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"I'm Not Racist" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Joyner Lucas, released on November 28, 2017, by Atlantic Records. It features a heated discussion about race and society from the perspective of a white man and a black man. Lucas has said that the song's lyrics represent the uncomfortable race talk that people shy away from. [5]
An assistant headteacher, Len Idle, said the song was "probably racist". Rucka Rucka Ali subsequently picked the quote as the title of his next album, Probably Racist [ 11 ] replying in kind within the music video "We're All Asian", sarcastically thanking Idle for his opinion, before mockingly stating that "he [Idle] was probably gay with AIDS ".
Baugh (1991) found that when people were asked why the term African-American should or should not be used, many respondents prefaced their answers with "I'm not racist, but...". [ 10 ] Brown (2006) found that the phrase was often used by Lancastrian interviewees who were concerned about the influx of racial minorities. [ 11 ]
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Jason Lipshutz of Billboard said the song "carries good intentions, but Paisley's latest track fails to become more than a flat-footed apology for hate-induced uneasiness" and critiqued LL Cool J's verses, saying "his proclamations regarding the history of slavery and the solution to racial tension are downright bizarre", particularly the lyrics "If you don't judge my gold chains, I'll forget ...
I'm not racist; I have black friends" (variant: "Some of my best friends are black" [1] [2]) is a saying sometimes used by white people to claim that they are not racist towards black people. The phrase, which gained popularity in the mid-2010s, has since sparked many internet memes and debates over racial attitudes.