In today’s society we account racism as one of the biggest
issues. Anyone that says it no longer exists is lying. To this day we’ve been
having riots over this issue, and one of the biggest “no no’s” is the N word.
No one likes saying it, and nobody likes hearing it. But what happens when you
hear it in all these rapper’s songs, every second line. Why is it acceptable
for them?
Now as adults we know that the N word isn’t tolerable no
matter what the circumstance, however, the younger generation may not, and
after listening to one or two RnB songs may begin to use the word. What happens
then? Who gets blamed?
Truth is maybe if we want racist to come closer to an end,
and the N word to be forgotten, it should no longer be used in songs. However,
a lot of people say if you’re from a ‘black’ background or decent, the n word
is fine to use, and most rappers today are all from black decent. But what happens
when we sing along to this music or make a cover, does it then become
acceptable for us too?
No probably not, because these rappers are reappropriating the
word, by which a cultural group reclaims the term that was previously disapproving
by the group and making it theirs. So to the thousands of people out there who
think that the word is unnecessary in rappers albums, to them it is. And that’s
what rap is all about expressing yourself and your pain through your music.
