Chuck D said he was disturbed that the use of the N-word had become so readily tolerated by radio stations and festival organisers, adding that anti-Semitic or homophobic slurs would not be tolerated by the music industry.“If there was a festival and it was filled with anti-Semitic slurs… or racial slurs at anyone but black people, what do you think would happen? Why does there have to be such a double standard?” he told Billboard after the show.Although the N-word has been appropriated by US rappers since the early Nineties, Chuck D said it was time to stop using the offensive term.
via Chuck D urges rappers to stop using N-Word – News – Music – The Independent.
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