Rapper who wears “Nigger” t-shirt criticizes Fox for “racism”
Remember this moron?
(Photo source: hiphop.popcrunch.com)
He’s Nas. She’s Kelis. They are race-baiting rappers wit’ attitude. And now he’s leading the charge against Fox News Channel’s alleged “racism.”
Rich. Just rich:
New York rapper Nas has joined a protest against FOX News.
Citing what he calls “race baiting” and “Obama smears” by FOX, Nas will join ColorOfChange.org and MoveOn.org to deliver more than 620,000 petition signatures demanding that the network end its “pattern of racist attacks against black Americans,” among them presidential candidate Barack Obama and his wife Michelle.
In a statement to media, Nas, ColorOfChange.org and MoveOn.org announced the petition will be delivered to FOX’s Manhattan offices on July 23 at 2 p.m. ET.
In joining the protest, Nas cites FOX’s portrayal of the Obamas as outsiders, as well as an on-screen graphic referring to Michelle Obama as “Obama’s baby mama” and the confusing of Obama and Osama by a pundit, who joked that they should both be assassinated. In February, Bill O’Reilly talked about a “lynching party” to deal with Michelle Obama.
“FOX poisons the country with racist propaganda and tries to call it news,” Nas said in the statement.
Wait a minute. Portraying the Obamas as outsiders is racist?
Isn’t that how the Obamas want to be portrayed?
The “baby mama” back story is here. And the background on Liz Trotta’s comments is here. As for O’Reilly, he was actually defending Michelle Obama. But never mind.
And regarding Obama/Osama confusion, will Nas and his grievance-mongering legions be targeting Dan Rather and the many other left-wing media members of the Osama/Obama club next?
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I’ve generally found that the person who brings race into the conversation is the racist.
Forgive me, but the girl in the picture should never wear tight pants.
I have felt my entire life, that a man is just that, “a man,” until he proves otherwise. He then earns the labels he receives from others.
It seems that no matter how hard we try to conform to the color-blind principle that we have been preached to, those that benefit the most from that “principle” seem to be the first ones to bring up “color;” e.g. “my people,”
the “black experience,” “people of color,” Congressional “Black” Caucus, “Black” Entertainment Television, National Association for the Advancement of “Colored” People, “Black” Panthers, “Black” Muslim, etc.
It seems to me that this emphasizes a victim mentality, and the constant reminders of their skin color indicates a feeling of inferiority. What ever happened to the belief espoused by their hero, MLK, that a man should be judged not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character?
I’m getting really tired of their constant complaining. Whenever we try to move beyond color, they just have to drag us back. IMHO, nothing will ever change the perspective for some in the black community, regardless of the outcome of the next presidential election. Should Obama win, that win will do nothing but embolden the militants in their ranks.
Very well stated. That is exactly my theory on it all as well. Of course, there is a high probability of you (and me now) being attacked for stating the logical, but I guess it goes with the territory. I am sure we will hear the old tired platitudes and excuses we have heard for decades now. Anyway, great post.
I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again. The lady’s pants are AWESOME.
Sure they are, if you want to look like a pair of toothpicks holding up a giant ball.
What a laugh. A Black man may be President. It’s a shock for the self-oppressed because all those complaints will now fall on deaf ears. White guilt is officially a thing of the past. Sorry to say the noble march for equality has eneded in a parody of itself – the Stupid Parade.
Nas, you may be a moron, but instead of wasting your life, how about improving schools in the minority community? Or seeing to it that black men man up and 68% of black children aren’t born to single women? Harsh? Get used to it. Equality is officially here – stop complaining and do something positive.
I’ve always been a firm believer in proportionality, in terms of the body that is.
Maybe Nas will show up with the Nigger shirt on and he can bring John “Tar Baby” Kerry along for intelligent conversation; or to conversate as Nas and ilk says. Why not let Al “White Interloper” Sharpton tag with and bring his homey Jesse “Himey” Jackson as comic relief.
On July 23rd, 2008 at 1:59 pm, mattymatt10 said:
I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again. The lady’s pants are AWESOME.
But, I can think of a LOT of women they would look better on!
That ain’t no lady. A real lady would not wear a jacket with the word Nigger emblazoned on it.
Looks like Kelis needs to lay off the devil’s food cake.
OH SNAP!
I was under the impression Nas wore the T-shirt which read Nigger, because he wanted everyone to notice he was one.
This is a minor point, I know, but Kelis isn’t a rapper. She’s an alt-R&B singer (she was initially compared most often to Alanis Morisette) who has actually had quite a few big hits, and she dresses like your average New York City/Lower East Side/Post-punk hipster (in fact, her aesthetic is FAR from hip-hop). If her pants look at all “wacky” to you, welcome to thirty years ago. It’s called “retro.”
As for the jackets, Nas released an album recently that he originally wanted to call “N*gger.” Pre-release, based on the (obviously intentionally provocative) name, it got an awful lot of (awful) press — most of it debating his stated (post-modern, philosophical) reasonings, and ultimately (out of pressure from all sides) he changed it to “N.” Anyway, the jackets were intended to make them walking billboards for the album, not the word. There may be no distinguishing the two when a title like that emerges, but I’m just providing a little context.
Ironically (and believe it or not), Nas is widely regarded as one of the few rappers who actually eschews male posturing, bitches’n'hos talk and bang-bang-shoot-’em-up narratives for more cerebral material. He gets a lot of mainstream coverage for that reason.
Lastly, I don’t fully understand the debate about the use of this word. (I don’t know why anyone — including Nas — would use it. Unless, of course, you’re a fan of racial slurs, in which case, have at it, I guess.) Honestly, are you itching for a reason or some justification for using it? I mean, my gay friends call each other words (you can guess which ones) that I would never call them, and I never think, “Here’s my chance to use all those offensive words about gays!” I’m not going to argue the merits of reclaiming words or deriving power through subversion of language, because I don’t expect this is the sort of forum where people are terribly interested in discussing or attempting to deconstruct those concepts. My point is, I don’t really care if they use them, but I have no desire to, whether they do or not. This strikes me as an analogous situation.
You’re not a n-word cuz your black, you are a n-word for how ya act.
I was about to ask who the two self-described “Niggers” in the photo are, but I now see that the second paragraph explains.
I believe “Nas” was raised on the taxpayer’s dime in an area of Queens NY called Long Island City. I’m not sure about his “bitch,” “ho”, “shorty,” (whatever he calls her) Kellis – the one with the “Nigger” jacket.
Long Island City used to be a waterfront area where many different European immigrants used to live and work. Old photographs from 80-100 years ago show dirt-poor ladies and gentlemen (dressed to the nines) walking with parasols along the East River, or convening by the thousands to cool off in one of the largest public pools ever constructed at the time.
Now, LI City is a ramp off of the 59th St. Bridge where you can go if you want to get your head shot off by pimps, drug dealers and/or other “respected” leaders of that community.
I believe these recreations are what “Nas” talks really quickly about on his recordings.
What a shame.
It appears thry both are truly deserving of the name. If this wasn’t so pathetic, it would be funny. You just can’t make this stuff up.
” Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. “
George Orwell
I love it when people who make their living grunting and thrusting their pelvis rhythmically in front of video cameras see fit to lecture me on public policy. Nothing says dignity and respect like a spandex dress made with less than a yard of fabric. W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington must be smiling in the great beyond.
On July 23rd, 2008 at 1:59 pm, mattymatt10 said:
They have to be awesome to cram that ass of hers in them.
The real crime here is appearing in public in those pants! If my butt looked like THAT I would not be wearing those pants.
Talk about offensive!
Many of us talk about how we will not engage “Muslim America” until we see some sincere outrage for the “radical” islamofascists. Lots of variations on this argument, but we’ve all seen it.
How is that different than this? Other than Bill Cosby – who is pilloried when he points it out – where is the outrage in the black community? Where is the angry fury DEMANDING that EVERY black stop using words like nigger or whore (or their 5,000 spelling variations like “nigga” and “ho”). Where is Spike and the rest of Hollowood? Where is Nancy and Harry and, for that matter, GEORGE? How about Mr. Obama?
I’m SICK of hearing O’Reilly bring people on who hem, and haw, and genteely say “of course this is reprehensible, and I don’t for a second condone it, but…”
No buts.
Martin Luther King must be rolling in his grave when he sees this. “Black America” is becoming a laughing stock even as many black Americans have reached the pinnacle. Condi Rice, Colin Powell, and even that loser Obama – how aren’t they RAILING at this?
Unbelievable. Every day we see more and more, not less and less, of this crap.
Ok, then. The female human-being’s pants are AWESOME.
There is nothing wrong with those curves. Nothing at all.
Classy? Nope. Awesome? H-E-DoubleHockeySticks yeah.
What’s your guide dog’s opinion?
Sorry my friend. It would have been a crime to let that pass as is.
I wonder how she got the saddlebags in the pants? That must have been tough to pull up stretch pants like that over those big bulges. I wonder how much astroglide that took…
But, regardless of HOW she did it, I still cannot understand WHY she did it. That VISTA is not one that should be displayed in public.
Thee but not for me. Double standard, double words.
Well RobM1981 some are talking about and asking, why? I think it has a lot to do with the *** damn America garbage that has been put forward and endorsed by parents and community leaders. I have heard my parents tell me, don’t walk around with a chip on your shoulder, good advice. These parents seem to have deliberately placed one on their youngsters shoulders a real disgrace. A mind is a terrible thing to waste.
Nas and Kelis are the racist jerks. Oops, did I commit a racist slur? How white of me.
Actually, they have had their 15 minutes of fame & are now desperately trying to remain relevant… Nas & Kelis?, oh please, they can’t even get bit parts on sitcoms or cable cop shows.
Has beens really, and I’m represtin kings county now, word.
So ACORN has been working over time.
And I think Teddy Kennedy was one of the first to confuse Barry’s name last summer.
That has to be one of the most unattractive rumps ever. Yikes!
She’s a perfect example of what not to wear.
The folks on that show would have a field day with that outfit. “Honey, you look like a pair of toothpicks holding up a monstrous, shapeless blob”.
Rather looks like spray paint, but I am surprised she didn’t plant a flag in that rat trap. Next she is on the View, as she knows how.
Bro
Frankly, I’m stunned that I’m the only guy here that can appreciate that woman’s curves. Her politics, no, but her booty, you bet.
You’re all gay.
Just kidding.
Or “Who spray painted Big Brown’s rump gold?”
Word. Sounds like sum baby mama drama fo sho ta nite, ta nite. And all the boys come to my yard for my milkshakes too…
Now why are some of you white folks all running scared of words like ‘racist’ and ‘prejudiced’?
If you don’t have a problem with all races of people other than your own race, then you are probably not racist. (maybe a redneck or a hillbilly but not a racist? wait…now Im offended) If you do not pre judge people before you find them out to be stupid or annoying like they actually are, then you are not prejudiced.
Even I dont like to be around a whole lot of my own race – even after I get to know them. So dont get all pissy when I dont care to be around everyone else in the whole world every day of every year.
Illiterate bafoons.
Probably can not even spell the word “racist”.
No fun bein’ one ‘les yo axts like one.
So are we to assume that Nas…sorry, but I don’t know who this joker is and never heard of him outside of the articles here…and whoever it is he is with, are going to be turning in similar paperwork concerning the outrageous and blatant racist comments, cartoons, articles etc. that have been repeatedly made of Condi, Powell, you, and every other Republican/Conservative person of minority status?
After all, the Libs and Lefties have been absolutely blatant about such things for so long that I cannot think of a time when they haven’t made such attacks.
I would hate to think that they would have such a prime opportunity to prove that they are not hypocrites and will actually practice what they preach.
I would hold my breath, but I would just turn a funny blue color…which would then leave me open to a barrage of “tollerant, Progressive and Open-Minded” comments about what color I have turned.
Oh, and are they also going to be submitting petitions against political wannabe and liar Al Franken for his gratuitous use of the word? How about our nation’s First Black President’s close relative Roger Clinton? Can’t say anything about Jesse Jaclson…after all, he is just taking the word back and trying to empower people with it, to give it a “New meaning” according to Whoopi.
However, to truly show their outrage, they need look no farther than a former Klansman turned eternal Senator and Tennessee Governor Bresden who seem to have no problem at all using the word…so long as it is to describe something or someone else other than a black person.
Anyone ever heard the John Lennon song, “Woman is the N***** of the World”? I don;t see any Liberals going afrer his estate or trying to have that song pulled from the albums now on sale.
Oh well…I guess self-righteous indignation only goes so far.
No. Rap isn’t a “black thing” no more than PeeWee Herman is a “white thing,” even though far too many American blacks regard/excuse it as a legit facet of “our culture”, and that phrase-concept has been the curse of what’s been happening in “black America.” The ultimate sad thing about it is since just after the Civil War, black Americans have fostered the idea that being black is a cultural onto itself, with devastating reasons in terms of individual self-esteem and self-reliance and diversity in mainstream America. No other race in the nation has railroaded itself into a mono-cultural pigeon hole like that with a false sense of comfortable community and racial pride that tolerates corrosive values. It’s that “if there’s a “black leader”, so who’s the white leader then?” idea. Unfortunately it will take gonads and more generations to cleanse this attitude and mindset even it started today.
One more thing; if black children can freely sling the word nigger around on mass transit without a glare from black adults, there’s no reason why white Americans can’t avail the same lexicon. It’s the goose thing.
James Greenidge
Queens NY
Sir, not all black children use this word. In fact, many share the same resentment of the word as their parents. Anyone who has seen me post here, knows I’m against the word in all circumstances. Period… Yes, this includes Rev. Jackson.
Nas says that he wore that shirt to promote his album which (paraphrasing) used the word as his way of taking back the term. However, with the outcry over the “N-Word”, Nas changed his album to… no name at all. But alas, Ms. Malkin will probably not mention that and will continue to use that picture to try and prove her point.
Back to the thread, I find it interesting that Ms. Malkin and the Seattle PI author omit this (from Reuters):
Will Ms. Malkin talk about that incident at the top of this thread like she responded to all of the other allegations? To date, she has not commented on that at all…
On July 23rd, 2008 at 3:38 pm, BrianNY said:
Now, LI City is a ramp off of the 59th St. Bridge where you can go if you want to get your head shot off by pimps, drug dealers and/or other “respected” leaders of that community.
BrianNY, sounds like you haven’t been to Long Island City in a very long time. It’s now the home of million dollar plus condos, world class museums and corporate offices. One of the largest banks in the world has had a major presence there for about a decade and just completed their second highrise.
Hey Les,
My Dad grew up one neighborhood over (Woodside-Boulevard Gardens to be specific) and LI City was always a cesspool throughout the 1970s, 80s and 90s.
I made friends with an artist who rented a warehouse around 44th Ave, between 11th and 21st Streets who lived on the top floor (illegal!) and threw outrageous parties on the roof.
I can tell you that between 1994 and 1998, those side streets – not too far from the public housing where “NaS” grew up, was hooker, pimp, and drug dealer central. (It seemed like LI City was the last ‘Wild West’ outpost that the Giuliani Administration tackled.)
If you were referring to the Citicorp Tower as the large bank with a presence in LI City…they have been there as long as I can remember…right along with the pimps and the hos.
Glad to hear that many spots have been converting to high end condos (I’m guessing that this was something that happened post-2003?) My gut tells me that, with those notorious Queensbridge public housing towers still a stones throw away, a slight downturn in economy/city services could make thing very difficult for those buying million dollar+ condos in that area.