Reply #65: Regardless of Generation, It's Offensive [View All]

[CO Liberal]

And I do watch MTV.

IMHO, Vanilla Ice was trying to SOUND black. CHristina Aguilera and others do the same thing - the age-old ploy of white artists co-opting what was developed by blacks. This was most prevalent in the '50s when white musicians (including Pat Boone, The McGuire Sisters, and The Diamonds) issued "cover" versions of songs originally done by black artists. The worst example of this was Elvis Presley - a white man who "sounded black" in order to make R&B "suitable" for white audiences.

The whole concept of whites trying to sound black is intrinsically racist. That's why I cringe every time I hear a white person saying such things as "give it up for....." or "whazzup?"