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schestowitzRe: How to speak AmericanSep 02 03:35
schestowitz> In order to help you understand your friend a little better, here isSep 02 03:35
schestowitz> "wigger" for the uninitiated Brit:Sep 02 03:35
schestowitz>Sep 02 03:35
schestowitz> Wigger is nearly 100% synonymous with "chav"-- no two words are 100%Sep 02 03:35
schestowitz> alike, and as an English English speaker you already know that even theSep 02 03:35
schestowitz> same word isn't always 100% alike.Sep 02 03:35
schestowitz>Sep 02 03:35
schestowitz> The motivations for using the word vary. To those who haven'tSep 02 03:35
schestowitz> encountered it before, it may only seem like a thinly-veiled effort atSep 02 03:35
schestowitz> racism. That's probably not the primary motivation for its use however.Sep 02 03:35
schestowitz> Instead, it touches on themes more to do with:Sep 02 03:35
schestowitz>Sep 02 03:35
schestowitz> 1. identitySep 02 03:35
schestowitz> 2. povertySep 02 03:35
schestowitz> 3. urban culture (read: poverty, crime, violence)Sep 02 03:35
schestowitz> 4. trying to be something you're notSep 02 03:35
schestowitz> 5. all of the aboveSep 02 03:35
schestowitz> 6. raceSep 02 03:35
schestowitz>Sep 02 03:35
schestowitz> Carlin made fun of how people (including himself) tried to be "like theSep 02 03:35
schestowitz> black kids" in his jokes about "White Harlem" which was how theySep 02 03:35
schestowitz> referred to the neighborhood they lived in. Why call it White Harlem? SoSep 02 03:35
schestowitz> people wouldn't mess with them (and beat them up.)Sep 02 03:35
schestowitz>Sep 02 03:35
schestowitz> Vicky Pollard would probably be called a Wigger in the USA, she isSep 02 03:35
schestowitz> intended to be the ultimate chav (she is also based on a boy thatSep 02 03:35
schestowitz> Walliams and Lucas tried to have a conversation with once).Sep 02 03:35
schestowitz>Sep 02 03:36
schestowitz> The term isn't as common as it used to be. Even 20 years ago, I didn'tSep 02 03:36
schestowitz> hear it very much.Sep 02 03:36
schestowitz>Sep 02 03:36
schestowitz> Note that black comedian Chris Rock used to talk about n*****s (I'llSep 02 03:36
schestowitz> censor that here) as a certain type of black person-- basically a chavSep 02 03:36
schestowitz> who happens to be black. So a wigger is a certain type of white person.Sep 02 03:36
schestowitz> Donald Glover (the new Lando, also a rapper and television actor) does aSep 02 03:36
schestowitz> bit where he thinks everybody should start using the word (not only toSep 02 03:36
schestowitz> describe black people) even if it means that some white people areSep 02 03:36
schestowitz> "lost" (to the obvious violence that will ensue) in the process. I thinkSep 02 03:36
schestowitz> that's funny. He was inspired by Charlie Sheen calling his own wifeSep 02 03:36
schestowitz> (Denise Richards) a n*****r during an argument. He jokes that a whiteSep 02 03:36
schestowitz> person calling another white person a n*****r is progress.Sep 02 03:36
schestowitz>Sep 02 03:36
schestowitz> I realise a lot of this goes firmly against your sensibilities, but ISep 02 03:36
schestowitz> (almost) think that's funny. When it comes to political correctness, theSep 02 03:36
schestowitz> British are typically far behind the Yanks (this is one of the thingsSep 02 03:36
schestowitz> that people love about Brits, incidentally).Sep 02 03:36
schestowitz>Sep 02 03:36
schestowitz> There's a difference-- as you know, between progress and politicalSep 02 03:36
schestowitz> correctness. But sometimes you seem a bit delicate about it. UsuallySep 02 03:36
schestowitz> though, you make the best arguments about it in the right places, whenSep 02 03:36
schestowitz> it matters. Everybody knows that your friend is a bit over the top whenSep 02 03:36
schestowitz> it comes to this sort of thing. Perhaps he should tone it down slightly,Sep 02 03:36
schestowitz> but probably not as much as you think he should.Sep 02 03:36
schestowitz>Sep 02 03:36
schestowitz> After all, what matters most is what he's actually saying-- not what itSep 02 03:36
schestowitz> sounds like. That way leads to madness and hypocrisy.Sep 02 03:36
schestowitz>Sep 02 03:36
schestowitz> None of this is about concern of what might happen next. On theSep 02 03:36
schestowitz> contrary, being more familiar may help you understand the world aroundSep 02 03:36
schestowitz> you. If you just roll your eyes and say "whatever", it's alright-- it'sSep 02 03:36
schestowitz> not like either of you are entirely wrong about this.Sep 02 03:36
schestowitz>Sep 02 03:36
schestowitz> Offspring's hit song "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) was all about thisSep 02 03:36
schestowitz> topic. Whether we decide to focus on being offended, or decide that theSep 02 03:36
schestowitz> topic is interesting, our culture exists.Sep 02 03:36
schestowitz>Sep 02 03:36
schestowitz> One of the reasons that the term has mostly fallen out of use, otherSep 02 03:36
schestowitz> than political correctness, is that it's more about people who try tooSep 02 03:37
schestowitz> hard to be something else.Sep 02 03:37
schestowitz>Sep 02 03:37
schestowitz> Eminem has probably been called a wigger thousands of times. ButSep 02 03:37
schestowitz> cultures have always had crossovers, and though people resist that, trueSep 02 03:37
schestowitz> acceptance and admiration happens for some who try (but not too hard).Sep 02 03:37
schestowitz>Sep 02 03:37
schestowitz> Why is there a video of Richard Stallman dancing to Crank That (SouljaSep 02 03:37
schestowitz> Boy) on the MIT campus, along with several other people (it's grainy,Sep 02 03:37
schestowitz> but at least 3 are female-- this is not "just white guys" etc.)Sep 02 03:37
schestowitz>Sep 02 03:37
schestowitz> Because it's fun. A lot of people (from every ethnicity) are capable ofSep 02 03:37
schestowitz> having fun with things like this. Humanity is sort of stupid and goofy,Sep 02 03:37
schestowitz> and the job of people who know this is to make fun of everybody, really.Sep 02 03:37
schestowitz>Sep 02 03:37
schestowitz> You were spot-on though, to correct the false assumption that "unrest"Sep 02 03:37
schestowitz> is caused primarily by race, when the same thing happens on councilSep 02 03:37
schestowitz> estates with the white version of the same problems the States have.Sep 02 03:37
schestowitz>Sep 02 03:37
schestowitz> It's the result, as we both know, of systematic oppression and poverty--Sep 02 03:37
schestowitz> of putting money and power first, and some people last.Sep 02 03:37
schestowitz>Sep 02 03:37
schestowitz> But you also demonstrate with your point that it isn't all about race,Sep 02 03:37
schestowitz> either. Racism is the excuse for doing that to people, and whenSep 02 03:37
schestowitz> oppression can't point to race as its excuse, it simply finds otherSep 02 03:37
schestowitz> reasons. This doesn't mean that racism isn't a problem. It just meansSep 02 03:37
schestowitz> that the worst and most significant forms of system racism are used toSep 02 03:37
schestowitz> exacerbate problems that go beyond superficial racial or even culturalSep 02 03:37
schestowitz> differences.Sep 02 03:37
schestowitz>Sep 02 03:37
schestowitz> Meanwhile a lot of people will continue to worry about the moreSep 02 03:37
schestowitz> meaningless side of all this, like what the branches of software treesSep 02 03:37
schestowitz> are called. Fortunately when that sort of thing needs to be made fun of,Sep 02 03:37
schestowitz> there are black comedians (and black Youtubers) to call it out for whatSep 02 03:37
schestowitz> it is. I'm very grateful for that.Sep 02 03:37
schestowitzOh, thanks for reminding me of the RMS -Soulja Boy videoSep 02 03:37
schestowitzI nearly forgot about that one.Sep 02 03:37
schestowitzI think it caught on in the Digg.com days.Sep 02 03:37
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schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/ClaudiaTheDev/status/1299633131947950080Sep 02 06:35
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@ClaudiaTheDev: @tuxmachines Thank you for writing about Ova Magicađź’š!Sep 02 06:35
schestowitzRe: Wikipedia / Appelbaum pageSep 02 06:49
schestowitz> To get something to stick in Wikipedia, it is important to have whatSep 02 06:49
schestowitz> they call a Reliable Source[1]Sep 02 06:49
schestowitz>Sep 02 06:49
schestowitz> To put something on the Appelbaum page about the exaggerated victimSep 02 06:49
schestowitz> count, it would be helpful to have an IT journalist publish some briefSep 02 06:49
schestowitz> story about it.Sep 02 06:49
schestowitz>Sep 02 06:49
schestowitz> People in Wikimedia may not accept my blog and the original emails asSep 02 06:49
schestowitz> part of their definition of a Reliable SourceSep 02 06:49
schestowitz>Sep 02 06:49
schestowitz> Do you know any IT or media journalist who might do something around theSep 02 06:49
schestowitz> blog?Sep 02 06:49
schestowitz>Sep 02 06:49
schestowitz>Sep 02 06:49
schestowitz> 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sourcesSep 02 06:49
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-en.wikipedia.org | Wikipedia:Reliable sources - WikipediaSep 02 06:49
schestowitzYes. Sam Varghese.Sep 02 06:49
schestowitzfyi: marius now subjects directly to tuxmachinesSep 02 06:51
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