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<blockquote data-quote="Nancy" data-source="post: 35559" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>Nappy-haired was the racial part, it was a racial slur much more than a female slur. But either one is wrong. I guess I don't see why we can become outraged when we as women are attacked but when minority women are attacked we turn a blind eye toward the racial part. The Rutgers Woman's Basketball team was made up of almost all African Americans. It was meant as a racial term by Imus. He started out in my town, I know what he does. Hopefully yesterday was the beginning of a new era for him.</p><p></p><p>And it's not just music that those terms are in, all across America young people are calling each other "niggas" as if the "a" makes it OK. That really has to stop, we didn;t use those terms when I was growing up in the civil rights times and they certainly have no place here. Nappy-haired...if that isn't racial I don't know what is. The term "ho" is also very much a racial term although it is now being used across the board.</p><p></p><p>And whoever said this is right, blacks are calling each other that and they make it OK for everyone else to use the term. </p><p></p><p>The way I feel is that this had to happen to make a point. Perhaps Imus was a scapegoat, I personally feel as though he should have been fired (he was not on cable). He should not be able to use the airways to continue to spout his racial and minority attacks.</p><p></p><p>Woman across America have to stand up and stop the getto talk too. There is a whole sub culture out there made up of young men and women who grew up with this getto talk and soemthing has to make them change before we loss all the ground we have made up in women/minority rights.</p><p></p><p>Nancy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nancy, post: 35559, member: 59"] Nappy-haired was the racial part, it was a racial slur much more than a female slur. But either one is wrong. I guess I don't see why we can become outraged when we as women are attacked but when minority women are attacked we turn a blind eye toward the racial part. The Rutgers Woman's Basketball team was made up of almost all African Americans. It was meant as a racial term by Imus. He started out in my town, I know what he does. Hopefully yesterday was the beginning of a new era for him. And it's not just music that those terms are in, all across America young people are calling each other "niggas" as if the "a" makes it OK. That really has to stop, we didn;t use those terms when I was growing up in the civil rights times and they certainly have no place here. Nappy-haired...if that isn't racial I don't know what is. The term "ho" is also very much a racial term although it is now being used across the board. And whoever said this is right, blacks are calling each other that and they make it OK for everyone else to use the term. The way I feel is that this had to happen to make a point. Perhaps Imus was a scapegoat, I personally feel as though he should have been fired (he was not on cable). He should not be able to use the airways to continue to spout his racial and minority attacks. Woman across America have to stand up and stop the getto talk too. There is a whole sub culture out there made up of young men and women who grew up with this getto talk and soemthing has to make them change before we loss all the ground we have made up in women/minority rights. Nancy [/QUOTE]
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