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In reply to the discussion: Azealia Banks admits she hates 'everything about this country' [View all]In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)389. I won't be spending my bucks at Starbucks.
There is something about pushing an issue to make more money that just doesn't feel right to me.
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Mme. Baker was one of the greatest artists and dancers of the modern era, IMHO.
AverageJoe90
Mar 2015
#217
I am not seeing how posing nude for Playboy makes her a hypocrite re what she said
gollygee
Mar 2015
#33
I would also hate a country that forced me to pose nude for the gratification of others.
Orsino
Mar 2015
#8
I love the First Amendment. It makes it easier for the idiots to identify themselves. n/t
Xithras
Mar 2015
#105
That's more understandable, then. I agree the dig at Wal-Mart workers was in poor taste. n/t
nomorenomore08
Mar 2015
#359
The 1st Amendment bars govenment action to punish speech. It does not in any way restrict others
kelly1mm
Mar 2015
#221
"she is free to make money posing nude and peddling her alleged 'music.'"
Nuclear Unicorn
Mar 2015
#37
You bring up some good points. My paternal grandmother's family had a plantation in the South
Coventina
Mar 2015
#26
There are plenty of families who kept theirs. Not necessarily planters' families, but that
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#145
There is still your false construct about reparations. No connection with this rapper.
kwassa
Mar 2015
#128
Yes, but the nation collectively, not individual people who owned slaves, and not
gollygee
Mar 2015
#86
There are some individual people who profited a whole truckload and their descendants have
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#149
I hate a lot of the same things too. And God forbid I ever sound less-than-eloquent in expressing
nomorenomore08
Mar 2015
#243
Not quite, but close enough. I don't think anyone's really arguing in her favor here.
nomorenomore08
Mar 2015
#245
Blared butt-first from the cover of Playboy magazine while wearing a leopard teddy
BeyondGeography
Mar 2015
#48
In my personal experience, sneering at rap is dog-whistle for sneering at black people.
Maedhros
Mar 2015
#321
If there's anything Azealia Banks hates more than fat white farm girls...
MelungeonWoman
Mar 2015
#97
The only one of those I recognize is Coates and I agree quite a bit with him...
Fumesucker
Mar 2015
#166
Exactly. She's a talentless, abrasive simpleton desperate to extend her 15 minutes of fame.
Lizzie Poppet
Mar 2015
#313
I dunno. Before this thread, I had no idea who she was, or in fact any reason to know.
lumberjack_jeff
Mar 2015
#345
i know of her only b/c there was an ad on du promoting a cd (i guess) never looked her up
Romeo.lima333
Mar 2015
#351
If that was what she was trying to imply, she did a damn poor job of it, sadly.
AverageJoe90
Mar 2015
#206
Nice to see the privileged Ms. Banks shit on "little girls working at KMart"
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Mar 2015
#112
And this thread is filled with a very disturbing amount of misogony and veiled racism.
Marrah_G
Mar 2015
#120
And the folks either yukking it up or avoiding them like the plague (but never, EVER condemning
Number23
Mar 2015
#134
You can start with the assumption (implicit or otherwise) that Ms. Banks speaks for anyone
nomorenomore08
Mar 2015
#250
Calling her out isn't racist. But the misdirection employed by some posters, arguably is.
nomorenomore08
Mar 2015
#251
"There are a lot of areas in which the United States could be improved." That's true.
AverageJoe90
Mar 2015
#187
I think a dose of humility is never a bad thing. Especially when you're not the one
nomorenomore08
Mar 2015
#252
I found you thinking that one black person saying something is why there are no reparations.
bravenak
Mar 2015
#155
It's False Equivalency 101. People are being either naive or disingenuous, maybe both. n/t
nomorenomore08
Mar 2015
#254
A social justice advocate should have better things to do than telling people of color
nomorenomore08
Mar 2015
#256
You are fucking embarassing. It is a fucking embarassment to DU and the Admins that no matter how
seaglass
Mar 2015
#310
Well, after seeing posts that "white people just need to shut up and listen"...
NaturalHigh
Mar 2015
#323
This 57 year old white woman would put her foot down next to bravenak's before I'd put my foot down
Luminous Animal
Mar 2015
#198
"You can't lecture to someone else about what is racist or sexist and what is not."
nomorenomore08
Mar 2015
#257
Funny...I'm a white DUer and I'm not slandered. Don't pretend to speak for me. nt
msanthrope
Mar 2015
#271
I'm so sad. You do know you replied to me, right? I would never talk to you on purpose.
bravenak
Mar 2015
#286
Interesting that you ignored Ms. Banks's "Uncle Tom" comments toward Pharrel and others.
ARMYofONE
Mar 2015
#185
This is all so confusing. Is there a rule book on when it is okay to call people
ARMYofONE
Mar 2015
#335
Nice assumptions! You have no idea about my racial identity. And for all I know, you're lily white
ARMYofONE
Mar 2015
#346
I'm mixed race, thank you very much. Assumptions are cool, as long as one claims to be Black
ARMYofONE
Mar 2015
#357
It is one person's words being used to try and balance out hundreds of years of racism
Marrah_G
Mar 2015
#226
"Why would anyone get upset at what Azalea said?" Plenty of reasons, actually.....
AverageJoe90
Mar 2015
#204
Well, I remember some pretty racist comments about Iggy Azalea a while back.
NaturalHigh
Mar 2015
#278
It doesn't matter if it was MORE racist then. It is VERY racist now. Look at how our men are treated
bravenak
Mar 2015
#333
I think the comparison between the consequences of the OU frat racists words
lumberjack_jeff
Mar 2015
#336
Please DON''T leave bravenak! Your posts are among the ones I come here to read.
tblue37
Mar 2015
#390
Good riddance to bad rubbish. It took too long, though. anyone who accuses liberals
tblue37
Mar 2015
#392
I doubt she hates the part of America that made her rich and famous. That undoubtedly includes
ARMYofONE
Mar 2015
#179
the comment about Reparations in the OP is something you would usually find on right wing sites
JI7
Mar 2015
#230
I kind of get what she's saying, but she definitely chose the most inflammatory means possible.
nomorenomore08
Mar 2015
#248
yes, those who think the US is racist and oppressive should just leave!
TheSarcastinator
Mar 2015
#342
I thought this OP would have pulled out specific quotes to make her look bad or stupid,
hughee99
Mar 2015
#312
Because it's part and parcel of her words from the Playboy interview linked in the OP
Brother Buzz
Mar 2015
#320
b/c it allows an effective ad hominem attack against the idea of reparations & AA culture in general
TheSarcastinator
Mar 2015
#341
Interesting, the antithesis of what Martin Luther King stood for. Racists come in all colors
still_one
Mar 2015
#401
Wow. Looks like Azealia has gotten what she wanted if she is being discussed on DU.
Lilyeye
Mar 2015
#420