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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
yeah there was a whole thing during the black power movement about recovering from what was seen as the emasculation process of slavery. it was all about the male penis. check out for example the movie sweet sweetback's badassssss song. while the theorists are past that macho shit, i can see where the cultural bias might come from. even in the 80s eddie murphy was making faggot jokes in his standup routines and spike lee's "school daze" features a "gamma faggot" taunt.
but anyway.. i'm not so well read on that.
im more interested in my own spickness.
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it is possible that the use of the word "faggot" (i'm speaking specifically of "school daze," one of my favorite movies) is meant to speak of an emasculated male, not necessarily someone who is gay, much like a "punk" (also used in the "gamma fag" part of the film).
i will say that the use of "black bitch" rubbed me the wrong way, but i don't expect anyone who hasn't been through my experiences or anything remotely similar to understand how that would make me feel. I know crypto isn't a racist, just as well, too, and calling him such would be jumping the shark a bit.
that being said, everyone with the "you're all a bunch of sensitive/PC pussies" should try and realize that insensitivity toward such a sensitive subject (race still sensitive in 2007? who would've thunk it!), and that many of the crimes against minorities/women/homosexuals stems from an insensitivity that blooms into full-on hate. i'm not saying that it'll happen to anyone on this board, but know that the seeds could maybe already be planted...ho.