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Originally Posted by ring
Jack the Lad, if you could give an example of how this link affects you personally in your opinion, I might understand a bit better.
This whole topic could do a wheelie on glare ice rather quickly I imagine.
I sense strong emotions..Am I wrong?
I am going to start a band called the 'Animal Crackers'
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It's nothing too deep really, just a peeve, and it's probably more applicable to young English middle class 'wiggers'.
I'm all for multiculturalism, but I guess what really annoys me about 'wiggers' is that they tend to - at least in my experience - assimilate aspects of black culture in the most crass way possible. They often re-inforce negative stereotypes, become a parody the way of life they aspire to live, and pretend to be something that they're not. It's a free world - people can act the way they like - but, for example, I respect rappers (of any colour or creed) a lot more when they talk about their REAL lives, not just violence or bling...unless that IS their real life, of course.
Ice T's appraisal of Vanilla Ice springs to mind: 'He says he's 'street'? What street?!? Sesame Street?'
*EDIT* I'm not saying white people can't rap. Eminem is not a wigger. He speaks with his own voice in a hip hop context. I'm talking about posh teenagers, with names like Tarquin or Timothy, who think they're 'gangstas' if they wear tracksuits, speak like Snoop Dogg, and grab their crotches alot.
The Streets tell it like it is:
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By the way, I hope no one is offended by the term 'wigger' (it's only ever been used in a comical context, to the best of my knowledge, but I'll gladly delete my post if it's deemed inappropriate.)
Boyakasha!
