{"id":108,"date":"2014-08-07T04:09:53","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T04:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/?p=108"},"modified":"2015-03-21T04:22:02","modified_gmt":"2015-03-21T04:22:02","slug":"racist-degrading-or-just-having-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/racist-degrading-or-just-having-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Racist &#038; Degrading Or Just Having Fun?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_112\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/gang-photo.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112\" data-attachment-id=\"112\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/racist-degrading-or-just-having-fun\/gang-photo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/gang-photo.jpg?fit=636%2C358&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"636,358\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"White Californian \u00a0teenagers &amp;#8216;gansta&amp;#8217; pose\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;White Californian \u00a0teenagers &amp;#8216;gansta&amp;#8217; pose&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Californian \u00a0teenagers &amp;#8216;gansta&amp;#8217; pose&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/gang-photo.jpg?fit=636%2C358&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-112\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/gang-photo.jpg?resize=300%2C169\" alt=\"Californian \u00a0teenagers 'gansta' pose\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/gang-photo.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/gang-photo.jpg?w=636&amp;ssl=1 636w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Californian \u00a0teenagers &#8216;gansta&#8217; pose<\/p><\/div>\n<p>These Californian high school teenagers are a cheerleading squad. This &#8220;gansta&#8221; photo was taken as part of a team building exercise. The photograph shows the girls throwing up gang signs and pretending to be pregnant in the &#8220;slut drop&#8221; position while wearing bandannas, caps and sagging pants.<\/p>\n<p>The single story creates stereotypes and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue but they are incomplete. &#8220;They make one story become the only story\u201d Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_110\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Ulster-Rugb-blacked-up.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110\" data-attachment-id=\"110\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/racist-degrading-or-just-having-fun\/ulster-rugb-blacked-up\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Ulster-Rugb-blacked-up.jpg?fit=250%2C142&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"250,142\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Ulster Rugb blacked up\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Ulster-Rugb-blacked-up.jpg?fit=250%2C142&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-110 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Ulster-Rugb-blacked-up.jpg?resize=250%2C142\" alt=\"Ulster Rugby blacked up\" width=\"250\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ulster Rugby blacked up<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Earlier this year Ulster Rugby apologised after a photograph showing four of their players with their faces and bodies coloured with black makeup appeared on a social media site<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_108\"  data-site_id=\"632a645f943ec93423ce055c\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/racist-degrading-or-just-having-fun\/\"  data-item_title=\"Racist &amp; Degrading Or Just Having Fun?\"  data-item_date=\"2014-08-07T04:09:53+00:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.64\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These Californian high school teenagers are a cheerleading squad. 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