Fat Joe Sparks Explosive N-Word Debate. Roland Calls the Drama “Beyond Stupid”

Fat Joe’s defense of his N-word use sparks a heated identity and culture debate, but Roland Martin rejects the entire premise and says the real issue is why anybody is still fighting to claim a word of the oppressor. For free and unbiased Medicare help, dial (724) 264-8281 to speak with my trusted partner, Chapter, or go to https://askchapter.org/roland Paid Partnership Fat Joe set off a firestorm by defending his use of the N-word and insisting that his Bronx upbringing, Puerto Rican identity and lifelong immersion in hip-hop culture make the issue clear to him. Marc Lamont Hill pushes back. He says Fat Joe is not racist, loves Black people and cares about Black culture, but is not Black and does not get a pass to use the word. Then Roland Martin cuts through the whole fight. Roland says the real problem is not deciding who gets permission. He says the debate itself is beyond stupid because Black people are still fighting to protect and claim a word that came from oppression. He calls it ridiculous, childish, ignorant and intellectually lazy, and says the easiest solution is to eradicate the word completely instead of constantly policing who can and cannot say it. Roland’s position is clear: stop defending it, stop excusing it and stop acting like people are powerless to stop using it. #RolandMartinUnfiltered #BlackStarNetwork #FatJoe #MarcLamontHill #NWordDebate #BlackCulture #HipHop Black Star Network Partner: Chapter Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options We’ve launched our official Telegram channel. Follow for the latest videos from #RolandMartinUnfiltered & Black Star Network. No algorithms. Just updates. 👉🏾 t.me/blackstarnetwork Join this channel to get access to perks: @rolandsmartin Support #RolandMartinUnfiltered and #BlackStarNetwork 👉🏾 Use Cash App by visiting Stripe https://buy.stripe.com/7sI3ccgYyfSQ8y... 👉🏾 PayPal ☛ https://www.paypal.me/rmartinunfiltered Venmo ☛https://venmo.com/rmunfiltered Zelle ☛ [email protected] Annual or monthly recurring #BringTheFunk Fan Club membership via paypal ☛ https://rolandsmartin.com/rmu-paypal/ Download the #BlackStarNetwork app on iOS, AppleTV, Android, Android TV, Roku, FireTV, SamsungTV and XBox 👉🏾 http://www.blackstarnetwork.com #RolandMartinUnfiltered and the #BlackStarNetwork are news reporting platforms covered under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. 0:00 The Fat Joe controversy 2:39 Marc Lamont Hill's perspective 5:22 Debating the N-word usage 17:14 Panel discussion and nuance 24:51 Final thoughts on language 28:45 Commercial break