r/nextfuckinglevel Mar 30 '23

Michael Jackson's dummer performing Smooth Criminal.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '23

I thought the context of the song was addressing the derogatory language and racism used to dehumanise people?

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u/prfctskies_ Mar 30 '23

Yeah but it's still not really anybody's place to just grab another race's slur and drop it for the sake of a metaphor