There’s Literally No Excuse For Pewdiepie’s ‘N-Word’ Clip

6 responses to “There’s Literally No Excuse For Pewdiepie’s ‘N-Word’ Clip”

1. 

   screamface

   September 11, 2017

   Yeah he shouldn’t have said the word on a live stream. However in these situations everyone just forgets or ignores the fact the significance of using the word is different outside the American context.
   It might still be a wrong thing to say, but it is not the same context as an American with American history of the word. People are just being intellectually dishonest when they pretend it is.

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   1. 

      R.F

      September 11, 2017

      Hmmm, so what you are trying to suggest is that he used the word in an endearing and colloquial manner that was intended to create a bond between himself and the other player as he is not an American citizen? Not as a ‘heat of the moment’ insult?

      The interesting thing to consider is not what the word means to others, or where it’s origins lie, but what it means to him, Pewdiepie. He has formed a behavioural trope that puts the N word in his vocabulary as an impulsive expletive. To him the word is an insult, a word that he is so comfortable with using that when his mind is focussed on a task as complex as gaming, streaming and commentating he can unconsciously use it.

      To my point of ignoring the words origins, I mean that simply in the context of how we as people absorb and retain information. The most literary and interested among us may have a leg to stand on to argue that the word has classically moved from being a common phrase with no racist connotations, to one used to emphatically describe skin colour, to a word used as a way of separating and psychologically subjugating a race of people. But for the ruling majority this word means only the later, and it has seen a worrying increase in its use as of late thanks to the ease of which people can share their views and opinions online.

      In short, it is:
      1. The context that PewDiePie chose to use the word.
      2. He has a global audience.
      3. That it was an unconscious slip of the tongue.
      4. What that words most recent meaning and impact are (it was not just the American colonies that made this so – It originated in Spain as a means of labelling those with dark skin, and was widely used by the English before the American colonies, before it crossed into hate speech for many facist regimes over the subsequent 100+ years since then).

      Our collective cultural understanding of how this word has predominately been used, and continues to be used, is what makes this an inexcusable situation.

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      1. 

         Jeffoitsdeffo

         September 13, 2017

         Sorry not all the fault is on him, when majority of hit songs that are played through radio are using the N word, when video games, movies etc are using the word, of course people are going to say the word thinking that its hip/cool, however exactly like u mentioned, his use of the word was unintentional while also him being on the call with his close friend playing might have taken his attention away from the fact that there are many people watching. All these said I personally believed he should have apologized for what he said because it was the worst case in the scenarios use of the word,
         1. Hard er
         2. Bad tone
         And now he has made an apology video which is pretty convincing.

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   2. 

      S1ippery Jim

      September 13, 2017

      I have no problem with this ending his “career”. In my place of work if I angrily called someone at my workplace a “F—–G N—-R” I would get fired. And all the apologists on here saying it was the heat of the moment, he didn’t know what “N—-R” means, gamers say it all the time, it’s just a word etc etc need to take off their white sheets and take a good hard look in the mirror.

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2. 

   masterc82

   September 12, 2017

   Snowflakes everywhere.

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3. 

   bonehead

   September 12, 2017

   The irony is that posting about it gets him what he wants – more clicks and more money…

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   1. 

      raindrop

      September 12, 2017

      I think he doesn’t really care about that

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4. 

   whitepointer

   September 12, 2017

   I find it somewhat odd that there’s a huge deal about his use of the N word (as there should be) but nobody cares about the 20 f-bombs he drops in that 1 minute clip at all.

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   1. 

      stevethepirate

      September 12, 2017

      Why do you assume there should be a big deal about it? I would argue the opposite, that it shouldn’t be a big deal, that it should be treated like another f-bomb. He made a noise come out of his mouth that some people don’t like, he didn’t strangle a baby. If you don’t raise a fuss over other sounds why do you treat this one so differently, either words a significant part of the population finds extremely offensive are OK to say or they are not. You do not get to pick and choose. F-bombs by the dozen are fine and even expected in many contexts, but the ‘n-word’ being NEVER allowed is hypocritical to say the least.

      I find the taboo surrounding this word ridiculous and personally I use it when discussing issues such as this rather than the childish ‘n-word’ or other substitute (obviously not here due to moderation). Not using it and treating it differently to other words only adds to its power and impact. If as a society we could knock back some of the emotion surrounding it I think we would be in a much better place.

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5. 

   zenu

   September 12, 2017

   I don’t really know this guy – but if he drops it once in public, how many times would he drop it in private?

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   1. 

      Jeffoitsdeffo

      September 13, 2017

      Why the in the world do you care about the language he uses in his private?

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