Everyone knows Rihanna as very popular POP star, well a Dutch magazine refers to her as “niggabitch.” The young Dutch generation is outraged at the blatant disrespect this magazine has toward black women.
Natasha from YBF, had the paragraph translated by a Dutch reader and it states
“They’ve got street cred, they’ve got a ghetto ass, and they can sing well. Rihanna, the good girl gone bad, is the ultimate niggabitch and loves to carry herself as such which in her case means; dressing half-naked. Unfortunately, Dutch winters are nothing like Jamaican winters (who said Rihanna is from Jamaica?) so choose a style that will allow you to withstand the harsh weather conditions. No oversized sunglasses and porn heels but leopard print, pink ‘’shizzle’’ and everything else that shines.”
Considering diction is used differently in other countries, YBF asked the Dutch reader if the term “niggabitch” has a different meaning to Netherlanders than it does to Americans and to NO SURPRISE the term “NiggaBitch” is as derogatory in Dutch as it is in English! It means exactly what it says!
Since the article has had such a bad review the editor of the magazine has released an apology saying,
“I can be brief about this: this should have never happened. Period. While the author meant no harm — the title of the article was intended as a joke — it was a bad joke, to say the least. And that slipped through my, the editor-in-chief’s, fingers. Stupid, painful and sucks for all concerned. The author has been addressed on it, and now I can only ensure that these terms will no longer end up in the magazine.
Furthermore I hope that you all believe there was absolutely no racist motive behind the choice of words. It was stupid, it was naive to think that this was an acceptable form of slang — you hear it all the time on TV and radio, then your idea of what is normal apparently shifts — but it was especially misguided: there was no malice behind it.
We make our magazine with love, energy and enthusiasm, and it can sometimes happen that someone is out of line. And then you can only do one thing: apologize. And hope that others wish to accept it. From the bottom of my heart I say it again: we never intended to offend anyone. And I mean that.”
and my response is, I ‘m sure you intended for it to be a joke Ms.Jackie, but ain’t shit funny!!!!
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