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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

If it's in the song I like I just go along with. Me doing that isn't in any negative way. If the artist don't like some people say it, they shouldn't put in there.

Skipping it or bleeping it out is like censoring art.

This reminds of when Kendrick Lamar got a white girl on stage and let her sing along with him. As soon she drops the n-word he stops the song and she got shit from everybody there.

He did give her a second try on the song.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

He actually mentions this on his new album in the song Auntie Diaries, which is about him learning to understand his trans aunt and cousin. He uses gay slurs throughout the song as an example of what he'd say when he was younger. There's a very poignant moment I'll paraphrase:

"I said those words but I didn't know any better. I was taught that words were [just words]." - Kendrick

"Kendrick, ain't no room for contradiction. [Let's look at it from a different perspective]. F* F* F* we can say it together, but only if you let a white girl say n--" - Cousin who's trans

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"If the artist don't like some people say it, they shouldn't put in there."

I think I've heard the response to this from creators, the idea is that it isn't made for you. They create media informed by black experiences and tailored for black audiences. They don't feel like they should have to change that to accommodate white/non-black audiences, and not doing so shouldn't be a free pass for people to turn bigoted language back at them.

Take what you will from that, and consider that I cited a vague "they" with no clear reference or origin. I'm going off shoddy memory, and as a non-black person.