No one race can “own” a word or expression. Many “racial slurs” and offensive words have been around for a 1000 plus years and many have changed in meaning several times. The ability for a word to hurt or offend us is only possible by the importance we as the individual place on that word and the intent of the user of…
Black people as a group use all kinds of words, both unintelligent sounding and intelligent sounding. A dumb sounding athlete doesn't likely use the words perceived or jest often.
What fucking 20 year old do YOU know, that uses the word, “jest”? FOH.
I don’t know if it’s true or not ...but ESPN’s Jay Williams said a couple of Kentucky players walked off the court without shaking the Wisconsin players hands. I think this Harrison punk was one of them. Fuck this unsportsmanlike crab ass bitch.
Please expand on why its so unbelievable that he would use “jest” or “perceived.” Unless of course you’re running late to a rally.
Agreed. It’s almost as funny as watching brothers try to read.
It just sounds like PR vocabulary instead of real human vocabulary. Like I’m pretty well spoken but I don’t think even in a formal apology I would use the old canned “sorry if whatever I did in jest bla bla bla”, like I don’t know, it just doesn’t seem like a natural part of a young person’s style of speech it just…
Stick to the Gentlemen’s Agreement!
How many college bros do you know who use the word ‘jest’, ever? I go to Ren fairs and I don’t think I’ve ever used the word jest...
I’m sure if some white guy made a dumb comment with racial overtones but then apologized, Deadspin would be all in favor of immediately forgetting about the whole thing. The hypocracy of your political agenda is comical, but it’s what I have to put up with, since I do enjoy the site. Deadspin is kind of like a hot…
Yeah I mean who really cares? If a black person were to call a white person the n word it would really have no meaning. Just because someone else gets to do something stupid and childish doesn’t you have to be able to do it too. Life isn’t fair.
Yeah blacks don’t say words like “jest” and “perceive”. They say words like “swag” and “300”, this was obviously written by a PR firm.
Yeah, no way this black dude uses the word ‘perceived.’ Impossible.
Or better yet, who cares about what anyone says?
For what it’s worth, have you ever heard a college kid say “jest”
No, but they’re certainly circumstantial evidence of a flack’s couching circumlocution ...
Most of us don’t ponder. We just do it. Because we don’t really give a shit.
Despite the apology, whites are expected to continue furiously tweeting out “Stay classy” and starting Facebook arguments on the lines of “Why is okay when they do it?” Drunk white uncles across the land, meanwhile, are reportedly rubbing their hands with glee and planning to make Easter dinners incredibly awkward.
Despite the apology, whites are expected to continue furiously tweeting out “Stay classy” and starting Facebook arguments on the lines of “Why is okay when they do it?” Drunk white uncles across the land, meanwhile, are reportedly rubbing their hands with glee and planning to make Easter dinners incredibly awkward.
Instead of asking, “why is it OK when THEY use it?” we should be asking why it’s OK for ANYONE to use it.
