Azealia Banks

Not unconsciously either I could have said the same thing about Russell Crowe and you wouldnt be calling me racist. I know what I meant you're not making me feel like I wronged anyone.

And no I'm not biased because we dont think in terms of race in my country since we dont have racial struggles. We struggle with economic differences since the middle class is almost nonexistent and sexism (including homophobia in there) I know it's something that might sound unreal to you but yeah here you can be in a room with people of many colors and noone is actively thinking about it. We don't tiptoe around you'll know when someone wants to offend you and I have never in 30 years heard someone angry use racial slurs.

what magical unicorn of a country are you from that has literally zero racial struggles

also mh no amt of reasoning is going to get through to moka if their definition of racism is "actively thinking about race" and "using racial slurs"

Alright then I'm a terrible racist, ban me and get this over with I'm bored with this conversation.

ok moka you are dumb this isn't a cultural difference

every country has racial struggles. and you're a hispanophone no? trying to think of the spanish speaking country that isn't deeply racist ... can't.

if you're in spain: my dad was called a sudaca when we were on holiday in spain when i was a child

if you're anywhere in latin america: I've heard anti-indigenous slurs in every latin american country I've been in

i just want to say i am sorry my love of five percent slang contributed to this

come on this is better than discussing azealia banks

Literally anything is better than discussing azealia banks.

If you must know I was born in California, Spanish parents and raised in Mexico.

The majority of the race in Mexico is mixed so I honestly don't know anyone who thinks in terms of race in here. Homophobic slurs on the other hand are off the hook and you hear them mostly everyday but they've become so common that they've started to lose their original meaning like most of the other common insults like pendejo cabron pinche and such.

Many pejorative terms stop losing its original meaning depending on the context they're used. When you're already familiar with the person using a word like 'marica' or 'maricon' (originally used as effeminate) isn't particularly offensive depending on the context. In Peru, Mexico and Colombia nowadays it means 'coward' so it's lost its pejorative meaning.

oh dear

lol

in chile it is used to mean coward, but also duplicitous, apt to maliciously instigate interpersonal drama. the fact that "gay" is used to mean these things is pejorative

No actually in venezuela or colombia, marica is a substitute for pana or 'dude'. The colombian friends I have all use marica between them without offensive context, 'que ha pasado marica?' is like saying 'what's up dude'. In Mexico it does mean coward so calling someone marica isn't particularly offensive but it does have a more negative connotation.

However really most insults in Spanish act very different than in English... it's not the words in here that are particularly offensive but the way they are used there's literally a popular book about the word 'verga' (cock) which is about all the different meanings insults in Spanish have depending on context.

Per example saying something 'Esta muy verga' literally translates as "it's very penis" but the meaning is actually "this is really cool" however saying "Esta de la verga" which roughly translates as "it's penis-y" means "it's awful".

I've always liked "no me vale verga"

Like per example... going back to marica. In Mexico it does mean coward but it's not particularly offensive depending on the context. You can say 'Anda no seas marica' which translates as 'come on don't be a coward' but you can say it I dunno to a friend who is scared of doing something like getting on a rollercoaster or whatever. If you say for example "pinche marica" - pinche is another word that can mean a lot of things but it usually stands for low quality... in this instance it means 'fucking' so you're more or less saying 'you fucking pussy' and that's certainly offensive.

one thing I will take away from this conversation is the phrase "it's penis-y"

Like per example... going back to marica. In Mexico it does mean coward but it's not particularly offensive depending on the context. You can say 'Anda no seas marica' which translates as 'come on don't be a coward' but you can say it I dunno to a friend who is scared of doing something like getting on a rollercoaster or whatever.

this is really common in the anglophone world - I'm from scotland and being told "don't be a poof" because you don't want to go out drinking or get on a roller coast or whatever is extremely common - and is considered offensive.

There's no translation for it so penis-y haha it's penis as an adjective but saying cocky is another meaning in english... spanish would be. 'se cree muy vergas' "he thinks he's the best"

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bad RYMbre

http://i.imgur.com/UNIdbuU.jpg

Well, this was unexpected https://twitter.com/fauxdeity/status/814692805952077824

what in the hell

Must be fake her neighbors would have noticed the stench. It would even stick to her skin.

Why would azealia banks be sacrificing chickens?

Why would azealia banks be [XXXXX]?

my first thought was Santeria

well okay, my first thought was "oh Azealiapaws" but eventually I got to Santeria

she popped a cap in sancho

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C07Zoo9XEAAxFUu.jpg

lmbo @ this in the replies

hehe

if you want to listen to rapping over house in a similar vein to Banks but without the unpleasantness of her character, the Tkay Maizda album is a perfect substitute

http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1466-op-ed-azealia-banks-and-the-double-standard-of-mental-illness/

Playing Ram's Head Live in Baltimore on October 10th; thinking of going.

https://pitchfork.com/news/azealia-banks-announces-tour/

disappointed she's not coming to Vancouver

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAtIGB2jiOk

her interpol cover is very good

i wanted to see what she'd been up to musically lately since this new ashnikko song is a total rip of 'heavy metal and reflective'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pfMiMdehaw

we've all had fun at her expense but I'm really concerned for her at this point (if you don't know what I'm talking about, check her IG stories)

had a look and not seeing anything that odd tbh, just her new hifi setup and her braces

Stories, not the photo grid

oh you have to wait twenty seconds to get past the first one.

yes, that is very much not good at all

ME, FIVE MINUTES AGO: why is Azealia Banks trending, what happened now-
ME, READING IN ABJECT HORROR: ...
ME, NOW: .............................................................

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evergreen post tbh

ME, AFTER READING YOUR POST AND GOOGLING: *purrs*

Uh…

she needs help