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In response to "sceire, yes. My baseball bat post was obviously meant as a joke, whereas" by groiny

Well...if he had the question and didn't know either name of the people involved, how should he ask the question?

Posted by Jim (aka Jim) Sep 15 '10, 12:49

"Ok, so that caucasian singer of music generally thought to be from the south and/or old west was interrupted and disrespected by that fine African American performer known most for his urban music...can someone tell me what her name was?"

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really? this isn't difficult. "Whats the name of the rapper who interrupted the country musician?" - Guy Sep 15, 13:07 6
- This is nowhere near as sensitive an issue in Ireland as it is in the States. -- nm - Roger More Sep 15, 13:14
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  - i would refer to you as my "drunk friend" :) -- nm - Guy Sep 15, 13:12
- That there could have been better ways to describe it does not mean that the way he did describe it was racist in tone -- nm - Stephen Sep 15, 13:09 2
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    - Right, because people are objecting to the musical descriptors used... - Stephen Sep 15, 13:28
there are a ton of better ways to describe it. - groiny Sep 15, 12:58
You didn't capitalize Caucasian, but capitalized African-American? How dare you. - Dr.Vermin Sep 15, 12:50 13
- black isn't an offensive descriptor. no one here insists on being called Caucasian. Caucasian is barely even a useful word. - TFox Sep 15, 12:54 10
  - your IM says it best. no one's bringing out the pitchforks, it was just a noticeable inconsistency -- nm - Guy Sep 15, 13:09
  - Maybe what Loyola was trying to say is that Taylor Swift is a country music singer while Kanye West isn't good enough to be considered a singer or - Jim Sep 15, 12:57 4
    - i'm not a huge fan either, but it's not because he isn't good enough. he's plenty good enough. - TFox Sep 15, 12:59 3
      - agreed, he is impossible to like, regardless of his talent. - groiny Sep 15, 13:00 2
        
        does ST know he recently released a remix of a Justin Bieber song with Raekwon from Wu Tang as a guest. - Guy Sep 15, 13:10
        
        that's a great analogy. -- nm - TFox Sep 15, 13:01
  - Well, the fact that Taylor Swift is bland as fuck, with little to distinguish herself doesn't help who is describing her, either -- nm - con_carne Sep 15, 12:56 1
    - that would lend even more to the argument that she could have been "the tiny white chick". - TFox Sep 15, 12:58
  - Right, I am not all worked up about it, just kinda read a but ugly to me. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 15, 12:55 1
    - a "bit" ugly. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 15, 12:56
- White guilt comes out in all kinds of ways -- nm - con_carne Sep 15, 12:53
- Dammit...I knew I messed that up. ;) -- nm - Jim Sep 15, 12:51

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