ok we all know it is totally unexceptable and wrong for a white person to call a black person the "N" word. but doesn't anyone find it wrong for the head black cheerleader to keep calling brittney "white girl"? it is really starting to piss me off.
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So Camille called Britney a White girl(black to white)? So what! Have we failed to remember Winnie referred to Britney and the Warriors as "Hip-Hop Barbie and her Wu-Tang clan?(white to white & black)" Oh yeah, Winnie also said "Bite me Crouching Tiger"(white to asian) to Cindy. AND she called Britney a wigger and white trash (white to white).She also said something about black people when they were at the Dance but its too much for me to remember(white to black). So I'd say the racism pretty much hit a good range of the color spectrum and its not that big of a deal. Plus, the people who make these movies are, I'd say, predominately white and they obviously didn't see a problem with the racist aspect. It was a big attribute of the film and put there for a reason.
They probably wouldnt care anyway, they are making Millions of dollars off of this movie.
I applaud naughtygirltinkerbell09 when she said:
So Camille called Britney a White girl(black to white)? So what! Have we failed to remember Winnie referred to Britney and the Warriors as "Hip-Hop Barbie and her Wu-Tang clan?(white to white & black)" Oh yeah, Winnie also said "Bite me Crouching Tiger"(white to asian) to Cindy. AND she called Britney a wigger and white trash (white to white).She also said something about black people when they were at the Dance but its too much for me to remember(white to black). So I'd say the racism pretty much hit a good range of the color spectrum and its not that big of a deal. Plus, the people who make these movies are, I'd say, predominately white and they obviously didn't see a problem with the racist aspect. It was a big attribute of the film and put there for a reason.
They probably wouldnt care anyway, they are making Millions of dollars off of this movie.
I love how people on here preach free speech, then censor themselves by saying "n word".
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You all need to chill out, and think before you hit "reply". Your racism is showing. I'm black BTW...I guess that means I murder, cheat, steal, and live the ghetto. I also use variations of the "n-word" and call every pale skinned I see..."white girl". And as an obligatory part of my day I make a at least 5 racist commments about white people, and remind myself every morning when I look in the mirror that I am black and therefore, inferior by genetics alone, so I can get my extra special dose of sympathy from society. Yeah......
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It doesn't bother me, I'm white so if someone called me white boy I wouldn't care, I am white. Pointing out skin colour is not a racial slur if someone uses a derogatory word about your race, then I'd be offended. Also, white people haven't had to suffer as a race the way other races have so I don't really see a problem with it.
shareBeing called white girl wouldn't bother me...IF it wasn't used as an insult. I currently live in a predominantly black neighborhood, and when "white girl" is used, it is usually meant as an insult. I was told I couldn't get financial aid because I was a "white girl" and "white girls don't deserve help." I couldn't go into one of the pools at my old high school because I was a "white girl" and they didn't want any "white girls" in their pool. My sister tried to get into a local community college and the people in the admissions office told her that they don't accept "white girls" and told her to get out. When I got on the bus yesterday, the two black girls sitting behind started talking in loud voices about how they "hate white girls." All that I find offensive, especially considering that if it was the other way around there would be some big scandal about how the city is racist towards blacks, etc. But if someone is just saying something like, oh that white girl over there takes that class, or whatever, then I don't find it offensive at all. Unfortunately, around here that's not usually the case. At least in the movie it wasn't meant as too much of an insult. Could have been worse.
shareIt's tough to really say, especially after reading this thread, cause a lot of you make excellent points and I do agree.
I did notice the term 'white girl' in this movie. You can't exactly help it, it is a bit overly used, could have lowered it a notch. But the term itself doesn't hurt, I myself have been called that a lot when I was staying with my boyfriend by some by passers just cause I was white skinned among them, but you know that they don't mean to hurt you with it, it's just an acknowledgment on how they perceive you from the outside since they can't base anything about you until they actually get to know you.
Here, it was used as an insult and you react that way. Of course different people react differently, all depends on how you yourself take insults, and I don't just mean this particular one. It's every single situation where a person is looking down on you saying things that you know are or aren't true about you, but putting in front the negative sides only.
Like if a person called you fat or stupid or ugly or too thin or anything really to hurt you or make you feel like you're not accepted, like you're bellow them because you're not like them. I think that's what she was trying to do with that term, not point out racism. She could have used a harsher word for that intention.
But racism is just purely stupid. It says, even in a dictionary, the 'white race' came just as well from Africa as any other. The skin pigment just mutated after migrating to countries that don't have much sun. It's a scientific proof that we all came from the same place. Therefore my and yours or someone from another country's genes are just the same. Now if the color varies, of whatever, may it be hair, skin, eyes, nails.. it shouldn't matter.
It's the cultures that are different, the lives that we're living. It's stupid to generalize people by skin color, I could change mine with a few trips to the tanning salon.
But, yeah, back on topic.. I don't think this movie specifically adjusts to that issue. I believe she was looking for an insult and that one was in place for that time.
That's just my take on it..
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in this world. it pretty much seems like...
it's okay for black people to be racist against white people.
but it's NOT okay for white people to be racist against black people.
btw. im not racist or anything. nor do i wanna be.
im just sayin.
Joey: That's not a big problem...a big problem is...like, if your butt fell off
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We all must remember it IS a movie.And to be honest I don't really see the big deal of calling Britney 'white girl'. Like it has been said before she IS white.And if she had a problem with it she should've just said "black girl" or "latina girl" back to them. See how they liked that. We don't know how every black person would react to that some would get mad- yes some might just blow it off-yes. I don't think we should base someone's reaction based on their race.I'm sure not all black people would get angry with someone calling them black.Since that's what they are. But honestly you can't compare being called white to being called a n-gger. It seems to me though that everybody wants to call out the black girls in the movie for stating the obvious but want to forget all the racist things Winnie says. What Winnie said in the movie don't even compare to what the Crenshaw girls said.
shareThis really pissed me off when I saw this stupid movie. White people aren't the only race that can be racist, come on! My boyfriend is white (I'm hispanic) and he's told me that it bothers him when people call him white boy because they look down on HIM for being white thinking he won't 'fight back'(He will! lol). I come from a very multi-cultural school, but the majority were black and hispanics. I saw this all the time where a white guy would walk by himself in the courtyard and a group or black or hispanic guys would start messing with the white guy just because he's white. My point is black people can be racist too and it's WRONG!
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