Comment by Ryanmf | Hacker News Reader

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You asserted that the douchebags with popped collars saying stupid shit are "channel[ling] black culture." You further asserted that the primary objection to "'wigger' culture" (wow) is that white people "acting black" makes other white people uncomfortable.

Your assertions are objectively false.

You also suggested that the negative reaction to the objectionable behavior of the Rap Genius founders is in fact not a reaction to specific behavior by specific individuals, but part of an "undercurrent of hatred for baller/rap/black (so-called 'douchebag') culture". I don't even know what to do with that.

>>The problem I have with this whole argument is that even if a guy had a popped collar, was wearing dark sunglasses inside and kept saying everything was "baller", I'd prefer him infinitely over the guy that looked at him and declared him to be "moronic" and a "douchebag"

Good for you. I know plenty of black folks who wouldn't.

>> You asserted that the douchebags with popped collars saying stupid shit are "channel[ling] black culture."

I didn't say anything about people saying stupid shit. A negative statement like that would be inconsistent with the rest of my argument.

I also didn't say that they were douchebags. I said "(so-called "douchebag")" which is a british word to show that you believe a term is unsuitable and not correct [0] also I said: "I think that people recognise the style as douchebag because it's uncomfortable for them to see white people "acting black"." I was implying that it was just a term which people use to describe a behaviour that they do not like for classist/racist reasons but which allows them to dodge allegations as such.

>> You further asserted that the primary objection to "'wigger' culture" (wow) is that white people "acting black" makes other white people uncomfortable.

Yes. I believe there is a heck of a lot of underlying racism there - and that we're seeing the same thing here.

>> Good for you. I know plenty of black folks who wouldn't.

Who am I to take away somebody's right to be a dick or offended?

I don't want to continue arguing anyway - my core point was that we shouldn't judge books by their covers: there are plenty of people that speak differently and wear very different clothes from both you and me and we should allow them to be and (in the case of the OP, instead of RapGenius) actively include them in our own culture.

[0] http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/so-called

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