The National Anthem is a 20th Century invention. The Star Spangled Banner set to to tune of an impossible to sing British drinking song...it’s tough.
‘America the Beautiful’ was in the running for the National Anthem. Shame that didn’t happen. Less bombs and more brotherhood is something we could use right now.
That was never your argument when we debated this before. Again, it was okay for you then because of the way they were pronouncing the word. You gave them a pass. Now you change your stance. Typical snowflake cancel move.
BTW, what if a black person is offended by the MFs, F bombs, and treatment of women in some of those celebrated songs. Is it ONLY the N word they can be offended by?
I am not going to say racist things. If the culture that was oppressed with a demeaning label wants to use the term to denote the resourcefulness of pragmatic survivors of racial injustice to form a bond of solidarity against the “out-group” oppressors, it isn’t hypocritical. Words have no magic power in themselves. N-word when spoken by the out-group that used the term during slavery, segregation and Jim Crow has a different ring than it does when spoken by the group that experienced and continues to experience injustice. This really isn’t that hard of a concept. It just requires a touch of empathy.
I don’t hear the hard “er” at the end when it is spoken in the black vernacular. It is all part of the same.
As far as the content of the songs and the language used to express the message of any song, well, I cannot comment in any universal way about that. There are songs in all genres that fit your description. Music is an art form and some people are just better at it than others...and then there is the issue of taste.
Sometimes it is the point of art to provoke offense. If you are offended by it, that might be part of the point. But if offending a repressed group is your thing, I don’t think you will be openly appreciated in civil society.
So is it OK for a black person to call a white person the 'N' word?