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Old 01-29-2006, 11:54 PM
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Originally Posted by davestlouis
My darling step-daugher is on the pom squad at the local high school and they did a half-time routine to this guy's song "Gold digger". Unfortunately there's a line with a word in it that rhymes with digger...the word isn't said in the version they played, but it didn't take a genius to know what he was saying. We live in a semi-rural area, but it's not lilly-white and some people really got offended. I had to ask why they ever chose a song ike that in the first place...the coach is a twit apparently.
Who got offended?

It's surprising that the black people would be offended, because Kanye is one of their own, and young black people have adopted the dreaded "n-word" as a synonym for "friend" or "buddy" or "bro" or whatever.

It's also surprising that the white people would be offended, because....well, they're white.



Seriously, given the lyrical content, it probably was not the best choice in music for young students to perform to. A pretty stupid lapse in judgement by the coach, as you already pointed out....

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