The end! Case closed! Period!
And while it is important for Afro-Latinx people to be able to freely identify with Blackness and embrace that heritage, arguments like the one Fat Joe is putting forward only open the door for Latinx people like Gina to “reclaim” a word they never had any legitimate claim over, to begin with.she offended anyone with her words.
Well, the public was not having it, rejecting her attempt to reduce Black people’s outrage to a matter of opinions or personal sensitivity rather than an objectively harmful incident. Her team responded toThis one states in part just how regretful she is for her actions, and how her remorse over letting down, wait for it... the “
.” And because addressing Blackness directly is just not something she’s used to doing, she articulates the problem while once again dismissing the very people it directly impacts.within the Black community about the n-word and just how much good our supposed “reclaiming” of this it can actually do. And in moments like this, that feels like a valid point. But, one thing that shouldn’t be up for dispute, is who gets to use it. And if you ain’t Black, then that ain’t you.
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