but white people seem to have problems with the 2 SIMPLE rules: 1. Don't use either version of the N. 2. Show respect. Why are those 2 rules so hard to follow??
If you had read what my father was called to do, and why I want to honor his legacy, you might understand.
My wife and I took our little niece to see Pocahontas. We watched in awe as she chomped on her popcorn and ate her candy bar while her little eyes were glued to the movie screen. We had the time of our lives as did she. I tried to watch Avatar but could not watch the whole thing. It looked pretty stupid to me. There are too many good movies out there to waste my time on that. However, I suppose if some small child we knew was enthralled with it and we had the opportunity to take that child to see Avatar, I might enjoy that experience but it wouldn't be because the movie was any damn good.
But that's just it. Generations change the meaning, not races... at least generally. Who changed gay from being happy to meaning homosexual? Who changed "nasty" from being gross to being cool as fuck? I could go on and on about words, their perceptive meanings and how generations twist them to fit the times. How it is a "hood" thing is making me scratch my head because all races and generations do it with words. As for the word dope. Dope morphed into being cool because it was cool to smoke dope back in the day. Used mainly by hippies ( ever seen cheech and chong???) in the 70's dope referred to refer, or marijuana. It was cool to smoke dope. It was dope to dope it up. Now did the "hood" morph it from marijuana to being cool? possibly (who cares????) but dope is still not in mainstream language that I know of. I haven't heard anyone say the word dope as in cool in a long time. Its not as engrained into society as say... Spatula So your focus on this is seemingly odd, regardless of your family history.
I haven't used any derogatory use of the 'N' word including negro for about half a century. I suppose this is the first time I've used a version in half a century. Since I undoubtedly will not last another half a century, that's almost assuredly that last time I'll ever use it. That's my pledge. I hope others will make that pledge either out loud or in silence. Hint: Saying things out loud that are the right thing helps drive it home internally.
My cousin's middle name was Gay. She had to change it to her mom's first name. I'll never forget my first Cheech and Chong album. I was at the house of an acquaintance and we were smoking some weed. He puts on this record and I laughed 'till I cried. He was laughing too but the more I laughed, the more he laughed and the more he laughed the more I laughed. It's like a positive feedback loop such as you find in audio work. It soon reaches a maximum limit. I'm chuckling as I type this. Edit: By the way, from my work in electronics, I know that the only useful feedback is negative feedback. All else leads to a runaway result.
LOL Sounds liek one of my many mushroom trips. IM called the hyena by my friends. No worries and me holding no judgment. Just observations.
What’s the difference between a guy with formal wear on a bicycle and a guy with casual wear on a unicycle?
