[stylist] lgbt and NFB

[Tyler]

What's blink?
Tyler Z
On Thu, 13 Mar 2014 21:28:34 -0400, Miss Thea wrote:


>I think, as to the word 'nigger', some black people have turned the whole 
>concept on its head and made it their own.
>You'll hear hip-hop singers writing and singing lyrics like "kickin' it with 
>my niggers".
>They've taken a derogatory term and turned into a word meaning "other black 
>guys I hang around with".
>Even girls sing about this. Monifah, tired of her present boyfriend, aka 
>'nigger' concludes in her song that there's nothing for it but to get 
>herself another 'nigger'.
>It's like the term 'blink'. We can use it among ourselves, but we don't like 
>others to.
>Thea
>
>-----Original Message----- 
>From: Chris Kuell
>Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 3:58 PM
>To: Tyler ; Writer's Division Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [stylist] lgbt and NFB
>
>I disagree completely. Skin color is absolutely a choice. When I don't wear
>sun block, drink a six pack and pass out on the beach all day, my skin turns
>a completely different (and painful) color. And that's my choice.
>
>Sorry--just trying to lighten things up.
>
>Tyler, you raise an interesting point that I can't explain, but I know is
>true. As long as you are in the minority, it's okay to use derogatory
>language. If you aren't in the minority, it's hate speech. The ugly word
>'nigger' comes to mind. Some African Americans toss it around like I say
>"the". But if caucasian me were to use it, I'm a hate mongerer. I've heard
>many LGBT people use queer the same way. I don't know how they would react
>if I were to use it, but since I don't want to offend anyone, I won't. In my
>editing, I ran across a woman who had CP using the word 'crip' in her essay,
>and I was appalled. But she said it was common among people with
>disabilities, especially those in wheelchairs, to use crip to describe
>themselves or others. Again, I'l stik to less inflammatory words, although I
>have many friends who are black, gay, and/or disabled.
>
>chris, also known as whitey, straight guy, and reasonably physically fit.
>
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Tyler" <programmer651 at comcast.net>
>To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 3:31 PM
>Subject: Re: [stylist] lgbt and NFB
>
>
>>Some of the things about the LGBT scene confuse me. For example, I heard 
>>LGBT bands are choruses
>>singing songs with the word "queer" in them. Isn't that a homophobic curse 
>>words used by the
>>completely-intollerant straight people?
>>Tyler Z
>
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