Stay Classy, Europe. Dutch magazine calls singer Rihanna 'ni**ab*tch'

[BlackCat]

That's because it wouldn't have 400 years of racism behind it.

Well, if the US had been founded some years eariler, it could probably have had a racist history way longer. Though, you win several years in he other end.

[Asher]

Europe
America

Canada

[Zoetstofzoetje]

As an aside, "Black Peter," depicted in the OP, has only been an actual black person for a couple of centuries; originally, as in other Germanic countries, he was a captive devil.

actually, black pete the assistant originally was a (brownish) muslim. the idea was to demonstrate christian superiority over islam. and before pete was a muslim, he was a black raven.

[Elok]

actually, black pete the assistant originally was a (brownish) muslim. the idea was to demonstrate christian superiority over islam. and before pete was a muslim, he was a black raven.

Really? Wiki's article on him implied he was related to Krampus. Maybe I misread it.

[Zoetstofzoetje]

well, each germanic region has its evolved tradition of the black raven.

the american version (yes, we´re all germans, i know, it´s terrible) is based on the dutch version, mangled by coca cola. you call the white bloke on the horse santa claus, except for some reason he has reindeer, and he has elfs now. i guess black slaves were not considered politically correct by the marketing department.

[Barnabas]

Uruguayan soccer player Surez was fined in England (iirc) for calling Evra "negrito", I am from the other side of the river plate and negrito is not an insult at all, more of an endearment term. it is diminutive for black person.

[Elok]

Yeah, I heard somewhere--C0ckney? The Economist's Johnson blog?--that "negro" is an acceptable term for black people there, but the Brazilian word for the color black is a horrid slur.

[Barnabas]

The word I know that is used in Brazil is Pardo, but I think Pardos are generally triracials, people who have European, Black and Native ancestry. The most famous one would be Chavez from Venezuela. In Brazil someone like Obama who is half white wouldnt probably be considered black, I don't know if Brazilians have a word for the very black brazilians.

Negro is an acceptable word for even caucasian people in Argentina. I have been called negro a few times, in a not offensive way, and I am of european and jewish ancestry.
In Argentina we almost don't have african descended people, so we use negro for the darker people, who tend to be mestizos, but also dark caucasians.
I remember once a German who had been living here for a few months, who felt shocked when he was called negro, he was about as dark as Federer.

El negro Fontanarrosa





La negra Sosa

[Al B. Sure!]

Puerto Ricans do the same thing. Call people negro/negra though they're not Black.

[Asher]

Who cares?

Anyone who uses the word is a tremendous idiot.

[Al B. Sure!]

Who cares?

Anyone who uses the word is a tremendous idiot.

Negro or Nigga*****?

[Asher]

Either

[Al B. Sure!]

What about nigga******?

[DaShi]

This is hilarious - an eurpean writing this and it's racist - an american negro african saying the same, it would be a phraise.

What's a phraise?

[Al B. Sure!]

What's a phraise?

Something 'an eurpean' can't get away with, apparently.


Since BlackCat obviously didn't read the article, this is what the Dutch magazine said:

She has street cred, she has a ghetto ass and she has a golden throat. Rihanna, the good girl gone bad, is the ultimate nigga***** and displays that gladly, and for her that means: what's on can come off. If that means she'll be on stage half naked, then so be it. But Dutch winters aren't like Jamaican ones, so pick a clothing style in which your daughter can resist minus ten. No to the big sunglasses and the pornheels, and yes to the tiger print, pink shizzle and everything that glitters. Now let's hope she won't beat anybody up at daycare.

What the ****? Ghetto ass? The ultimate nigga*****? What the hell? And she's not even Jamaican. I'm going to start calling Dutch Belgians because of this.