The article only mentions Baltimore's mayor, but Quest's statement was a blanketed one. He said that anytime the word "thug" is being used in the context of black men - that it's code for the "N" word. The same day Quest makes this statement, Obama delivers a statement to the nation referring to the looters (black men) in Baltimore as thugs.

So - as basic logic would suggest - Quest is indirectly saying that Obama is using code language to describe the looters.

Quest didn't qualify the statement by saying "when white people use the word" - or "when it's used in this particular context."

He just said that whenever it's used, it's used as a code. So, I would like to challenge him on that w/ regards to if he actually thinks that Obama is using the word "thug" as code for the "N" word.


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