I read the comments of Charles Barkley, who basically said it is not whites' place to tell blacks what words they may use.
"(W)hat I do with my black friends is not up to White America, to dictate to me what is appropriate and inappropriate... What we say in the locker room, it should always stay in the locker room. The language we use, sometimes it’s homophobic, sometimes it’s sexist, a lot of times it’s racist. We do that when we’re joking with our teammates… White America [doesn't] get to dictate how me and Shaq talk to each other.”
http://nba.si.com/2013/11/14/charle...-fine-tnt-clippers-thunder/?section=si_latest
I agree with him on that point, and add that neither is it blacks' place to tell whites what language whites may use.
His further point, in essence that males who congregate in a place like a sports locker room use words and get into subjects that are considered at best impolite in open, mixed company, reminded me of Fred Reed column I also read today:
http://takimag.com/article/notes_on_the_pussification_of_america_fred_reed#axzz2kqZ092jG
The reaction to Paula Deen, Riley Cooper, Richie Incognito, and all the psychobabble that accompanies each story of a public figure whose language went rogue is symptomatic of this modern feminized pop-culture.
"(W)hat I do with my black friends is not up to White America, to dictate to me what is appropriate and inappropriate... What we say in the locker room, it should always stay in the locker room. The language we use, sometimes it’s homophobic, sometimes it’s sexist, a lot of times it’s racist. We do that when we’re joking with our teammates… White America [doesn't] get to dictate how me and Shaq talk to each other.”
http://nba.si.com/2013/11/14/charle...-fine-tnt-clippers-thunder/?section=si_latest
I agree with him on that point, and add that neither is it blacks' place to tell whites what language whites may use.
His further point, in essence that males who congregate in a place like a sports locker room use words and get into subjects that are considered at best impolite in open, mixed company, reminded me of Fred Reed column I also read today:
http://takimag.com/article/notes_on_the_pussification_of_america_fred_reed#axzz2kqZ092jG
The reaction to Paula Deen, Riley Cooper, Richie Incognito, and all the psychobabble that accompanies each story of a public figure whose language went rogue is symptomatic of this modern feminized pop-culture.
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