Gwyneth Paltrow, Russell Simmons, Jay Z, Kanye West N-word drama

ThyBlackMan.com ^ | June 5, 2012 | Dr. Boyce Watkins

[SunkenCiv]

(ThyBlackMan.com) recently read an article in which Russell Simmons defended Gwyneth Paltrow in her use of the word "n*gga" to define her time in Paris with Jay-Z, Beyonce and the rest of her "n*ggas." Gwyneth Paltrow, like most "down-ass" white girls who get very comfortable around black folks, caught herself slipping into territory that only the bravest white people go.

I stand with Russell in that Gwyneth Paltrow is not entirely to blame. At worst, we can blame Gwyneth Paltrow for not being sensitive enough to realize that Jay-Z and Kanye West are not ambassadors of the black community who've been given creative license to sell and market the word n*gga to audiences around the world. Most of us aren't getting any of the royalties being paid to Kanye West and Jay-Z from their decision to sell out...

The difficult reality that Russell Simmons and other proud "n*ggas" in commercialized hip-hop must face is the fact that their music does little to elevate the masses, and only serves to make black boys think that it's cool to stay high and drunk, have sex with everything that moves, kill each other on the street, disrespect black women and waste their money popping bottles at the club...

Toxic thinking and behavior is being packaged and exported to predominantly white audiences around the world so that individuals like Russell Simmons and Jay-Z can get rich. As a result of this deformed re-branding of the black community, white women like Gwyneth Paltrow think that we are all a pack of n*ggas who want to hang out with her in Paris. In fact, being a n*gga has become so cool that Gwyneth Paltrow wants to be a n*gga too.

[eartrumpet]

Do you even know what plants crave?

[Irenic]

Electrolytes! That was such an informative documentary, don’t you agree?

[eartrumpet]

The first ten minutes were frighteningly true.

[Crucial]

Yeah, she’s stoned.