Da Baby and "suck a nigga dick".. Hey, it's journalism

"... suck a dick in the parking lot"...👀

"...suck a nigga dick in the parking lot"...👂

I have no idea who this "Da Baby" person is. I try to avoid folks like him, just like I don't know anything about this obese black woman "tha stallion", and all these other tattooed black "celebrities" who are in the news this week.

But this post is about JOURNALISM. More than 20 years ago, I was an "award-winning journalist", back when that actually meant something. Calling yourself a "professional journalist" was a thing of pride, unlike nowadays, when it has become a joke.

Anyway, this "Da Baby" person is currently the focus of hysterical headline news, because he said Naughty Things about homosexuals. If you don't know, look him up.

If you read 99% of the articles, they quote him as saying:
"Fellas, if you ain't suck a dick in the parking lot...."

But if you listen to the video, he actually says:

"Fellas, if you ain't suck a nigga dick in the parking lot...."

Years ago, you would not have been allowed to alter or censor a direct quote this way, ESPECIALLY involving a controversial subject AND a "celebrity." But this is 2021, and the only rules are woke rules.

I emailed the "National Association of Black Journalists" about the "N word" and black celebrities and direct quotes. Here's my email:
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Serious question...

So this "Da Baby" thing is lighting up the internet. I listened to the video, and then I read some articles. There are dozens of articles quote him as saying:
"Fellas, if you ain't suck a dick in the parking lot...."

But when you listen to the video, he actually said:
"Fellas, if you ain’t suck a nigga dick in the parking lot,"

My question for the NABJ is this:
* do you have an official "position" on that word, when used by black people? Meaning: when a black celebrity such as "Da Baby" uses the word, and a journalist is going to quote him, how should that word be handled?
Should it be censored entirely, with no acknowledgement of it? Ie, just ignore it, in a direct quote??? 

Or should it be handled like profanity, and written like "n*gga", or "n***a", or something like that? Da Baby used the word a dozen times or so in a follow-up video. If YOU were writing an article about it, would you fully quote him? Would you censor that word? Would you use **** for that word? Would you acknowledge it, or would you ignore and censor it? And most importantly, as a black journalist organization, what would you advise journalists (of all races) to do, when encountering it in quotes by black people...?

I think this would make an interesting article, and I certainly think it should be written by the NABJ.

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Let's see if they reply....💬

Tom