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Ok, seems have beat this

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 02:45:08 +0000

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Ok, seems have beat this topic into the ground, shutting down.

The 80% figure is a myth, I

artappraiser — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 02:44:26 +0000

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The 80% figure is a myth, I've read that debunked in many places This page is a good one ,25 Good Hip Hop Demographics, feb. 2015, from a marketing blog has a ton of hip-hip demographics, including international, but here's the one you seem to care about:

Black listeners comprise 46% of the hip-hop radio audience, Hispanics make up 25% and the remaining percentage is bi-racial, white or Asian.

He mentions the 80% myth, I've read more detailed variations elsewhere, they all blame the one Newsweeek article as the source:

For a long time, there has been this myth that 80% of the hip hop market is white. This all dates back to a Newsweek article that spoke about how it was white folks who were listening to gangsta rap and that’s why sales in this industry were so high. Although people above the age of 40 do tend to purchase the most music, people who are in the hip hop demographic tend to exclusively purchase music in their genre. This is why there can be over 20 million records sold of just one particular album. When something new and hot comes out, everyone wants to get on board and enjoy what is fresh. Don’t fall for the idea that it’s white folks who are listening to hip hop. Hip hop is everywhere.

I stand by everything I wrote

ocean-kat — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 02:31:54 +0000

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I stand by everything I wrote in this thread. You've addressed none of it. Most people here understand caveats and nuance. You apparently lack the mental capacity to do so.

Words disappear because of

rmrd0000 — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 02:30:10 +0000

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Words disappear because of societal pressure. But "nigger" is being redefined and popularized by blacks and sold to young whites. Until that changes the word will never disappear. In the end pop culture will win out over political pressure. A decade or few from now the word will be more commonly used than it ever was.

ocean-kat

Edit to add:

I argue the pushback is here

Oh that was just one more of

ocean-kat — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 02:12:18 +0000

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Oh that was just one more of the lies rmrd told to avoid dealing with my arguments. I specifically said for the next "decade or few" the use by the young would increase as the original use of the word drifted into history and the modern meaning was all the young knew. To stop that blacks would have to educate young rap fans year after year about the history of oppression associated with the word. Rather than deal with that argument he just claimed I said it will remain forever. Typical dickish move from him.

An interesting perspective.

rmrd0000 — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 02:06:04 +0000

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An interesting perspective. The article argues that 80% of rap music is purchased by suburban white males. The recording studios promote the thug life over social commentary.

https://mic.com/articles/78487/how-music-executives-created-black-hip-ho...

you'll get no argument there,

artappraiser — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 01:49:21 +0000

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you'll get no argument there, especially if it's the kind of people (of all colors) that are still fans of hip hop in NYC, pretty unhip folks in general....you know, I live in the Bronx, the birthplace. Where now it seems to be conspicuously popular to look and act like Obama, preppy is the thing, and not just the clothes, including the talk.

Whites using the term may

rmrd0000 — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 01:38:59 +0000

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Whites using the term may speed its demise.

The use of the word has

rmrd0000 — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 01:35:42 +0000

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More blacks will realize that they have no control over the word. Nigger will start to fade. Bill Maher is still employed.

P.,S Schwarze with the right

artappraiser — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 01:32:16 +0000

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P.,S Schwarze with the right inflection and usage in Yiddish and German used to be a similar derogative almost as nasty. That faded away with the generation that used it. It has reverted to just the innocent word for the color black now in German and Yiddish is dying.