The N-word, Jay-Z and the Brooklyn Nets
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A sports writer turns his disapproval into Jay-Z's new marketing for the Brooklyn Nets into a race debate after he says, "... why (call the team) the Brooklyn Nets when they can be the new York N----s? The cheerleaders could be the Brooklyn B---ches or Hoes..." When pressed on his words, the writer says: " Jay-Z profits from the worst and most sustaining self-enslaving stereotypes of Black-American culture, and I'm the racist?" Let's see what sports and music fans have to say as they comment.
What Others Are Saying...
As a black woman, I feel that (the writer's) statement couldn't have been more true. There is absolutely nothing inherently racist about what he said. Mishnick(the writer) did a great job of throwing a staple of Jay-Z's success right back at him. Well done...
Mushnick is on the money, and as usual the lame (and ever so out-of-touch) VV is full of tired liberal cliches. Mushnick shouldn't back down...Blacks need to get their shit together and stop blaming whitey. Stop blaming the Mushnicks. Get the blunt out of your mouth, drop the 40oz malt liquor, stop calling women bitches and hoes, stop dog-fighting pit bulls, stop calling each other "nigger" and "nigga, and most of all - stop the fake outrage every time some white guy calls out the truth....
The big reveal of the Nets logo, which is pretty corny and not remotely "urban", is supposedly the catalyst behind this guy's little fit. Jay-Z is a middle aged dad who hasn't really rapped about anything other than being rich and influential in at least five years... it just seems like he wanted any excuse to bash rappers, patronize black people and throw the n-word around...