There has been much talk and little debate as to whether or not the word BITCH is an an acceptable norm in the urban community.
Now the word BITCH [which is now loosely termed towards women in rap songs [you know, Rick Ross BAD Bitch, song, and Kanye’s more recent omage to his girlfriend Kim Kardashian “Perfect Bitch” ] has ruffled a few feathers and the youths of today may not see a problem with it, but many people are offended by its growing acceptability. Similar to the N-word, [which many rappers profess to use the word as means of making a “negative into a positive”], the use of the B-word is now gaining the same popularity and surprisingly many women are not offended by being referenced as such.
Let’s take Kim-K as exhibit one. When asked what she thought about Kanye’s new song she said:
“I’m honored. I love it.I know he doesn’t mean it in a negative way when he says the word ‘bitch. The song talks about how he was with so many other girls but could never find the right one until he met me.”
Allegedly, Bruce Jenner [step father of Kim-K] was said to be displeased with Kanye’s title track but clearly Kanye and Kim are still moving full steam ahead in their relationship so that semi-feud was short-lived.
As for Kanye , he decided to have a dialogue about the B-word on twitter this past Sunday, but from his captions, it seems as though he was basically giving his own opinion on his usage of the word. He also noted musicians before him who used other profanity words and says he’s offended when people question his rap rhectorics. Here some of his tweets:
“I usually never tweet questions but I struggle with this so here goes… Is the word BITCH acceptable?”
“To be more specific, is it acceptable for a man to call a woman a bitch even if it’s endearing?”
Kanye then attempts to address the similarities of the N-Word with the B-Word saying:
“Has hip hop conditioned us to accept this word? Do we love this word as much as we love the word N—A in an endearing way?”
Here’s my two cents of it all.
I agree that Hip-hop’s impact has broke racial barriers, and united more people like no other. [even Jay-Z co-signs this theory during his interview with Oprah]. Therefore is it fair to say that given its impact, hip hop does have the ability to make the B-word and acceptability like it has with the N-word, and we are seeing it more and more amogst the youths and many adults today. Now, given such why is it still a taboo and or an OFFENSE when white people used the N-word [especially those of whom that may not term it the SLANG manner [NIGGA] of how a rapper or youth would reference it.
Now, when actress, Gwenyth Paltrow used the term in her twitter caption [where she wrote Niggas In Paris 4real], a few months back, she was highly criticized in the media. Although she was expressing it as a term of endearment [just like Kanye suggests above] after being posting a picture of her being on stage with Jay-Z and Kanye who were rapping their hit song “Niggas In Paris” in Paris many people were outraged. Jay-Z , and other industry affiliates came to her defense and many people wondered what are the rules and to whom do they apply to?
So the questions begs: If the B-Word or the N-Word is an acceptable norm than it should not be limited or resticted to one group. That is the essence of the first amendment; it applies to all. Even Kanye juggled with the thought of whether or not he should be using the B-word but then claims to be offended by anyone judging him for the usage. My only question for Kanye is if he stands by his deicison to use the B-word then why did he delete his very own twitter caption shortly after he publicly stated that he was talking about Kim-K when he penned the song “Perfect Bitch” .
I guess he was thinking out loud when her wrote that too! Do you agree with Kanye? Let us know in the comment section below.