Whoopie Goldberg, you have a call from Al and Jesse

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[tightwadbob]

Does anybody care that politically correct Whoopie Goldberg's production company is called " Whoop/One Ho Productions"? Nevermind, of course not.

[Brilliant]

I don’t think the problem is the mere use of the word, but the fact that he unfairly called an identifiable group of women “hos.” In the case of Whoopi Goldberg, it fits.

[TommyDale]

The problem wasn’t the work “Ho” — it was the reference to “Nappy headed” Ho’s that upset everyone.

[BallyBill]

Don’t start on Whoopi Goldberg. You’ll be accused of being Anti Semitic.

[50sDad]

You big silly! Whoopi is pigmentally-gifted, so she is allowed to use racial slurs that others get pilloried for!

[Puppage]

I don’t think the problem is the mere use of the word, but the fact that he unfairly called an identifiable group of women “hos.”

It's because he is white. PERIOD.

[Howlin]

but the fact that he unfairly called an identifiable group of women “hos.”

You mean like this:

In 1989, a young woman jogger in Central Park was viciously raped and beaten by a gang of youths. Sharpton led a mob outside the court which claimed, without a shred of evidence, that "the boyfriend did it," and screamed that the victim was a "whore."

From This thread.

[HaveHadEnough]

This issue *was* that he defamed academically gifted athletes who brought their school to a championship game for the first time in decades. Calling them prostitutes was defamatory, and it was something that any father of a daughter who had achieved what one of these young women has achieved should get fighting mad about.

It is not defamatory to call oneself a "ho."

[Fireone]

“prostitutes”

Wow! Talk about a stretch!
First of all, I doubt that the Ebonic Dictionary even defines
a link between “ho’s” and women who charge money for sex.
A “ho” is ghetto slang for “woman”. All women are “ho’s”.
Just listen to any hip hop trash lyrics. No mention of price.
“Nappy” is a term originally used to refer to the texture of
fabric and carpeting.
In the strict translation of the words, these women are exactly as described. Nothing more.

[HaveHadEnough]

In the strict translation of the words, these women are exactly as described. Nothing more.

You just don't get it. "Ho" is short for "whore."

whore
n : a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money [syn: prostitute, cocotte, harlot, trollop, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street]

Whore \Whore\, n. [OE. hore, AS. h?re; akin to D. hoer, hoere, G. hure, OHG. huora, huorra, Icel. h?ra, Dan. hore, Sw. hora, Goth. h?rs an adulterer, AS. h?r adultery, OHG. huor, and probably to L. carus dear. Cf. Charity.]:
A woman who practices unlawful sexual commerce with men, especially one who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a harlot. --Wyclif.