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... behavior attributed to a "thug" (which, by the way, is not even racial in nature) The denotation of "thug" may not be racial, but it has racial connotation
by MartinCron 14y ago
... behavior attributed to a "thug" (which, by the way, is not even racial in nature)
The denotation of "thug" may not be racial, but it has racial connotations in many contexts.
- peterwwillis 14y agoWhat's the racial connotation? The fact that black people refer to themselves as thugs in music and culture in a quasi-romanticized way of expressing who they are? The term is significantly less racial than words like "goyim" which explicitly refer to race, yet are completely benign in everyday speech. The only difference I see is that if a word is tangentially related to black culture, it's racist for non-black people to use them. The phrase in question, "thug life", is an attitude and a way of life. It originated from 2Pac who defined it as an acronym meaning "The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everyone" as well as a code to live by (which gangs such as the Crips and Bloods signed a peace treaty based on). It never had anything to do with one's race. Of course the majority of the gangs that were attracted to this phrase were african-american, but included white, latino and asian members.
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