Mari

Your problem is that you keep assuming shit and yes, your shit is messy. First of all, you keep labeling the guilty party of being racist without knowing for a fact that she is indeed one. Plenty of people who live in the Dutch region have said that either nigga or the term "nigga bitch" either has a totally different meaning or siimply doesn't exist. it would be easy to paint a person from another culture with a broad brush and call her a racist but if you attempt to get to the crux and ask the person why they referred to Rihanna as this and not Gaga or Madonna, they'll probably tell you it's because they see or hear us (Blacks) referring to ourselves as such and not White people. Do you see Blacks running around referring to themselves as "crackers" or "rednecks"? Nope! Western culture is a powerful media and others around the globe absorb everything we do or say...even to the point of mimmiking our ways. This is why I say Rihanna is partly to blame because she is travelling the world and perpetuating the myth that using the term is ok in certain context when it wrong on all levels. THAT BEING SAID, this dumbass who claims to be a "journalist" or "editor" should know better...especially if they're gonna comment on what's what in black culture and publish a magazine with the intent of reaching a global audience. That has been and will always be my point of view on this matter. I'm looking at the horizon while you seem hell bent on just seeing what's in front of you at arms length while attempting to paint me as a Uncle Tom which is typical from a narrow minded, short-sighted, ignorant bitch such as yourself. There's a whole world out there to travel. Expand your mind.