tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post9183692216425312565..comments2023-11-05T07:37:47.920-05:00Comments on The Assimilated Negro: Cracka Crackdown: Nappy-Headed Imus EditionT.A.N.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03386902584581113328noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post-74418383182718497522008-01-07T10:25:00.000-05:002008-01-07T10:25:00.000-05:00Pathetic this, no wonder blacks and whites are cha...Pathetic this, no wonder blacks and whites are chasing their tails.<BR/><BR/>You bang on about slavery, the word nigger etc, was i involved? NO! History, bury it! Move forward. Your no different to the ideology of Northern Irish terrorists, both Loyalist and Republicans.<BR/><BR/>Fucking grow up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post-63629754719495292892007-09-13T22:33:00.000-04:002007-09-13T22:33:00.000-04:00who careshe said it....good for himwhat's good for...who cares<BR/>he said it....good for him<BR/>what's good for the goose is good for the gander....<BR/>personally i wish people would quit using the word nigga in any context.....but if a black man wants to be called a nigga who am i to say noAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post-23152053609816064042007-05-14T16:43:00.000-04:002007-05-14T16:43:00.000-04:00Yawn, once again a discourse with no intellectuall...Yawn, once again a discourse with no intellectually honest input from the bro-hams. Can't we just be done with this already and buy 'em all one-way ticket back to Mau-Mau land?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post-47369878905564834772007-04-22T18:50:00.000-04:002007-04-22T18:50:00.000-04:00Popular Culture's Duplicitous Sexism & Violence In...Popular Culture's Duplicitous Sexism & Violence In Black And White<BR/><BR/>In a piece I penned a couple of years ago, titled: The Double-Standard Of Righteous Indignation, I endeavored to point out the clear ethnic and racial double-standards of the media and society as it pertains to sex and violence. My assertion was, and remains to be, that the mainstream media and society-at-large, appear to have not so much of a problem with the glorification of sex and violence, but rather with who is doing the glorifying. In it I stated that if the brutality and violence in gangsta rap was truly the real issue, then shouldn't a series like The Sopranos be held to the same standard? If we are so concerned about bloodshed, then how did movies like "The Godfather," "The Untouchables" and "Goodfellas" become classics? <BR/><BR/>I then addressed the sexual aspect of this double-standard by pointing out that "Sex & The City," a series that focused, by and large, on the sexual relationships of four white women, was hailed as a powerful demonstration of female camaraderie and empowerment. This show, during its run, was lavished with critical praise and commercial success while hip-hop and rap artists are attacked by the morality police for their depiction of sex in their lyrics and videos. The don't-blink-or-you'll-miss-it appearance of Janet Jackson's right bosom during [a] Super Bowl halftime show…. caused more of a furor than the countless commercials that (also aired during the Super Bowl) used sex to sell anything from beer to cars to gum. Not to mention the constant stream of commercials that rather openly talks about erectile dysfunction medication.<BR/><BR/>The exaltation of drugs, misogyny and violence in music lyrics has a history that predates NWA, Ice Cube, Ice T and Snoop Dogg. Elton John’s 1977 song “Tickin,” was about a young man who goes into a bar and kills 14 people; Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska,” featured a couple on a shooting spree, and his “Johnny 99,” was about a gun-waving laid-off worker; and Stephen Sondheim’s score for “Assassins,” which presented songs mostly in the first person about would-be and successful presidential assassins.<BR/><BR/>Eric Clapton's "Cocaine" and the Beatles "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (LSD, as well as almost anything by Jefferson Airplane or Spaceship. Several songs from "Tommy" and Pink Floyd's "The Wall" are well known drug songs. "Catholic girls", "Centerfold", "Sugar Walls" by Van Halen were raunchy, misogynistic, lust-driven rock refrains. Even the country music legend Kenny Rogers in his legendary ballad, “Coward Of The County,” spoke of a violent gang-rape and then a triple-homicide by the song’s hero to avenge his assaulted lover. Marilyn Manson declared that one of the aims of his provocative persona was to see how much it would take to get the moralists as mad at white artists as they got about 2LiveCrew. He said it took fake boobs, Satanism, simulated sex on stage, death and angst along with semi-explicit lyrics, to get the same screaming the 2LiveCrew got for one song. Manson thought this reaction was hypocritical and hilarious.<BR/><BR/>Other artists like Kid Rock have won commercial success easily and faced only minor battles with the FCC with songs such as: “F**k U Blind. Consider the lyrics of Kid Rock, whose piercing blend of hard rock, metal and misogyny has sold millions of records: <BR/><BR/>Now if you like the booty come on fellas show it<BR/>This is your last verse to wax so why would you blow it<BR/>And if the ladies if you are tired of a man on your fanny<BR/>Then f--k you go home and watch the tube with granny<BR/>…Just look at all the girls that are dying to get some<BR/>Man, just don't be a wussy<BR/>And I'll guarantee you could get a piece of p----<BR/><BR/>Likewise, consider the lyrics of the rock song “Anything Goes” from Guns ‘N Roses:<BR/><BR/>Panties 'round your knees <BR/>With your ass in debris <BR/>Doin' dat grind with a push and squeeze <BR/>Tied up, tied down, up against the wall <BR/>Be my rubbermade baby <BR/>An' we can do it all.'' <BR/>The bad-boy, outlaw rockers have traditionally and consistently been marketed and packaged as misogynistic. Artists and groups such as David Lee Roth, Kid Rock, Metallica, Uncle Kracker, to name a few. Consider the following list of rock groups and some of the albums and songs that they have released: American Dog (released an album in 2001 titled, Six Pack: Songs About Drinkin & F**kin), Big C*ck (released an album in 2005 titled: Year Of The C**k---with titles like Bad Motherf***er, Hard To Swallow & You Suck The Love Out Of Me) W.A.S.P. (released an album in 1983 titled: Animal: F**ks Like A Beast, an album in 1997 K.F.D.: Kill, F**k, Die), Faster Pussycat (released album in 1992 titled Whipped---with a song titled Loose Booty, 2001 titled: Between The Valley Of The Ultra P**sy, 2006 album titled: The Power Of The Glory Hole---with such titles as Porn Star and Shut Up & F**k), Lynch Mob (released an album in 2003 titled: Evil: Live---featuring the song (Tie Your Mother Down) and a compilation album released in 2003 titled C**k’N’Roll: The World’s Sleaziest Rock Bands---displaying “hits” like: Dog Sh*t Boys - One Minute F**k, Sagger - The Closest I've Ever Come To F**king Myself and Hellside Stranglers – Motherf***ers Don't Cry.<BR/><BR/>In an article by Dana Williams titled, BEYOND RAP: Musical Misogyny, Ann Savage, associate professor of telecommunications at Butler University stated: "It's the repetitiveness of the messages, the repetitiveness of the attitudes, and it builds on people….” “People say rap is dangerous. Yes, rap music does have misogyny, but there has always been an objectification and misogyny against women in music," said Savage. "Yet we focus on the black artists, not the rockers and not even the white executives who are making the big money from this kind of music." <BR/><BR/>Savage further asserts that the race-based double standard applies to violent content in music as well."There was the Eric Clapton remake of Marley's 'I Shot the Sheriff,' and there was little to be said. But then you have the 'Cop Killer' song by Ice-T and it's dangerous and threatening." <BR/><BR/>In this same article Cynthia Fuchs, an associate professor at George Mason University, affirmed that “the public seems far more disturbed by misogynistic lyrics in the music of rap and hip hop artists who are largely black than similar lyrics in rock music, perceived by most as a white genre.”<BR/><BR/>"The flamboyance of rock is understood as performance, rather than from the perspective of personal feelings," said Fuchs, who teaches courses in film and media studies, African American studies and cultural studies. "These guys are seen as innocuous. They appear to be players in the fence of accumulating women in skimpy costumes, but they aren't necessarily seen as violent. The mainstream takes it (hip hop and rap) to represent real-life, so it's seen as more threatening than some of the angry, whiney white boy rock, even though the same messages and images are portrayed."<BR/><BR/>Moreover, in an article titled C*ck Rock from the October 21-November 3, 2003 edition of the online music magazine Perfect Pitch, it was revealed that when the Hustler founder and entrepreneur Larry Flynt wanted to combine the worlds of porn (the ultimate god of misogyny) and music he did not turn to rap, but rather to rock. It was stated that since porn has been mainstreamed, they wanted a more “contemporary” look---and when they looked for a contemporary look, did they seek out the likes of Nelly, Chingy, 50 Cent or Ludacris? No. Rock legend Nikki Sixx was chosen to "grace" the cover of Hustler’s new venture along with his adult-entertainment and former Baywatch star girlfriend Donna D’Errico wearing nothing but a thong and Sixx's arms. <BR/> <BR/>It is my belief that this paradigm; this unjust paradox exists because of the media stereotypes of black men as more violence-prone, and media’s disproportionate focus on black crime (which is confused with the personas that rappers adopt), contribute to the biased treatment of rap. The double standard applied to rap music makes it easier to sell the idea that “gangsta rap” is “more” misogynist, racist, violent and dangerous than any other genre of music. However, bell hooks conceptualized it best in her essay Sexism and Misogyny: Who Takes the Rap?: “To the white dominated mass media, the controversy over gangsta rap makes great spectacle. Besides the exploitation of these issues to attract audiences, a central motivation for highlighting gangsta rap continues to be the sensationalist drama of demonizing black youth culture in general and the contributions of young black men in particular. It is a contemporary remake of "Birth of a Nation" only this time we are encouraged to believe it is not just vulnerable white womanhood that risks destruction by black hands but everyone.”<BR/><BR/>Part of the allure of gangsta or hardcore rap to the white young person is its (however deplorable) explicitness. The gangsta rapper says “bitches” and “hos”, defiantly and frankly (once again… deplorable) and that frankness strikes a chord. However, it is not the first time that white young man or woman has seen society “treat” women like “bitches” and “hos.” Like mother’s milk, the American male in this country has been “nourished” on a constant diet of subtle messages and notions regarding female submission and inferiority and when he is weaned, he begins to feed on the meat of more exploitative mantras and images of American misogyny long before he ever pops in his first rap album into his CD player. Young people, for better or worse, are looking for and craving authenticity. Now, because this quality is in such rare-supply in today’s society, they gravitate towards those who appear to be “real” and “true to the game.” Tragically, they appreciate the explicitness without detesting or critically deconstructing what the person is being explicit about.<BR/><BR/>There have been many who have said that even with Imus gone from the airwaves, the American public in general and the Black community in particular will still be inundated by the countless rap lyrics using derogatory and sexist language, as well as the endless videos displaying women in various stages of undress---and this is true.<BR/><BR/>However, by that same logic, if we were to rid the record stores, the clubs and the iPods of all misogynistic hip-hop, we would still have amongst us the corporately-controlled and predominantly white-owned entities of Playboy, Penthouse, Hustler and Hooters. We would still have the reality TV shows, whose casts are overwhelmingly white, reveling in excessive intoxication and suspect sexual mores. If misogynistic hip-hop was erased from American life and memory today, tomorrow my e-mail box and the e-mail boxes of millions of others would still be barraged with links to tens of thousands adult entertainment web sites. We would still have at our fingertips, courtesy of cable and satellite television, porn-on-demand. We would still be awash in a society and culture that rewards promiscuity and sexual explicitness with fame, fortune and celebrity (reference Anna Nicole, Paris Hilton, Britney Spears).<BR/><BR/>And most hypocritically, if we were to purge the sexist and lewd lyrics from hip-hop, there would still be a multitude of primarily white bands and principally-white musical genres generating song after song glorifying sexism, misogyny, violence and lionizing male sexuality and sexual conquest.<BR/><BR/>Now, where does the conversation go from here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post-26072162823153978922007-04-22T18:47:00.000-04:002007-04-22T18:47:00.000-04:00"Caucasian Please! America’s True Double-Standard ..."Caucasian Please! America’s True Double-Standard For Misogyny & Racism"<BR/><BR/><BR/>In this composition I will not be addressing the whole of hip-hop and rap, but rather hardcore and gangsta rap. It is my assertion that the mainstream media and political pundits---right and left--- have painted rap and hip-hop with a very broad brush. Let me be perfectly clear, hardcore and gangsta rap is not listened to, watched, consumed or supported in my home and never has. I will not be an apologist for anything that chooses to frame the dialogue about Black women (and women in general) and Black life in morally bankrupt language and reprehensible symbols.<BR/> <BR/>Now in the wake of MSNBC’s and CBS’s firing of Don Imus, the debate over misogyny, sexism and racism has now taken flight ---or submerged, depending on your point of view. There are many, mostly white, people who believe that Imus was a fall guy and he is receiving blame and criticism for what many rap artists do continually in the lyrics and videos: debase and degrade Black women. A Black guest on an MSNBC news program even went as far as to say, “Where would a 66 year-old white guy even had heard the phrase nappy-headed ho” ---alluding to hip-hop music’s perceived powerful influence upon American culture and life (and apparently over the radio legend as well) ---and by so doing gave a veneer of truth to the theory that rap music is the main culprit to be blamed for this contemporary brand of chauvinism. However, I concur with bell hooks, the noted sociologist and black-feminist activist who said that “to see gangsta rap as a reflection of dominant values in our culture rather than as an aberrant ‘pathological’ standpoint, does not mean that a rigorous feminist critique of the sexist and misogyny expressed in this music is not needed. Without a doubt black males, young and old, must be held politically accountable for their sexism. Yet this critique must always be contextualized or we risk making it appear that the behavior this thinking supports and condones,--rape, male violence against women, etc. -- is a black male thing. And this is what is happening. Young black males are forced to take the ‘heat’ for encouraging, via their music, the hatred of and violence against women that is a central core of patriarchy.” <BR/> <BR/>There are those in the media, mostly white males (but also some black pundits as well), who now want the Black community to take a look at hip-hop music and correct the diabolical “double-standard” that dwells therein. Before a real conversation can be had, we have to blow-up the myths, expose the lies and cast a powerful and discerning light on the “real” double-standards and duplicity. Kim Deterline & Art Jones in their essay, Fear of a Rap Planet, points out that "the issue with media coverage of rap is not whether African Americans engaged in a campaign against what they see as violent, sexist or racist imagery in rap should be heard—they should. …why are community voices fighting racism and sexism in mainstream news media, films and advertisements not treated similarly? The answer may be found in white-owned corporate media’s historical role as facilitator of racial scapegoating. Perhaps before advocating censorship of a music form with origins in a voiceless community, mainstream media pundits should look at the violence perpetuated by their own racism and sexism."<BR/> <BR/>Just as the mainstream media and the dominant culture-at-large treats all things “Black” in America as the “other” or as some sort of science experiment in a test tube in an isolated and controlled environment, so hardcore rap is treated as if it occurred in some kind of cultural vacuum; untouched, unbowed and uninformed by the by the larger, broader, dominant American culture. The conversation is always framed in the form of this question: “What is rap’s influence on American society and culture?” Never do we ask: "What has been society’s role in shaping and influencing hip-hop?” Gangsta and hardcore rap is the product of a society that has historically objectified and demeaned women, and commercialized sex. These dynamics are present in hip hop to the extent that they are present in society. The rapper who grew up in the inner-city watched the same sexist television programs, commercials and movies; had access to the same pornographic and misogynistic magazines and materials; and read the same textbooks that limited the presence and excluded the achievements of women (and people of color as well), as the All-American, Ivy-league bound, white kid in suburban America. It is not sexism and misogyny that the dominant culture is opposed to (history and commercialism has proven that). The dominant culture’s opposition lies with hip-hop’s cultural variation of the made-in-the-USA misogynistic themes and with the Black voices communicating the message. The debate and the dialogue must be understood in this context.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post-33804205635788757722007-04-14T08:33:00.000-04:002007-04-14T08:33:00.000-04:00Racism? Huh...I dare you to type in Channon Christ...Racism? Huh...I dare you to type in Channon Christian and see REAL racism. Whites are tired of this crap and some day, they will revolt. It's about time to say, "hey, jive-talkin' turkey, get out of our neighborhoods".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post-52141706393108067852007-04-13T21:03:00.000-04:002007-04-13T21:03:00.000-04:00TAN, I like what you said, and I like what your co...TAN, I like what you said, and I like what your commenter jumper said. Most of the rest of these comments? Ouch. Dim-witted and defensive racist white folks giving the decent white folks a bad name!<BR/><BR/>I'm glad Imus got axed. Next on the agenda: Rush Limbaugh, Jay Leno, and every other media figure who makes money off of misogyny, homophobia, xenophobia, racism, and other stereotypes (particularly when they are aiming these remarks at people with less power, traditionally, in our society).Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post-77276482278560917792007-04-13T11:01:00.000-04:002007-04-13T11:01:00.000-04:00I can't believe he got fired over this. What a loa...I can't believe he got fired over this. What a load of shit. The same people who complain about the idiot republicans taking away our rights as americans are championing his firing and not seeing the hypocrisy in it. We have (had) freedom of speech in this country. <BR/>Nonetheless, why isn't sharpton apologising to the families of the Duke Lacrosse players? <BR/>Did anyone read snoop's defense of himself and how when he uses the word ho it's different than Imus using it? I believe he said he was referring to the lowest of the low black women who are "after a niggas money." I thought all bitches weren't shit besides tricks and hos.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, this whole affair reeks of hypocrisy and conservative ideals. I can't believe anyone who considers themselves a writer or a liberal minded person would support Imus's firing. Its ridiculous. I just lost a lot of respect for TAN.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post-78357167026229246022007-04-13T00:37:00.000-04:002007-04-13T00:37:00.000-04:00LOL, funny post. But I have to respectfully dissa...LOL, funny post. But I have to respectfully dissagree on this issue TAN. Nappy-Headed Ho is really tame... I think the Fag comment at the end of the clip was more jarring to my ear. Imus is a shock-jock, and he said it in jest -- It's not like he went all 'Cosmso Kramer' on the air.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post-87144415537241306432007-04-12T20:00:00.000-04:002007-04-12T20:00:00.000-04:00Hey Nashvillephan. Check out this link:http://www...Hey Nashvillephan. Check out this link:<BR/>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18081301/<BR/><BR/>Maybe this will help you to understand how it is not a double-standard or what the issue is. Instead of thinking of it as why can this group say one thing and another group not say the same thing, maybe you should just boil it down to the basics. Try not to hurt people. Treat people well. If you think your words are going to hurt people or cause damage, why say it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post-75086351379048152482007-04-12T17:59:00.000-04:002007-04-12T17:59:00.000-04:00Ok Irish guy, my bad. Just read the end of the or...Ok Irish guy, my bad. Just read the end of the original article about reparations. A non-sequitor for the discussion, but not for the article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post-34925146239781750882007-04-12T17:06:00.000-04:002007-04-12T17:06:00.000-04:00Irish guy I agree a somewhat with your non-sequito...Irish guy I agree a somewhat with your non-sequitor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post-63540780850659491012007-04-12T14:45:00.000-04:002007-04-12T14:45:00.000-04:00Here comes the reparations speech by the author. S...Here comes the reparations speech by the author. Such nonsense. Listen people, I got news for you. EVERYONE OF EVERY COLOR HAS HURT SOMEONE AT SOME POINT IN TIME. The Irish were the last white people during the time of immigration and they came over in droves only to be drafted into the army and die for a country they'd never been to before. Not to mention they too were slaves. What about the Jews? I mean, if ANYONE deserves reparations it's them. What about Arabs nowadays? They get treated like crap because everyone thinks they're terrorists. The bottom line is, people cannot be generalized into groups of color. All whites cannot be responsible for the displacement and horrors bestowed upon blacks. All blacks cannot be held responsible for their violence and hatred on blacks, whites, hispanics, asisans, etc. All Arabs cannot be responisible for the horrible things that happened to all Arabs, Whites, Blacks, Asians, Hispanics, etc. People need to stop making excuses and start making solutions. Reparations? Sorry, no free money for you. Go earn yours like everyone else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post-16402872912889179222007-04-12T13:54:00.000-04:002007-04-12T13:54:00.000-04:00Hey Nashvillephan, I think the reason people aren'...Hey Nashvillephan, I think the reason people aren't referring to the Imus event as an example of a double standard is because making fun of white people in a stand up routine doesn't seem to be the same as using a stand up routine type slur to characterise a specific group of real individuals. <BR/><BR/>Maybe if the Rutgers team had been playing the fool, it would be funny. <BR/><BR/>But in the Imus situation, the equivalent anti-white comment scenario would be a black radio commentator watching Wimbeldon or beach volleyball and randomly mocking the 2nd place teams by calling them eastern european floozies. Or something. <BR/><BR/>Just random. And wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post-82181918168758157762007-04-12T12:36:00.000-04:002007-04-12T12:36:00.000-04:00Frankly, I don't get the problem. I like nappy ha...Frankly, I don't get the problem. I like nappy haided hos. Is they sumthin wrong wit bein a nappy haided ho?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post-33811305842052072642007-04-12T11:00:00.000-04:002007-04-12T11:00:00.000-04:00no the double standard is black people mocking, ge...no the double standard is black people mocking, generalizing and stereotyping white people in comedy shows, TV, movies etc., and white people being attacked any time a black person even thinks there might be an insult there<BR/><BR/>Kim said... <BR/>1) Double standards aren't desirable, but deal with it.<BR/><BR/>Well, offensive remarks aren't desireable, but deal with itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post-18702596149900923722007-04-11T18:06:00.000-04:002007-04-11T18:06:00.000-04:00P.S NasvillephanI find it interesting that you nev...P.S Nasvillephan<BR/>I find it interesting that you never made a comment about the young ladies being called nappy-haired hos, but you felt compelled to write when white people were being accused of racism. Mmm..back to the double standard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post-63334357149581134042007-04-11T17:58:00.000-04:002007-04-11T17:58:00.000-04:00And what is it that we want nashvillephan? Not to...And what is it that we want nashvillephan? Not to be called nappy-haired hos? Is that really a double standard? Because I really see a lot of white female sports teams being called cracka hos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post-35424427667646241132007-04-11T17:52:00.000-04:002007-04-11T17:52:00.000-04:001) Double standards aren't desirable, but deal wit...1) Double standards aren't desirable, but deal with it.<BR/><BR/>2) Imus should go; he should have been fired long ago.<BR/><BR/>3) Now: Someone, please, give me a good reason why I should be less offended when a black man calls me or my daughter a "ho" than I am with Imus' comments. <BR/><BR/>No woman of any color deserves that kind of free-floating, indiscriminate disrespect, from any man of any color. <BR/><BR/>Black men, white men: it needs to stop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post-16715521132059509512007-04-11T12:38:00.000-04:002007-04-11T12:38:00.000-04:00to whoever said this:No, anonymous, the problem wi...to whoever said this:<BR/><BR/>No, anonymous, the problem with us, Black people, is that you White people are still pining for the days of slavery and continually trying to find 'socially acceptable' ways to degrade us. You, apparently, with your juvenile insults.<BR/><BR/>are you really on here generalizing and stereotyping white people while complaining about being stereotyped and generalized?<BR/><BR/>some people really don't understand what a double standard is, or just don't care as long as they get what they wantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post-77614002370452572802007-04-10T21:45:00.000-04:002007-04-10T21:45:00.000-04:00The difference between referring to sexually provo...The difference between referring to sexually provocative dancers in music videos nappy-headed hos and calling university students with 3.0 GPAs and the talent to make it to the finals in a national sports competition should be obvious.<BR/><BR/>The reason for public outrage on this issue is that Imus - a personality with a wide audience - seems to define black women by the lowest amongst them. Whereas we (North Americans) hardly ever refer to a team of white women as whatever slur might be appropriate to describe Anna Nicole Smith.<BR/><BR/>It would be like referring to a mainly white university lacrosse team as....oh wait, if the shoe fits.HippieChyckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12960898354034124376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post-7364126813352157352007-04-10T20:59:00.000-04:002007-04-10T20:59:00.000-04:00Hey Miguel Vargas,Nothing wrong with calling a wom...Hey Miguel Vargas,<BR/>Nothing wrong with calling a woman a nappy-haired ho, you dirty little spic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post-54474102242123366322007-04-10T19:55:00.000-04:002007-04-10T19:55:00.000-04:00No, anonymous, the problem with us, Black people, ...No, anonymous, the problem with us, Black people, is that you White people are still pining for the days of slavery and continually trying to find 'socially acceptable' ways to degrade us. You, apparently, with your juvenile insults.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post-61920246884574926882007-04-10T18:42:00.000-04:002007-04-10T18:42:00.000-04:00The problem with you negro people is that your hea...The problem with you negro people is that your heads are nappy on the inside too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post-73895082252961486852007-04-10T16:18:00.000-04:002007-04-10T16:18:00.000-04:00I know it's important, I honestly do but we're tal...I know it's important, I honestly do but we're talking about Imus. We're talking about Imus man. We're talking about Imus. We're talking about Imus. We're not talking about the game. We're talking about Imus. When you come to the arena, and you see me play, you've seen me play right, you've seen me give everything I've got, but we're talking about Imus right now. ... Hey I hear you, it's funny to me too, hey it's strange to me too but we're talking about Imus man, we're not even talking about the game, when it actually matters, we're talking about Imus ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com