Ci risiamo. Dopo la pubblicazione del testo completo di Born This Way di Lady Gaga su Twitter, sono già scoppiate le polemiche da parte di chi ritiene che il prossimo singolo della popstar sia offensivo per certe persone.
Così come recentemente Money For Nothing dei Dire Straits è stata vietata per un eccesso di comportamento politically correct da parte delle associazioni canadesi a difesa dei diritti civili, anche Born This Way rischia di subire lo stesso trattamento.
Questa volta sarebbero i gruppi latino-americani ad essere insorti nei confronti della star. Nel testo di Born This Way, infatti, Lady Gaga fa riferimento al termine “chola” che solitamente viene impiegato con intento offensivo nei confronti appunto degli ispano-americani.
Lady Gaga e il suo staff non hanno ancora risposto a queste accuse, ma forse a chi ha deciso di lanciare la polemica è sfuggito un dettaglio: la canzone di Lady Gaga, infatti, si pone proprio come un inno a favore di quanti sono costretti a subire discriminazione nel mondo ogni singolo giorno a causa di quello che sono e del modo in cui sono nati, sia questo un orientamento sessuale o il semplice colore della pelle o la provenienza geografica.
Sicuramente se Lady Gaga ha utilizzato quel termine è stato in maniera funzionale alla canzone così come era successo in Money For Nothing, dove il termine offensivo usato dai Dire Straits era inserito in un discorso fra due operai inglesi degli anni 80. Insomma, per quanto sia un bene che al giorno d'oggi ci siano tante associazioni che si preoccupano dei diritti delle minoranze, sarebbe meglio per salvaguardare la credibilità che queste intervenissero soltanto laddove esista un vero pericolo di discriminazione e non in casi limite come questi.
Here we go again. After the publication of the full text of Born This Way by Lady Gaga on Twitter, the controversy has already broken out by those who believe that the next single of the pop star is offensive to some people.
As recently Money For Nothing by Dire Straits has been banned for too much politically correct behavior on the part of the Canadian Association for the defense of civil rights, including Born This Way is likely to suffer the same treatment.
This time would be the group of Latin Americans to be rebels against the star. In the text of Born This Way, in fact, Lady Gaga refers to the term "chola" which is usually used with the intent of just offensive to Hispanics.
Lady Gaga and his staff have not yet responded to these accusations, but perhaps those who have decided to launch the debate have missed one detail: Lady Gaga's song, in fact, there is just like an anthem for those who are forced to suffer discrimination in the world every single day because of what they are and how they were born, this is simply a sexual orientation or skin color or geographical origin.
Surely if Lady Gaga has used that term was in a functional as well as the song was successful in Money For Nothing, where the derogatory term used by Dire Straits was part of a conversation between two of the 80 British workers. In short, although it is a good thing that nowadays there are many associations that are concerned about the rights of minorities, it would be best to safeguard the credibility that they intervene only where there is a real danger of discrimination and in extreme cases such as these.
As recently Money For Nothing by Dire Straits has been banned for too much politically correct behavior on the part of the Canadian Association for the defense of civil rights, including Born This Way is likely to suffer the same treatment.
This time would be the group of Latin Americans to be rebels against the star. In the text of Born This Way, in fact, Lady Gaga refers to the term "chola" which is usually used with the intent of just offensive to Hispanics.
Lady Gaga and his staff have not yet responded to these accusations, but perhaps those who have decided to launch the debate have missed one detail: Lady Gaga's song, in fact, there is just like an anthem for those who are forced to suffer discrimination in the world every single day because of what they are and how they were born, this is simply a sexual orientation or skin color or geographical origin.
Surely if Lady Gaga has used that term was in a functional as well as the song was successful in Money For Nothing, where the derogatory term used by Dire Straits was part of a conversation between two of the 80 British workers. In short, although it is a good thing that nowadays there are many associations that are concerned about the rights of minorities, it would be best to safeguard the credibility that they intervene only where there is a real danger of discrimination and in extreme cases such as these.
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