Does your social class determine your online social network?
I was pretty sure of what this “report” concludes a long while ago after I got a friend request from some woman that included a stylized, blinking, cursive, pink, with gold glitter, “Hey, Baby!” Since I am opposed to trailer living or sitting on my stoop for hours when I can sit in my home, I knew MySpace was a wrap. Now, while I have my preferences in lifestyle, I would never make a statement like the following:
“And then, boyd said, “a young woman, living in a small historical town in Massachussetts said to me, ‘I don’t mean to be a racist or anything, but MySpace is like, ghetto.’” For boyd, that’s when it clicked.”
- Some Racist Bitch
As someone raised in a multicultural city, I know that “ghetto” is not exclusive to one race. All races and cultures have ghetto-ass people in them. They are those cousins, uncles, aunts or distant relatives that you do not invite to your housewarming because they don’t know how to behave civilly in mixed company.
You know exactly who I mean. Don’t act like you don’t.
So when I read something like this, all I really read is, “There are too many niggers on MySpace now. Time for some White Flight.” What’s worse is that this is the sort of subtle racism where people claim there are not or “not trying to be” racist, yet cross the street if I happen to have the hood on my sweater up because it is raining and I don’t have an umbrella because I don’t like umbrellas.
Was that enough of a rant?
By the way, the gal that sent me that tacky ass friend request was white and yes, I moved over to Facebook to filter annoyances like that out.
