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Charles Barkley: 'Thug,' 'Street Cred' New 'N-words'
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Posted on 02/24/2014 12:34:28 PM PST by chessplayer

NBA Hall of Famer and TNT commentator Charles Barkley said on Friday that he believes "thug" and "street cred" are racial slurs that are equivalent to the "N-word."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: athletes; blackmales; charlesbarkley; insistentvictims; nword; racistbarkley; slur; streetcred; thug
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Strange that Charles has been married to a white woman foe 25 years...........


81 posted on 02/24/2014 2:36:14 PM PST by Coldwater Creek
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To: Zionist Conspirator
And this man used to be a Republican, people.

That's why I place very little stock in a mere party label and why the whole breathless "But...but...but...Martin Luther King was a Republican!!!" has no meaning whatsoever. History reveals that a number of socialists and outright commies had the 'R' next to their name. RINO is a comparatively recent term but people like Fighting Bob La Follette, George Norris, John Lindsay, Jacob Javits and hundreds of others were certainly Republicans and most certainly not Conservative.

And in the past, there were (believe it or not) some people branded with the dreaded 'D' who were actually pro-God and pro-America patriots, one of whom was Texan Morris Dees. As much as anyone, it was he who paved the way for Senator Joe McCarthy's brave fight to expose the enemy within.

82 posted on 02/24/2014 2:36:21 PM PST by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: WayneS
He should stick to basketball...

Wait? was that racist?

YES....


83 posted on 02/24/2014 2:50:44 PM PST by lightman (O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
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To: chessplayer

Odd. My first experience with thugs was with two union thugs who threatened me with physical harm. They were both white, and my image of a generic thug matches those thugs.


84 posted on 02/24/2014 2:52:21 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: chessplayer
I refuse to let N-word Thugs tell me how to think or talk regardless of their perceived Street Cred.
85 posted on 02/24/2014 2:54:51 PM PST by Feckless (I was trained by the US << This Tagline Censored by FR >> ain't that irOnic?)
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To: chessplayer

I call them, “Tyrone and Jerome” and I’m a 68 year old, black man.

People know what I’m speaking about, when I say, “Tyrone and Jerome are at it again”.


86 posted on 02/24/2014 2:57:47 PM PST by Capt_Hank (btu's...kcal's...to kJ's, but my activation energy is still high.)
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To: rjsimmon
The use of the terms “thug” and “street cred” were started by the black, hip-hop and rap culture. Same with “gansta”.

Yer dissin him, bro....

87 posted on 02/24/2014 2:59:06 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: Jeff Chandler

Barkley actually threw games at the end....


88 posted on 02/24/2014 3:04:05 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: chessplayer

Call a spade a spade.


89 posted on 02/24/2014 3:14:03 PM PST by Old Yeller (P)
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To: chessplayer

Blacks using N word are separators; those who do that like 0bummer using one drop rule to call himself black are dividers, not unifiers. There is no rationale for using these words.


90 posted on 02/24/2014 3:54:50 PM PST by CincyRichieRich (Bloom right where you are.)
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To: 12th_Monkey

I’m sure their are more
= = = = = = = = = = = =
Danny Ainge.....

I thought for a long while, though he was a tough, hard nosed, sometimes enforcer, if he were Black he wouldn’t have made it.


91 posted on 02/24/2014 3:55:44 PM PST by xrmusn (6/98 --When you have them by the short hairs, the minds and hearts soon follow.)
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To: chessplayer

Does that make all those white union thugs oppressed blacks? You are so stupid, Charles.

If y’all gonna keep inventing your own terms like “street” (an ancient white word) used with “cred” (y’alls new word cause the real one is too hard to say and spell), white people who want to be black are gonna use them. Just stop being so damn creative.


92 posted on 02/24/2014 4:07:24 PM PST by Right Wing Assault
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To: Hugin

“No doubt “criminal”, “murderer” and “felon” are also racial slurs since they accurately include the black criminals, murderers, and felons.”

Just a little editing on your excellent comment.


93 posted on 02/24/2014 4:17:51 PM PST by Grampa Dave ( Obozo Care is a Trinity of Lies! Obozo Care is probably a serious Black Swan event.)
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To: Trod Upon

Yep but they never do.


94 posted on 02/24/2014 5:31:28 PM PST by Carry me back
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To: chessplayer
We need to bring back poltroon
95 posted on 02/24/2014 5:38:50 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: chessplayer

What about Goons is that ok to use ? I like the way it sounds. Or is that just something you call a white guy.


96 posted on 02/24/2014 5:39:59 PM PST by Carry me back
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To: xrmusn

yeah, he had an edge to him too. But Bill.....Oh man did I hate him


97 posted on 02/24/2014 7:06:51 PM PST by 12th_Monkey (One man one vote is a big fail, when the "one" man is an idiot.)
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To: Grampa Dave

Related to THUG

Synonyms bully, gangbanger, gangsta, gangster, goon, gorilla, hood, hooligan, mobster, mug, plug-ugly, punk, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, hoodlum, tough, toughie (also toughy), yob [British], yobbo [British]

Related Wordscutthroat, scoundrel, villain; assassin, bandit, bravo, brigand, criminal, crook, desperado, felon, gunman, highwayman, lawbreaker, mafioso, malefactor, offender, outlaw, perp, perpetrator, pirate; pickpocket, racketeer, robber, swindler, thief, vandal; juvenile delinquent, tearaway [British]


All of them racist dog-whistle code words if you use them to describe a black person.


98 posted on 02/24/2014 8:26:49 PM PST by chessplayer
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To: Coldwater Creek

Strange that Charles has been married to a white woman foe 25 years...........


Which makes him an uncle tom, race traitor, sellout.


99 posted on 02/24/2014 8:58:39 PM PST by chessplayer
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To: 12th_Monkey

Got to add a ‘new’ no-no words/statements

HE CHOKES ON THE BIG ONE!

OR

THEY JUST CAN’T GET (IT) UP FOR THE BIG GAMES.


100 posted on 02/25/2014 4:56:38 AM PST by xrmusn (6/98 --When you have them by the short hairs, the minds and hearts soon follow.)
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