Normani - "Fair" + Debut Album

[notyourmate]

Jokes at the expense of someone's name can cut deep with anyone who has been taunted, ridiculed or had their name intentionally mispronounced because it's a little unusual. It can feel uncomfortably dehumanising.

 

[Mr.Arroz]

At the end of day yes... Camila is a Latina, a white Latina, but still a Latina. Can we not with jokes about her name.

 

[superultra]

Jokes at the expense of someone's name can cut deep with anyone who has been taunted, ridiculed or had their name intentionally mispronounced because it's a little unusual. It can feel uncomfortably dehumanising.

At the end of day yes... Camila is a Latina, a white Latina, but still a Latina. Can we not with jokes about her name.

My jokes about her name are not meant to be discriminatory. It's really in the same vein as me referring to Marina and the Diamonds as "Marinara" or referring to Charli XCX as "Charli XBOX." I understand where you two are coming from, but I promise it's in silly jest. I acknowledge what you both are saying.

 

[aux]

My jokes about her name are not meant to be discriminatory. It's really in the same vein as me referring to Marina and the Diamonds as "Marinara" or referring to Charli XCX as "Charli XBOX." I understand where you two are coming from, but I promise it's in silly jest. I acknowledge what you both are saying.

I was literally typing up the same thing, except my example was Areola Venti. I fully understand what @Mr.Arroz is saying, and I'm sorry if it sounded discriminatory.

 

[Mr.Arroz]

My jokes about her name are not meant to be discriminatory. It's really in the same vein as me referring to Marina and the Diamonds as "Marinara" or referring to Charli XCX as "Charli XBOX." I understand where you two are coming from, but I promise it's in silly jest. I acknowledge what you both are saying.

OK, cool, but Latinx names usually get jokes about them whether it's "meant to be discriminatory" or not. It's not too far off from people being like "well...I wasn't meaning to do Blackface...but like... it happened! Hopefully you see the humor in what I meant!" or the vitiligo makeup thing on Twitter rn. Just...don't do it. I don't care if your intent was humor. You can't divorce that from how names of color, especially Latinx ones, in this case get treated. All my life I've been called Fernando by non-Latinx people when my name is... Alexandro. It's not funny.

 

[lushLuck]

Getting things slightly on track because the Camila talk has turned nasty when it didn’t need to be here in the first place....

Can she start working with Parris Goebel full time now?! Because the Fenty show bit was Emmy Award-worthy.
https://www.instagram.com/tv/B2rdM5En1-C/?igshid=1qbozct5d5xde

 

[superultra]

Can she start working with Parris Goebel full time now?! Because the Fenty show bit was Emmy Award-worthy.
https://www.instagram.com/tv/B2rdM5En1-C/?igshid=1qbozct5d5xde

God, those aesthetics were so next-level and powerful.

 

[breakaway]

OK, cool, but Latinx names usually get jokes about them whether it's "meant to be discriminatory" or not. It's not too far off from people being like "well...I wasn't meaning to do Blackface...but like... it happened! Hopefully you see the humor in what I meant!" or the vitiligo makeup thing on Twitter rn. Just...don't do it. I don't care if your intent was humor. You can't divorce that from how names of color, especially Latinx ones, in this case get treated. All my life I've been called Fernando by non-Latinx people when my name is... Alexandro. It's not funny.

Being Sri Lankan you can imagine the abuse I get daily for my longer-than-most surname so I concur.

This practice of ridiculing names is belittling and dangerous.

 

[Happyclappy]

Honest to god, this thread needs to relax. Why people pop in to make others feel bad/inferior is beyond me. The constant moral compass grates a little. The people in question should check up on the Ed Sheeren/Phil Collins thread if they want to vilify members of this forum.

One rule for a fave, another rule for a foe.

 

[Petty Mayonnaise]

The constant moral compass grates a little.

Yikes.

 

[nikkysan]

The constant moral compass grates a little.

Hmmmmm

 

[Suburbia]

I think the Coleen Nolan running joke was a bit niche for the Normani thread, especially using it for Latinx names. Read the room, girls.

 

[slaybellz]

Getting things slightly on track because the Camila talk has turned nasty when it didn’t need to be here in the first place....

Can she start working with Parris Goebel full time now?! Because the Fenty show bit was Emmy Award-worthy.
https://www.instagram.com/tv/B2rdM5En1-C/?igshid=1qbozct5d5xde

Wow this is art. I wasn't going to bother with this because I don't have Amazon Prime but i'm gonna have to find this somewhere.

 

[slaybellz]

Normani killed that! And it's so cool that the whole thing was so inclusive. Also i'm gonna need a playlist of all the songs used in that!

 

[Duppe]

I’m disappointed that this isn’t blowing up quite the way I thought it was going to, I still think it’s going to be massive eventually though. Looking forward to the next live performance.

 

[Jwentz]

Yesterday at a drag brunch a queen did motivation and poured a pitcher of water on herself during the horn section.

cultural moment of the year confirmed.

 

[Inland Empire]

The people in question should check up on the Ed Sheeren/Phil Collins thread if they want to vilify members of this forum.

Bringing that racist misogynist and ableist whose entire career is built on his cis white straight male privilege into this discussion isn't exactly helping your point.

 

[nooniebao]

 

[KingofStratosphere]

Motivation won't be a hit in the US, it just isn't it.

 

[Mikal]

It's not gonna suddenly take off now. Everything has happened already - video, big performance etc. It will do quite nicely to become a small-medium sized streaming hit (like Mother's Daughter/Slide Away) but she needs a bigger song to get that breakout hit.