Something Stalin said:
"A language of society, serving members of society equally, irrespective of their class status. A language has only to depart from this position of being a language common to the whole people, it has only to give preference and support to some one social group to the detriment of their social groups of the society, and it loses its virtue, ceases to be a means of intercourse between the people of the society, and becomes the jargon of some social group, degenerates and is doomed to disappear." (Marxism and the Problems of Linguistics)
Pretending for a moment there was some truth in what Stalin says than 'Gangsta rap' may disappear off the face of the earth before we know it. Im very distraught over this, most slang is basically "the jargon of some social group" and despite the fact we turn some of this slang into words, I'm just too white to use any of them. If only I had the street cred...
Most likely what Stalin says here is as enduring as the CPSU, in that case I'll be "Rollin down the street, smokin’ Indo, sippin’ on gin and juice for time still... werd"
In all honesty however, to get all socially just and good and what not. There are no words more socially isolated, more the jargon of some social group, than words which are racist in nature, yeah yeah I know you must be thinking, who is this kid and why is he so lame with his heart felt sentiment? Well sorry, I just thought if any words were doomed to disappear it should be the socially isolated hateful ones used by groups in relation to other groups. Because life should be all peaches and cream...I don't know fuck that, its good to swear all the time, after every sentence even. But racism is never cool kids, remember that.
anyways food for thought, enjoy this educational video...
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