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Is it racist to hate rhianna's new song?
No it isn't. It's an awful song
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No. Although you could try spelling her name correctly.
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Has anyone said it is racist to not like it, or is this just macho posturing?
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Yes i've seen lots of articles relating to the patois dialect that she uses in the song implying that people who don't like it are ignorant but really they're implying racism
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No. Although you could try spelling her name correctly.
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Is it xenophobic to dislike a song by Abba (Swedish), Kraftwerk (German), Edith Piaf (French) or Tatu (Russian)?
Is it antisemitic to dislike a song by Simon and Garfunkel, Leonard Cohen or Amy Winehouse? Is it homophobic to dislike a song by George Michael, Elton John or Sam Smith? This thread is unquestionably a contender for the most pointless and ridiculous one ever started on this forum. |
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Is it xenophobic to dislike a song by Abba (Swedish), Kraftwerk (German), Edith Piaf (French) or Tatu (Russian)?
Is it antisemitic to dislike a song by Simon and Garfunkel, Leonard Cohen or Amy Winehouse? Is it homophobic to dislike a song by George Michael, Elton John or Sam Smith? This thread is unquestionably a contender for the most pointless and ridiculous one ever started on this forum. |
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I think you need to read about the definition and history of racism and then think about the thread title again.
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Is it xenophobic to dislike a song by Abba (Swedish), Kraftwerk (German), Edith Piaf (French) or Tatu (Russian)?
Is it antisemitic to dislike a song by Simon and Garfunkel, Leonard Cohen or Amy Winehouse? Is it homophobic to dislike a song by George Michael, Elton John or Sam Smith? This thread is unquestionably a contender for the most pointless and ridiculous one ever started on this forum. Quote:
But there are articles subtely suggesting that it is because of the dialect that she sings in. Also interesting all the people you mentioned are white european
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Yes i've seen lots of articles relating to the patois dialect that she uses in the song implying that people who don't like it are ignorant but really they're implying racism
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But there are articles subtely suggesting that it is because of the dialect that she sings in. Also interesting all the people you mentioned are white european
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I don't understand this thread. How can it be racist? It's just a song
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All I know is "Work" is one of the most monotonous, tuneless, repetitive songs I've ever heard. I like most of Rihanna's stuff but this song is truly awful, imo! Where's the melody?!!
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Yes i've seen lots of articles relating to the patois dialect that she uses in the song implying that people who don't like it are ignorant but really they're implying racism
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no its not racist to dislike the song
its not racist to dislike rihanna UNLESS you dislike her because she black. |
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If there is a link forthcoming I would wager it'll be a Guardian link.
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If there is a link forthcoming I would wager it'll be a Guardian link.
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Terrible terrible song. Have never been impressed with Rihanna at the best of times. She is so manufactured there's literally teams of people making her music. But this song is unbearable. And what's the fuss about Drake? He looks like a nightclub bouncer and literally talks on the song. I don't see much musical merit there.
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no its not racist to dislike the song
its not racist to dislike rihanna UNLESS you dislike her because she black. |
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It's not racist to dislike the song but it might be racist to describe the song as 'gibberish' as you might be considered to be disrespecting the 'patois' dialect. That seems to be the gist of the issue.
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Does anyone remember Rhianna? She sang a song called 'Oh Baby.' I quite liked it.
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It's not racist to dislike the song but it might be racist to describe the song as 'gibberish' as you might be considered to be disrespecting the 'patois' dialect. That seems to be the gist of the issue.
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All I know is "Work" is one of the most monotonous, tuneless, repetitive songs I've ever heard. I like most of Rihanna's stuff but this song is truly awful, imo! Where's the melody?!!
![]() I think Work is one of Rihanna's worst songs and I'm very disappointed in the ANTI era as a whole. For me her last good album was Loud and that was six years ago now! |
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But there are articles subtely suggesting that it is because of the dialect that she sings in. Also interesting all the people you mentioned are white european
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How popular actually is Work? It's doing moderately well in the charts but are people just buying it because it's Rihanna?
I've seen mixed reactions online; some forums are stanning for it, while others seem to be full of posters disliking it or finding it "meh". None of the people I know in real life are into Rihanna, so it's difficult to tell what the general consensus is. I'm in the "meh" camp. It doesn't bother me but there's nothing at all about it that would make me want to listen to it. |
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