Ha, yes yes it is. When I first made my Jez account I had just finished the book and was so in love with it. And I have a habit of not changing things, so it's been there for a few years now.

It's not half-witted and it's not saying that an author is bound only to write about their own gender/race/nationality. It's not a pointless discussion to talk about how certain authors are granted more authority and attention simply because people are more comfortable with them than the author's who are actually from…

But asking people to do research fits exactly with what I'm saying to research. People are asking what to call the song. The wiki page for the song TELLS you what to call it.

OH, PLEASE. Calling someone out for using a problematic word is not the problem. If you see that as the major problem here you are blind, ignorant, misguided, or all three. The problem here is that you're so set in your own belief that it doesn't matter what we say. You're far beyond any help we can provide.

There are plenty of arguments, particularly in academic circles (or at least ones that I've been in), that discuss Mark Twain, appropriation, and him unfairly overshadowing Black contemporaries (which is more of a reflection of the time than him as a person). That's what I'm referring to when I say that he's…

I'm Black, and while occasionally I do say "nigga", I don't really care for the word and am trying to remove it from my everyday-vocabulary. More often than not if I'm rapping along to a song I just pause when "nigga" is being said, especially when in mixed company. Unfortunately, some people will look to me to see…

Gotcha. I was filled with jealousy for a moment.

Your comment is so ridiculous. I'm not appropriating anything by using a vernacular that's a part of my community. I guess you just skimmed my comment and missed the "us" pronouns I use when referencing the Black community, it's in the beginning, kind of hard to miss.. And I said "y'all are fucking trippin'". If…

You saw the film already?! How was it?

I really hate that this picture is the photo. I mean, I get it, but I hate it.

Go away with that "post-racial" crap. We're not in a post-racial society so just accept it. There aren't just people. There are race and class divisions set up, those in the "lower" classes and those who are apart of races that are identified as "inferior" feel it all of the time. Us calling out something isn't what…

Also, to you silly people who are like "but what do we call the song?! People won't understand if I just say 'in Paris!'".

I'm nosy, what was the F.N article?

You are so amazing.

A "Black feminist" is different from simply being a feminist, and the theory often deals with the same exact things that you're saying makes you not want to call yourself a feminist. It's not that far off from Alice Walker's 'womanism' but it is different from what a lot of academics consider womanism now because…

I'm wondering if part of that is that they were Afro-Latino Dominicans who said it? I don't know if they WERE but that may help explain why the Black folk were less likely to call out a Dominican kid. I know plenty of Dominicans who get mistaken for "African-American" all of the time, and so I'd think that when the…

You hit the nail right on the head.

Another thing, she may be referencing the song title but she did not have to! She had no real reason to use the song title as a caption other than she thought it would be funny. She's not talking about some song and then going "Yeah, I love it, it's called Ni**as in Paris!" She decided it would be funny to label a…

Time ran out before I could edit "indisious". I clearly mean "insidious"

I'm cracking up at the people who are like "why do we worry about this when there's REAL racism to worry about!!"