April 23, 2006
Black Student Tired of Hip-Hop References
Left: Not hip, not hop(Toledo, OH) Senior business student Jon Hewitt is fed up with what he calls "ghetto bullshit" that other finance majors - mostly white - send his way.
"I was giving a presentation in an eCommerce class when this idiot agreed with my argument by saying: 'Yo, I'm down wit dat,'" said Hewitt. "At first I thought that he was mocking me, until he used the phrase 'bling-bling' to describe my marketing approach."
Hewitt said that the hip-hop euphemisms are most likely an attempt by white students to find some common ground.
"The problem is, I don't even listen to that type of music," he said, adding that he spends a lot of time listening to Dave Matthews, Fallout Boy and Ben Folds Five. "So I don't even understand half the shit they are saying."
The worst experience, said Hewitt, was when a professor fell into the condescending behavior.
"I was attending a financial management seminar and the professor kept using the word 'def,'" he said. "It took three times before I realized that she was not talking about hearing-impaired customers. What a moron."
Left: Classmate "Puffy" Gunderschmidt, jes tryin' to help a brotha out an' shit
Classmates in Hewitt's eCommerce class disagreed with his assessment, adding that they are "clueless" as to why Hewitt is perturbed.
"Yeah, boy-eee, that nigga be one tight-assed freak," said Jeremy "Puffy" Gunderschmidt. "He all like: 'I think perhaps you have me confused with another person' and I'm all like: 'Jes chill out, cuz.' He all up in mah grill an' shit."
