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Response to: Won't You Please Be My Nigga: Double Standards with a Taboo Word By Marannia N. Faulk for Streetgangs Magazine June 4, 2003 I read your article and I wanted to make a little point about Jennifer Lopez using the word nigga and how it is different than Big Pun using the word or another artist of their descent. Big Pun never told us that his music was not for a particular group. His music was hip hop and was for everyone who listened to that genre of music. But Miss Lopez, when asked if she would contribute I'm Real to a hip hop compilation CD told the group that her music was not hip hop in nature by any means and she did not contribute her song even though the proceeds went to a childrens cause. Street Gangs Poll Who can say the word Nigga? Absolutely no one [817 votes] Only blacks [2286 votes] Blacks and other ethnic minorities [1456 votes] Everyone, including white people [2725 votes] View results I think that is why she suffered so much criticism. Why would she want to use that word in a song that was supposedly Latin? I also think the reason Caucasians are upset is because they are angry that they can not use the word. To them, it is about if they cannot use the word, then "you' should not be able to either. We took a word that they used to degrade us and turned it around on them to be used as a term of endearment for us. As for Eminem, he grew up around all black people so I don't think of him using the word as a problem. I would not even be angry with President Clinton for using it but I would be very upset if President Un-Elect Bush used it. I don't know why that is but it just is. Marannia Faulk (marannia@yahoo.com) Newport News, VA Read Original Article News Topics | Home | Research | History | Blood Gangs | Crip Gangs | People| Life in a Gang | Gallery | Iraqi Cards | Memorial | Migration | Graffiti | Resume| Injunctions Homicides | Maps | California Prisons | Contact

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