http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/04/white-texas-girls-blame-society-for-their-racist-rap-about-lynching-black-boys/
Two white girls sent letters of apology after classmates shared a racist rap song they recorded about lynching black boys who found them sexually attractive.
The girls, whose names were not released, said they recorded the improvised rap two years ago as freshmen at Grapevine High School and did not fully understand the implications of their actions, reported Daily Kos.
“At this time in our lives, racism was not the talk of the country nor had we ever witnessed the true power of social media, twitter was still fresh and we had never heard of anyone getting in trouble for posting anything on social media, it was the beginning of this social era,” said one of the girls in a letter written to classmates and teachers.
School officials said they just recently became aware of the recording, which was made in June 2013 and has been circulating among students on social media.
“N*ggas n*ggas n*ggas they always look at me, I want to kill them now, I want to hang them from a tree,” one girl raps at the start of the three-minute, 17-second recording.
The girls repeatedly threaten to kill black boys who look at them sexually and make stereotypical references to black penis size, in addition to homophobic comments and offensive remarks about Latino and Asian-American students.
The girls, however, insist they are not bigoted.
“The song does not portray in any way how I actually feel about people,” one of the girls wrote. “I am a very open-minded person and I enjoy being part of a diverse family and diverse community. I am being raised to be respectful of all people, cultures and differences.”
The other girl said they were only mirroring the society they grew up in.
“As kids, we hear racist jokes all times of the day,” she said. “It’s what we’re around, it’s the jokes we heard.”
But, the girl said, she learned all of those racial slurs and offensive jokes outside her parents’ home. are those gang signs???/s
i don't know about not hearing ever any disparaging racial remarks sounds like protecting mom and pop's butts. saying "as kids" admits to a level now of maturity making it more likely that hey knew exactly what they were doing. wonder if they were having some kind of self sexual identity thing. depicting only minorities can be looked at as it's okay for White boys to do those fantasized things.
sorry i'm not biting they are high schooler's 2013 was middle of the racist rants from the republican right and their base and with all the noise around it and no discourse no way they could have not know the gravity of what they were saying like the frat boys and the bus rant SAE of OK univ. these guys are in college they knew. i also think if they had forgotten just 2 years ago when the SAE thing erupted they remembered but did nothing until they were busted. disingenuous apologies are not worth the effort it takes to say them get real if you are sorry get out there and let it be known to those they say taught them or that they grew up around it with, then you might be taken seriously.
