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

[Atlantian]

Where’s a picture of Cynthia McKinney?

[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.

I fear we have not yet begun to approach the boiling point where MSM absurdity meets public stupidity. The public is far more gullible than we realize, and the media far more opportunistic.

[SomeCallMeTim]

I made this point 2 days ago here on FR. I do honestly think it’s the “Nappy’ word that got Imus in such trouble.

[Fawn]

And Randi Rhodes can say twice on her Err-Ameirca show that someone should Shoot Bush. Nothing is done. I can’t stand it anymore....

[Petronski]

In Ebonics, "nappy-headed hoe" translates to "awesome chick" or "mensch".

Where'd you get that idea?

[Fraxinus]

The ones I knew used crackers to refer to farmers, not necessarily whites. Of course those I knew were from inner city Baltimore.

[Nathan Zachary]

"And that’s the down low, homey."

I thought "the down low" was when black guys stepped out on their women to have homo sex.

All this ebonic term talk is getting me all confused...

[Cementjungle]

Pelosi’s treasonous behavior is barely covered in comparison to this story. Great timing...maybe Sharpton is in on it?

The media has no intentions of discussing Pelosi's mis-adventures in Syria. They would fill their time reporting on the mating habits of slugs before they would bother to mention her crimes.

[bvw]

That too. Ex-con romances on the down low.

[GATOR NAVY]

Black people can't deal with Imus without confronting the denigrating rap lyrics because the same corporate greed that spawned Imus fed the misogynist rap genre...

If you hate what Imus said about the Rutgers team, you should stop supporting music that denigrates black women.

Imus was the mimic. Rappers were the muse.

Riiiiight...that'll happen.

You know why it won't? Because this is really a power thing. Blacks like having the power to call each other "nappy-headed hos" and "bitches" and "niggas", and the power to bring down any cracker like Imus that thinks he can use the same words.

[chitteryman]

I’m very frustrated. I still don’t understand where the word nappy came from? I thought that was the Englishman’s way of saying diaper. What does it mean and why is it derogatory?
Funny Imus is fired over something half the world doesn’t understand. A pity the Americans don’t speak English.

[massadvj]

Where'd you get that idea?

Well, let me amend that. In Imus' mind, "nappy headed hoes" translated to mensch. The point of the article is that his mistranslation wasn't "hoes" but "nappy-headed".

[Petronski]

Gotcha. That makes more sense.

[ken21]

which end’s up?

[muawiyah]

If Imus, or anybody else, heard "nappy" in an Ice Cube rap, then Ice Cube has undoubtedly been torn to pieces and is dead somewhere.

"Nappy" has been so thoroughly suppressed you just don't hear it, or see it. It's the "Other N Word".

[capitalist229]

Sign of our times :

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[muawiyah]

Let me correct that, Ice Cube did use the word in "Givin' Up The Nappy Dug Out"

I think that's a sexual reference, and NOT TO THE HAIR ON THE HEAD.

He's sliding on thin ice here with that one, but if he does it again, he's in some real trouble (for Nappy).

[combat_boots]

“Jigaboo”

Now THAT was racist. Haven’t heard that in a looooonnnnng time.

[mc5cents]

Good post! Agree completely.

[BenLurkin]

This is a pretty lady, IMO...

Her hair is OK by me.