Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Imus Conversation-Pathetic Ordeal
Don Imus referred to the Rutgers women's basketball team as "nappy-headed 'hos" AFTER the show's producer, Bernard McGuirk, called the team "hardcore 'hos." Is the insult in "'hos" or "nappy-headed"? No one seems to be upset by the "hardcore 'hos" comment, so I'm assuming the outrage is over the girls being called "nappy-headed" regardless of the "'hos" title.This whole ordeal is pathetic. When I was in high school in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, black students (rather being African American, Jamaican, Haitian, or whatever) used the term "nappy-headed" CONSTANTLY. They were always going on with stuff like, " You're all nappy headed you need to get your hair permed" or just flat out calling each other "nappy-head", as in "Hey you.. nappy-head".Im white. I am not racist.My fiance is a curly red haired Irish guy. If he doesnt use a super conditioner daily... you wanna talk about "nappy-headed".This whole thing is stupid. Its not even insulting at all. The term used was a common term. Blacks use it all the time. I wouldnt get all outraged over being called "nappy-headed". I'd be more upset about being called a "'ho", but then again I'd get over it knowing its just some stupid radio show commentary. They're trying to turn this into something that its not. It's like if someone went on the show and called me a "potatoe eating Irish 'ho". I LOVE POTATOES!!I think things have just gotten so politically correct and adjustments have been made so as not to insult so many people that people have to come up with new reasons to be insulted and claim some sort of nonexistant racist crime.
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