Apparently 'Motherfucker' is now racist. Only in California.
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Samuel L Jackson last seen escaping the state with his mouth taped shut to prevent any accidental Motherfuckery.
People curse too much (including myself). Call any white person participating in a vice (in the traditional sense of something that prevents a good life) as racist. Not studying hard, YT, that's a racism! Drinking in excess, mayo demon, that's a racism!
I think this kinda talk should automatically incur the penalty of: Shut up, nigger.
Weak minded doesn't even begin to describe how pathetic that man is....
Oh come the fuck on.
Digger please.
This is totally backwards from the etymology-- which is rooted in slavery.
'Motherfuckers' would be the term slaves used to describe slave masters who slept with women who had a slave husband, effectively cucking them. Imagine the fury of the slave, watching his wife get fucked: "That motherfucker" is the sentiment.
Here's the incident's context: https://twitter.com/KNBR/status/1514133261009625091
The black man isn't really complaining about being called a motherfucker; that's equal opportunity usage of a word whose etymology says it should be used against whitey-- it's not racist, it's egalitarian. The black man is actually complaining that he's supposed to be 'controlled'-- that's the racism. Someone called out for him to be brought under control, and he complained and cried 'racism' because he was out of control and got called out. He's only using the profanity as an excuse to raise a fuss.
Can't hold a black man responsible for being out of control, not in Cali-- that's the real racism.
Don't forget that buck-breaking is a custom from slavery that is much celebrated in black society.
So... Is that from the 1800 slave trade, the 1700 slave trade, the 1500 slave trade, the 1100 slave trade, the barbary slave trade, the anno domini slave trade, the 300 BC slave trade, the 2000s slave trade, or the 2020 slave trade?
Pretty sure the guy in the twitter vid doesn't know or care about any slavery other than the American Black experience, so that's the context.
I'm certainly aware of other contexts for slavery, but both the guy complaining and the media will pretend they don't exist. They aren't particularly relevant to the American Black experience, either, except maybe for Liberia.
Why do you think they're contextually relevant when I was talking about American chattel slavery in reference to American pejoratives?
nothing is rooted in slavery
Anytime I hear cultural appropriation I simply say show your dedication and stop using anything invented by a white person.
I thought it started with that one show of the white mom with 12 kids or whatever.