what's wrong with calling her a black bitch?
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sorednax3 — 13 years ago(June 24, 2012 11:57 AM)
I know, they feel it's disrespectful. But so disrespectful they form a lynching party?
To call any woman a bitch is disrespectful, but this is too much. I often hear men call women bitches as a sign of affection. Women sometimes refer to themselves as a bitch as a means of empowerment. Remember Meridith Brooks song, "Im a Bitch"? Women seem to embrace the word.
Calling a black person black, is that a bad thing? If he said my Black Princess, would she be upset? No.
Now, if he said, you F'n "N-Word" beep I could see an ass-whoopin in his future.
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bryanac625 — 13 years ago(February 20, 2013 12:21 PM)
What the guy said to her WAS disrespectful. What it said to me was he could tell she was a Black woman by talking to her on the phone and to point out her color what that level of anger and frustration basically showed he had little tolerance for her. Him speaking to her the way he did he might as well have used the "n" word.
Your asking this question is really funny to me. I've seen people many times ask, "Why do you have to call yorself African-American? Why can't you just be an American?" Fine and well. So why can't she just be a bitch as opposed to a Black bitch? -
trashvoxkg420 — 13 years ago(March 25, 2013 04:04 PM)
What bothered me about that scene was that Kristen was raped and Monet barely showed any compassion toward her. Just "Oh what happened?". Billy calls and she barely gives him an attitude, but when he calls her a "Black Bitch", she gets people to kick his ass. I'm sorry ,but I'd think a rape calls for an ass kicking more than and insult, but that's just me.
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Captain_Bob — 12 years ago(August 09, 2013 07:00 AM)
According to John Singleton, it's borderline death sentence for a white guy to call a black girl "b^tch" but kinda funny if a brotha says it. Ha Ha.
Evidence here:
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Boyz n the Hood
Trivia: Same actress Regina King called "b^tch" both times, Ice Cube on both sides of the double-standard. -
activista — 12 years ago(January 24, 2014 03:29 AM)
@Captain_Bob
No, it's not. I'm a black woman, and believe me,there is NOTHING funny about being called a b****, especially a black one. Monet had every right to go off on that white boy because he clearly MADE it a point to call her a black b****,BECAUSE she was black,and because he was a racist a**hole. -
CranberryNoVodka — 12 years ago(August 17, 2013 05:53 PM)
A bitch is a bitch. Calling her a black bitch is unnecessary. It's like the black part is also meant to demean her even more. I mean, yeah, she is black but there's no reason to call her that in my opinion since he's not black himself. For some reason, that's just how it works. In some black homes, it's okay to say "get your black ass back here" or something along the lines of calling another person black and cursing at them but for others? It's a no no.
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DakotaReign — 9 years ago(June 13, 2016 01:38 AM)
What was wrong with calling her a black btch?
Nothing. Nothing at all if a person can handle consequences that may come with it. Nothing. Carry on
Everyone knows Billy was unnecessarily disrespectful to call Monet a black btch. From my pov, what made the situation sky rocket to the highest heights of pisstivity (the state of being pissed off) is the word "black". He shouldn't have taken it there. Had Billy only said, "Put her on the phone btch." It still would've been highly disrespectful and he probably still would've still been cursed out.
But things became toxic when he took things to a whole other level when he said, "Put her on the phone YOU BLACK BITCH." That quickly turned the situation into a racist affair. He made it disrespectfully racial and more intense by adding "black" to his comment. So now, he's not only disrespected women but now, specified black women. That is a No No in an environment that's already tense with racism to begin with. It didn't help to call Fudge and the rest gang members knowing fully well they were students just like everyone else.
So yes, for that "black btch" business, call in the Calvary (at least as far as what this film portrayed). Any person had just as much right to be at the institution as the next and are not going to stand still and be disrespected by anyone and that's especially someone that's considered an equal.
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DakotaReign — 9 years ago(June 13, 2016 01:50 AM)
What was wrong with calling her a black btch?
Nothing. Nothing at all if a person can handle consequences that may come with it. Nothing. Carry on
Billy was unnecessarily disrespectful to call Monet a black btch. From my POV, what made the situation sky rocket and escalate to the highest heights of pisstivity (the state of being pissed off) is the word "black". He shouldn't have taken it there. Had Billy only said, "Put her on the phone btch." It still would've been highly disrespectful and he probably still would've been cursed out.
But things became toxic when he took it to a whole other level by saying, "Put her on the phone YOU BLACK BITCH." That quickly turned the situation into a racist affair. He made it horribly racial and more intense by adding "black" to his comment. So now, he's not only disrespected women but now, specified black women. That is a No No in an environment that's already tense with racism to begin with. It also didn't help when Fudge and the rest were referred to as gang members knowing fully well they were students just like everyone else.
So yes, for the "black btch" business, call in the Calvary (at least as far as what this film portrayed). Any person has just as much right to be at the institution as the next and are not going to stand still and be disrespected by anyone, especially someone that's considered an equal.
Don't come for me unless I send for you. There is consequence.