Anyways.. I'm not defending her choice of words either way. This is totally unacceptable coming from the person who wrote the pop masterpiece that is Vespertine. There are plenty of islands to hide in ha native volcano land so i suggest she move real quick.
Ok so basically in 1972 John Lennon and Yoko Ono released a song called Woman is The ****** of The World
The basic message of the song was "The song describes women's subservience to men and male chauvinism across all cultures."
Basically a pro-feminist statement that was obviously way more PC in 1972 than it is now.
So Bjork is basically saying that audio/sound is used carelessly by humans for self-serving reasons.
That said she should definitely know better than to use that word. By John, Yoko, and Bjork is wasn't meant as reference to black people, but obviously it's not okay for any white person to use that word a metaphor or not.
Ok so basically in 1972 John Lennon and Yoko Ono released a song called Woman is The ****** of The World
The basic message of the song was "The song describes women's subservience to men and male chauvinism across all cultures."
Basically a pro-feminist statement that was obviously way more PC in 1972 than it is now.
So Bjork is basically saying that audio/sound is used carelessly by humans for self-serving reasons.
That said she should definitely know better than to use that word. By John, Yoko, and Bjork is wasn't meant as reference to black people, but obviously it's not okay for any white person to use that word a metaphor or not.
Hopefully she clears this up and learns from it.
I figured it had this background, but she should have known better that the context has changed.
No one will budge from their camps on reaction to her comments...regardless of how she apologizes/backtracks/explains.
The way some people are trying to make Björk of all people look like a racist. The use of the word is unfortunate now, but the meaning and the reference are both pretty clear.
I'm pretty sure she means that sound is treated like how people treat "n*ggers". I'm sure she said this in a way that it would imply she meant black people in the slave era (not that there isn't racism now but you know what I mean) but she could have just said "black people" Sorry B, can't defend you on this one...
I think she's ignorant of how sensitive the history of the n-word is seeing that she's from iceland but still, she should've known better...
********, she's been living in London and NYC for years now. And I'm sure in Iceland they know it's offensive What sort of strange presumption is that, and how did you come up with it?
The use of the word is unfortunate now, but the meaning and the reference are both pretty clear. 
but still, she should've known better...