RIP Mr Hogan
RIP Mr Hogan
Jesus Christ. I did a deep web search & I’m seeing this comes from a transcript from 1985. Apparently. IIRC that word only dropped out of favor with the OJ Simpson trials around 1990.
…not trying to excuse it, because goddamn that is some racist & hateful nonsense. Very concentrated. But for the internet kiddos that don’t know the past very well, and don’t research…I figured I’d supply some context for you all. Hateful by any context right there.
Not even from my time, I wasn’t even born yet.
You know who always resented the use of that word?
Black people.
Poor Righteous Teachers (often shortened to PRT), were a pro-black hip-hop group active from the late ‘80s to early 2000s, founded by the rapper Wise Intelligent, backup vocalist Culture Freedom and producer Father Shaheed (deceased in 2014).
genius.com/Poor-righteous-teachers-conscious-styl…
There’s niggas is lacking over there, niggas is lacking over here Some niggas is dying over here, and niggas is dying over there
You’re right - it’s niggas! Heureka, finally a safe N-word to use.