NY Post Writer Defends Racist Rant by Blaming Jay-Z: Who Is the Racist? (Phil Mushnick or Jay-Z)
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Most people seem to like the Brooklyn Nets’ new logos and color scheme, but one New York Post sports columnist is definitely not a fan. Then again, maybe he just can’t stand the team’s part-owner, rapper Jay-Z.
To go along with their move to Brooklyn, the Nets are sporting a new look: a black-and-white color scheme, which pays homage to the old New York subway signage system, and two new primary logos. Jay-Z, who owns 1.5% of the Nets, played an instrumental role in their design—a fact that clearly makes NY Post writer Phil Mushnick uncomfortable.
Mushnick, who has long been a critic of Jay-Z’s role in the franchise, wrote in his “Equal Time” sports column:
“As long as the Nets are allowing Jay-Z to call their marketing shots — what a shock that he chose black and white as the new team colors to stress, as the Nets explained, their new “urban” home — why not have him apply the full Jay-Z treatment? Why the Brooklyn Nets when they can be the New York N------s? The cheerleaders could be the Brooklyn B----hes or Hoes. Team logo? A 9 mm with hollow-tip shell casings strewn beneath. Wanna be Jay-Z hip? Then go all the way!”
And it didn’t stop there. As furor erupted over what many are calling his “racist rant,” Mushnick tried to turn the story around and pin the blame on Jay-Z.
He said, “Such obvious, wishful and ignorant mischaracterizations of what I write are common. I don't call black men the N-word; I don't regard young women as bitches and whores; I don't glorify the use of assault weapons and drugs. Jay-Z, on the other hand . . . Is he the only NBA owner allowed to call black men N---ers? Jay-Z profits from the worst and most sustaining self-enslaving stereotypes of black-American culture and I'M the racist? Some truths, I guess, are just hard to read, let alone think about.”
There are certainly legitimate points that can be made about the messages conveyed in hip hop, as well as situations that just cry out for satire, but we think that Mushnick missed the mark on both accounts.
What do you think SodaHeads? Who is the racist? Phil Mushnik or Jay-Z?
To go along with their move to Brooklyn, the Nets are sporting a new look: a black-and-white color scheme, which pays homage to the old New York subway signage system, and two new primary logos. Jay-Z, who owns 1.5% of the Nets, played an instrumental role in their design—a fact that clearly makes NY Post writer Phil Mushnick uncomfortable.
Mushnick, who has long been a critic of Jay-Z’s role in the franchise, wrote in his “Equal Time” sports column:
“As long as the Nets are allowing Jay-Z to call their marketing shots — what a shock that he chose black and white as the new team colors to stress, as the Nets explained, their new “urban” home — why not have him apply the full Jay-Z treatment? Why the Brooklyn Nets when they can be the New York N------s? The cheerleaders could be the Brooklyn B----hes or Hoes. Team logo? A 9 mm with hollow-tip shell casings strewn beneath. Wanna be Jay-Z hip? Then go all the way!”
And it didn’t stop there. As furor erupted over what many are calling his “racist rant,” Mushnick tried to turn the story around and pin the blame on Jay-Z.
He said, “Such obvious, wishful and ignorant mischaracterizations of what I write are common. I don't call black men the N-word; I don't regard young women as bitches and whores; I don't glorify the use of assault weapons and drugs. Jay-Z, on the other hand . . . Is he the only NBA owner allowed to call black men N---ers? Jay-Z profits from the worst and most sustaining self-enslaving stereotypes of black-American culture and I'M the racist? Some truths, I guess, are just hard to read, let alone think about.”
There are certainly legitimate points that can be made about the messages conveyed in hip hop, as well as situations that just cry out for satire, but we think that Mushnick missed the mark on both accounts.
What do you think SodaHeads? Who is the racist? Phil Mushnik or Jay-Z?
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Feria~THEZombieSlayingB!tch... 2012/05/06 00:03:18
He CAPITALIZED ( he made some major capital$$$) on N-this, N-that, bitch this, ho that, etcetcetc.
You may like his music, but that doesn't change the facts.
Changing N-this and that to be a "cool" term? He made a fortune putting out a lot of negative-stereotype glorifying music.
I believe in capitalism, but I'm no Jay-Z fan.
I said he was a race pimp.
Yeah, the word police are on me.
On the flip side, I resent rappers like Jay-Z because they really don't have anything substantial to say. Young black men all over America kill themselves trying to emulate men like Jay-Z. They think that the thug life is glamourous and sexy. In reality it's a trap that they can't get out of. The worst part is the drugs that rappers advocate. I once heard a man say that in some parts of the world, native tribes would take a double edged blade, cover it in blood and stick the handle in the ice so the blade sticks out. (The blade is the drugs) The wolf (the black community) comes up and licks the blade thinking he's getting something good. He licks and licks and he bleeds and bleeds drinking his own blood and he kills himself without even knowing it.
And people like Jay-Z are advocating this slow suicide. That doesn't make him a racist. Just ignorant. And the drugs are just one part of it. The disregarding of women is killing the black community as well. Promiscuity is glorified, but of course no one tells them about the consequences because there's no sex ed. Black teenagers learn about sex from people like Jay-Z. Then these young black...
On the flip side, I resent rappers like Jay-Z because they really don't have anything substantial to say. Young black men all over America kill themselves trying to emulate men like Jay-Z. They think that the thug life is glamourous and sexy. In reality it's a trap that they can't get out of. The worst part is the drugs that rappers advocate. I once heard a man say that in some parts of the world, native tribes would take a double edged blade, cover it in blood and stick the handle in the ice so the blade sticks out. (The blade is the drugs) The wolf (the black community) comes up and licks the blade thinking he's getting something good. He licks and licks and he bleeds and bleeds drinking his own blood and he kills himself without even knowing it.
And people like Jay-Z are advocating this slow suicide. That doesn't make him a racist. Just ignorant. And the drugs are just one part of it. The disregarding of women is killing the black community as well. Promiscuity is glorified, but of course no one tells them about the consequences because there's no sex ed. Black teenagers learn about sex from people like Jay-Z. Then these young black men and women, they get diseases because they are ignorant. They are ignorant because the system wants them to be. You know? And then they give themselves diseases and they have children that starve to death or they are aborted. It's this self propagating cycle of poverty, drugs, violence and death. Then people say education is the way out. Wrong. The teachers in the ghetto don't care about the kids they are supposed to be teaching because they all have tenure. It's going to take a lot more than education to fix the problems in the black community. The psychology of our culture needs to change.
Somewhere the Klan is laughing. They are laughing because the black community is killing its self so they don't have to.
Racist = A person with a prejudiced belief that one race is superior to others !
I have been subject to discrimination for as long as I remember. I grew up in S. Ca. ! Someone called it reverse discrimination ! I said nooo ! It's plan old discrimination !
We either decide on a definition of racism that works for EVERYONE, or we should just shut up about it. Equality means what it says... equal.
We get into trouble when we start chipping away at free speech.
See... if Person "A" is not allowed to use certain words, then Person "B" shouldn't be able to use these words. Otherwise, we're saying that Person "B" is better than Person "A" in some way... and I'm sure we don't want to do that. Do we?
“As long as the Nets are allowing Jay-Z to call their marketing shots — what a shock that he chose black and white as the new team colors to stress, as the Nets explained, their new “urban” home — why not have him apply the full Jay-Z treatment? Why the Brooklyn Nets when they can be the New York N------s? The cheerleaders could be the Brooklyn B----hes or Hoes. Team logo? A 9 mm with hollow-tip shell casings strewn beneath. Wanna be Jay-Z hip? Then go all the way!”
HOW THE HELL DID YOU GET ALL THAT, BECAUSE YOU DONT LIKE A LOGO... BUT NOW HE IS WISHING HE HAD NOT SAID ANYTHING... He pissed off a lot of African Americans that don't use that kind of language...
this logo had NOTHING TO DO WITH RACE...
Obviously, Mushnick is talking about this other guy... not espousing racist beliefs. Obviously, he doesn't have 'gangsta' attitudes. He doesn't use that kind of language, himself. If you don't see this, it's because you don't want to.