I don’t think anyone’s condoned stormzy (or anyone’s) use of the world slut. Although I can’t get worked up about the rest.
It’s just interesting that there is misogyny in most songs these days if you actually listen but Stormzy is held to much higher standards and it does ultimately come down to white privilege (although I’m now pretty sure atleast one poster doesn’t believe in that!)
People have said black woman should be offended, the same people would never say white woman be most offended if Ed Sheehan says something offensive. The fact that he should be trying to tackle misogyny in ‘gang culture’ and that he should be a role model to black people etc. We don’t hold white singers to the same responsibility.
Stormzy has done so much for the black community. To you maybe it’s irrelevent, maybe because that’s not your culture. I’m surrounded by young black boys that can see someone like stormzy absolutely killing it and it’s amazing there are people like them in the public eye to look up too.
The things he does in his actions, using his slot to address violence and racial prejudices. When he sent black kids to uni, it wasn’t just those kids he was helping, it was the black kids who heard and saw that university was achievable.
Setting up his publishing brand to give young people a voice, giving young black girls a voice they wouldn’t otherwise have.
Unless you’re directly inside that life (I grew up in a London tower block with mainly other black people) you may not realise it, but sometimes it seems that whenever a black person does well, white people always show up to try and knock them back down a peg or two.
Yes he said ‘slut’, I disagree with that but I think all the threads about him personally does stem from a bit of unconscious racism and it’s upsetting that people are blind to it. I’m not saying anyone here is a raging racist, I think it’s subconscious but it’s a shame some don’t see how stormzy is a victim of scrutiny due to his colour.