In one of the most shocking titles the world has seen in a while, a Dutch magazine thought they were being hip when they called Rihanna a “N*gga B*tch” in a recent article’s headline. Yikes! “I hope u can read english, because your magazine is a poor representation of the evolution of human rights!” Rihanna began in her statement to the mag’s editor via Twitter. The editor then came out and made her own statements, apologizing for the massive oversight. Read what both ladies had to say below.
Rihanna’s Statement:
“I hope u can read english, because your magazine is a poor representation of the evolution of human rights! I find you disrespectful and rather desperate!! You ran out of legit, civilized information to print! There are 1000’s of Dutch girls who would love to be recognized for their contributions to your country, you could have given them an article. Instead, u paid to print one degrading an entire race! That’s your contribution to this world! To encourage segregation, to mislead the future leaders to act in the past! You put two words together, with the intent of abasement, that made no sense … ‘N—a Bitch’?!….Well with all respect, on behalf of my race, here are my two words for you … F— YOU!!!”
Editor Eva Hoeke
“First: thanks for all your responses. We are of course very fed up over this and especially very shocked. However I’m glad that we’re engaging in a dialogue on this page — not everybody does that. Thanks for this. Other than that I can be brief about this: this should have never happened. Period.
While the author meant no harm — the title of the article was intended as a joke — it was a bad joke, to say the least. And that slipped through my, the editor-in-chief’s, fingers. Stupid, painful and sucks for all concerned. The author has been addressed on it, and now I can only ensure that these terms will no longer end up in the magazine.
Furthermore I hope that you all believe there was absolutely no racist motive behind the choice of words. It was stupid, it was naive to think that this was an acceptable form of slang — you hear it all the time on tv and radio, then your idea of what is normal apparently shifts — but it was especially misguided: there was no malice behind it. We make our magazine with love, energy and enthusiasm, and it can sometimes happen that someone is out of line. And then you can only do one thing: apologize. And hope that others wish to accept it. From the bottom of my heart I say it again: we never intended to offend anyone. And I mean that.”
How do you feel about this one???
There’s a trend on twitter #LieOfTheYear and this should be nominated! There is no way an article will go to print w/o due process & if the editor allowed that dialog to be pressed then she’s just as responsible for the garbage. Passing the blame to the author is a weak move on her part.
I believe we call it “damage control” but in the streets, we click it BS!!
I have said it time and time again no matter how much education, money, prestige we have… they still call us n****… that mean’s you too Oprah!
we call each other niggas, so i don’t understand why other races wouldn’t. stop using the word, or embrace it and let everyone say it.
I am a bit confused that no one seeks to read the article before elaborating on it. I confess I havnt neither, and might never since it will be deleted ASAP. Yet, here’s my take:
Racism, abasement, degradation, are common in our society and shall not be tolerated nor have medias of expression! But on the flipside, if we think we can use it in a friendly, jokingly, or even affectious way, why wouldn’t other races be able to? Isn’t it racism itself? I have 5 friends, 3 of them who are black can call me “my nigga”, but not the last 2? This doesn’t make anymore sense, and discredit everything our elders fought for.
It is about time we hold a census on this and either clear it or bann it! These situation always ending up embarrassing ourselves!
I hate when black people say if we use others should use it to. Title a magazine faggot fudgepacker and see how fast that magazine goes out of the stores. Even if it’s a joke