Please excuse my ignorance and explain what do this mean and how this sudenly became the "super" racial phrase.
2007-04-13 10:05:37 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
I'm wondering that too...I assume it has something to do with Afro-American hairstyle...and it became an issue when Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson stuck their noses in Imus' business...He was just trying to be funny, not racist...
2007-04-13 10:09:59 · answer #1 · answered by Terry C. 7 · 6⤊ 2⤋
Listen, I'm black and I'm scared for America after this incident. This coupled with the ATHF bomb scare in Boston has shown me that America has gone off deep end. There are two wars that we are deeply involved in and I have to watch this **** be reported on 24 hours a day.
First of all, women's basketball has always been a target of jokes, Imus isn't the first to comment on how "rough" or how we perceive the women that play basketball or sports in general as ugly or unfeminine.
Second, his comment had some racial overtones to it , because nappy WAS used to describe African-American hair, i.e., my barbershop was named NAPPY BY NATURE, The Lost Boyz have an album called LOVE PEACE AND NAPPINESS, but was it really "hurtful" like many WHITE "journalists" are saying on the idiot box? Nowadays, nappy is just a word that can be used to describe something or someone messy or ugly. Doesn't this kind of mess always get said on morning radio, why is everyone upset all the sudden?
Third, when is Al Sharpton going to stop talking (he isn't stupid I'm just tired of the white media being captivated with him.) If white people don't already know this, he doesn't speak for or represent all or a majority of black people, stop inviting this guy to your show and listening to what he has to say like I elected him to speak for me.
2007-04-13 10:44:29 · answer #2 · answered by Meekha 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's the Black folks version of the White folks version of bed head. Toss in the word ho (slang for whore) and you have the term bed head whore. Living in Mississippi, I've heard Black folks call each other worse than that many times and right out loud in public, too.
It's over. Imus is gone. The school got some attention and maybe some donations. Bill Cosby will show up now and perform some comedic sketch over it. Just don't leave him alone with the women too long. Sharpton and Jackson have been raised somewhat shakily a notch higher in public perception. Imus' wife could take some public speaking classes, too. Meanwhile, what's been sneaking up behind us as our attention has been drawn to this issue for a little bit too long. Wag the Dog anyone?
Sounding sarcastic enough for you? Did you know Imus raised millions of dollars a year for charities to help kids of all colors? That he owns and operates a ranch so challenged kids of all races can have a chance to be kids and have lots of fun? I hope that part isn't over now that he has been made persona non grata.
Personally, Imus being gone doesn't bother me. Never liked him or his show, but I chose to just not listen. I would have never ruined the man the way a couple of people have chosen to do just to have the spotlight turned on them in a skillfully manipulative way.
2007-04-13 10:23:43 · answer #3 · answered by Catfish_Woman154 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It refers to an African American person's hair. An African American's hair grows curly not straight like a white person's hair. It usually grows very thick without any chemicals to assist it. So it's referred to as "nappy". Many African American woman my get perms to straighten the hair and make it more managable, whereas white women get perms to make their hair curly.
2007-04-13 10:14:44 · answer #4 · answered by Who is it? 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It refers to kinky, tightly curled hair. I can't see why that would be considered an insult. So I guess it is the ho word that is so bad. But I hear black folks calling everyone ho, regardless of race, gender or age. What about all those nasty rap tunes; where's the outrage?
2007-04-13 10:22:22 · answer #5 · answered by pegum1 1 · 3⤊ 2⤋
i mean it's the truth.. they don't have straight hair, but a better word should have been curly. And hoes?? well i ain't going to say there prude. i mean look at the maury show!
2007-04-13 10:14:30 · answer #6 · answered by Paligurl 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
because it was a slow day in the land of chaos ; that is how; two reverends spotlight bulb went out for awhile; needed to rekindle that old flame of chaos to survive
2007-04-13 10:09:48 · answer #7 · answered by sml 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
It's considered demeaning by the people it was aimed at. That's enough.
2007-04-13 10:17:09 · answer #8 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
thats what a black boy calls a black girl an thats o k , but a white boy says it , it's racial becaue he crossed the line
2007-04-13 10:18:00 · answer #9 · answered by dstanley66 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋
It prefaced "ho's". But I think "nappy" is kinda like pick-a-ninny.
2007-04-13 10:13:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋