I apologize for the lack of post lately. I've been working as an indentured servant in the real world for chump change and studying for the finals. Plus the Christmas season came and went and the New Year is fast approaching. Well plenty bacchanal from the past few days; Kim Jong- il died, Kobe Bryant's divorce and Herman Cain's 9-9-9 problems, it's enough to keep us entertained for the year. Well I just want to talk about what happened last week. What these women above have in common? The use of the n'word. Earlier this year a woman held up a sign during the silly Slut Walk protest, proclaiming "Woman the Nigger of the World." As expected there was a backlash especially from women of color who felt disrespected when all they want was respect and equality just as white women. What kills me is the total disregard and lack of respect for women of color and their struggles in the world which brings me to another woman Eva Hoeke who was an Editor-in-Chief of Dutch magazine, Jackie. Apparently a genius decided to write an article on Rihanna calling her a N***er bitch, and here is an excerpt which really had me shaking my head;
“She has street cred, she has a ghetto ass and she has a golden throat. Rihanna, the good girl gone bad, is the ultimate niggabitch and displays that gladly, and for her that means: what’s on can come off. If that means she’ll be on stage half naked, then so be it. But Dutch winters aren’t like Jamaican ones, so pick a clothing style in which your daughter can resist minus ten. No to the big sunglasses and the pornheels, and yes to the tiger print, pink shizzle and everything that glitters. Now let’s hope she won’t beat anybody up at daycare.”
Courtesy Parlour Magazine.
Really Ghetto Ass? Golden throat? What the hell are pornheels and beating up people in daycare? And for the record Rihanna is from Barbados, not trying to throw shade at Jamaica but there are other islands in the Caribbean but I guess the editors are too dumb to realize that they exist. After the backlash the EID offered a half assed apology blaming America for the word NB, claiming it was a slang. Uh I've spent 14 years in the US and I've never heard people say NB probably the N'word and the B'word but not together. If they were trying to be sarcastic well they failed horribly. It's really sad that black women are insulted on a daily basis and even worse by white women. It's time that black people stop using the n'word especially the younger generation because if other can't say it you shouldn't say it neither including Rihanna. It's also time for black women to love and respect ourselves, and support each other because frankly no one is going to respect us especially by other women. That should be our new year's resolution, be a badass keep reaching for the stars because we are much more than N***er bitches, we are women just like our melanin challenged counterparts who demands respect and equality. Well that's my rant for 2011, see you in the new year!
Photos courtesy The Fashion Bomb, Racialicious and the decciie.com/
