the 2014 trivial drivel thread

[HairOfTheDog]

her stupid comment is not going to affect her fortune.

I agree. I don't think it will affect her a bit, nor should it.

I don't like or use the word in any form, but certainly don't think those who do are all racists. Context matters.

Judging by her professional collaborations, romantic partners, charitable organizations, and the various interviews I've seen with Madonna over a couple of decades now, she would be at the bottom of my list of likely "racist" celebrities.

The fact that a musician used a term that's become common place in a lot of music and pop culture (rightly or wrongly so), doesn't change my opinion and I do believe it was used in this case as a term of affection, though a really dopey one - IMO.