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Nappy-headed? Now those are fighting words (IT AIN'T THE 'HO', IT'S THE 'NAPPY')
Chicago Sun-Times ^ | April 12, 2007 | MARY MITCHELL Sun-Times Columnist

Posted on 04/12/2007 4:07:07 PM PDT by Chi-townChief

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To: P-40

McGuirk? I dunno.

I do know that McGuirk was the first to mention them as “Hard core ho’s”

But, I never listen to the program.


22 posted on 04/12/2007 4:34:21 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Chi-townChief

“When your hair is short and nappy,
Dixie Peach will make it happy.”

This was an advertisement for years in Ebony and other “negro” periodicals of the era. (40’s, 50’s and 60’s)


24 posted on 04/12/2007 4:36:21 PM PDT by NY Cajun
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To: etraveler13
You can ask that question of Jesse Jackson, et al, and most particulalry CBS, but Sharpton has been noteworthy for being down on rap and hiphop for a very long time now.

Otherwise he's a worthless bottom feeder isn't he.

25 posted on 04/12/2007 4:36:27 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: bluebeak
don’t like Imus but he shouldn’t be fired for comment ... you hear worse stuff in muscs lyrics?!

We've gone back to the days of Lenny Bruce. Beware the thought police.

27 posted on 04/12/2007 4:38:05 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Windcatcher
I’m still waiting for someone to explain what “nappy” means.

It's what some of these people seriously need one of.

28 posted on 04/12/2007 4:38:30 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: Triggerhippie

OMG!!! Too funny! LMAO!


29 posted on 04/12/2007 4:40:20 PM PDT by tsmith130
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To: NativeNewYorker

Since when did black women own exclusive rights to nappy hair, and proclaim it to be a “racist” term? Nappy, mousey, wooly, curly all all hair terms that can apply to any color of woman who has it.

Once again, the race baiter and MSM have made a mountain out of a mole hair... er... hill, and no doubt planned this to overshadow more important issues the nation is facing, like traitors in the democrat party committing acts of treason against the nation in a time of war.


30 posted on 04/12/2007 4:41:06 PM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: Chi-townChief
"I'm willing to bet that Imus got that comment from somebody black," Williams said. "There is no way you can tell me a white man came up with that word on his own.

BS. Blacks don't own the word 'nappy'. 'Nap' is a common textile term. Nap is the 'fuzzy fibers on the surface of a fabric; produced by a finishing process called raising'.

31 posted on 04/12/2007 4:42:02 PM PDT by elli1
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To: ClaireSolt

I used to have “nappy” hair when I was kid and it grew straighter as I grew older - and I am white. I want my “nappy” hair back!!!! It is the best hair. It is strong and tough.


32 posted on 04/12/2007 4:42:16 PM PDT by juliej (vote gop)
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To: Chi-townChief

Many decades ago in my first grade class there was a very talented girl who was black. She could play the guitar quite well in the first grade. She was the nicest kid in the class. But she was about the only black student in our school and this seemed to have an effect on her. I still remember her saying: “I have sick hair.”


33 posted on 04/12/2007 4:43:11 PM PDT by wideminded
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To: Chi-townChief; cyborg
They ain't nappy. They have perms!

I don't know about the 'ho' part...

;-)


34 posted on 04/12/2007 4:43:43 PM PDT by rdb3 (SELECT * FROM users WHERE clue > 0 (Get well Snowman!))
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To: massadvj
I'm wondering if this might not be a watershed moment, where the tide begins to turn against the PC Nazis and race-baiters.

While I wouldn't bet on it, it does occur to me that a card-carrying liberal losing everything because of an off-hand (albeit ill-advised) comment for which he profusely apologized might get both the elites and the masses to think about whether they may be next.

Again, I'm not holding my breath...but this kind of purge usually only happens to conservatives.

We may be into new territory here.

I found Imus' comments about Harold Ford Jr. to be more than interesting.

35 posted on 04/12/2007 4:45:00 PM PDT by daler (The best things in life...aren't "things.")
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To: Chi-townChief
".....an expert in youth culture, observed that some of the women in his class were more outraged by the "nappy-headed" part of Imus' comments than they were with the "ho."

Does that mean that the phrase "kinky haired ho's" is acceptable.

Can we get a ruling from the PCP (Politically Correct Police) on this?

36 posted on 04/12/2007 4:47:42 PM PDT by albee (The best thing you can do for the poor is.....not be one of them. - Eric Hoffer)
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To: Windcatcher

“That was really what offended them,” Williams said. “Why is it that nappy-headed offends us so much, when being nappy-headed or having a tight curl pattern is natural to us?” he said. “Why do we still perceive nappy as being something negative?”

I’m as mystified as you are. What is wrong black women’s normal, unstraightened or unbraided hair? I had no idea it was considered any kind of negative or lesser style.


37 posted on 04/12/2007 4:47:56 PM PDT by Cecily
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To: Windcatcher

Nap is a common textile term that refers to the fuzzy surface texture of fabrics like corduroy, flannel, suedecloth, polar fleece, carpeting.... Anyone with even a cursory knowledge of fabrics is aware of the term.


38 posted on 04/12/2007 4:48:09 PM PDT by elli1
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To: Triggerhippie

Sharpton and Jesse are a couple of nappy headed hoes!


39 posted on 04/12/2007 4:48:14 PM PDT by TheDon (The DemocRAT party is the party of TREASON! Overthrow the terrorist's congress!)
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To: P-40
Wasn’t he the guy that said Jigaboo?

Yep, he was. In some news stories they said that the Imus guy said that. I have no use for the "N" word but in my mind "jigaboo" is even more insulting because it implies a stupid shuffling type of dirty black person.

40 posted on 04/12/2007 4:49:44 PM PDT by isthisnickcool (Hey mister, can you spare a carbon credit?)
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