So are you saying that there's a problem but it's bigger than Don Imus? If so I'd agree with that.
>If we are going to get all bent out of shape about this, and I'm not >saying that we shouldn't let's also get real about it. Big deal a big >name radio guy made an ugly comment, it happens all day everyday, >rappers, kids of all color etc.. all trying to be hip by talking ghetto >and trying to sound hard. > >It is not uncommon for teenage girls and young women into their mid >twenties to call each other bitch, ho, hooker etc... I'm not saying that >it is right. But it is happening. > >My daughter is in kindergarten at a catholic school. Many of the >parents don't know each other yet or are just getting to know each >other. You'd think the level of etiquette in such an environment would >be slightly elevated if anything (maybe I'm delusional). Yet about a >month into the school year a young mom (white, mid - twenties) comes up >to another mom (my wife's friend, white, early thirties) waiting for her >child and says "yo bitch how's it going?". (it's a good thing it didn't >happen to me or to my wife in my presence because I would have probably >responded with something equally eloquent like "who the F__K are you to >address me or my wife as a bitch, do I know you? Then you better back >off and find some F--ing manners really fast" at which point my wife >would have crawled into her purse to hide. I tend to be a little more >aggressive and abrasive than she finds comfortable) My wife was standing >there and heard it. The two women did not know each other other than >having seen each other dropping of and picking up children. My wife and >her friend discussed after the fact and the woman was offended and taken >totally by surprise that someone she didn't know would feel comfortable >addressing her in such a manner. Yet the current culture especially >amongst the young find it increasingly acceptable. I think it started >with acceptance of "bitch / Biotch" in conversation and has elevated to >hooker, ho, etc... You get the same thing although it tends to be even >more along ethnic lines and more male oriented in the use of the "n" >word. "yo nigga ... " how's my nigga" etc... Is it offense, hip slang, >a term of endearment? What makes it acceptable? When? and Why? > > I'm sorry but I don't need to be that hip and I believe a little >courtesy would go a long ways. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232272 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
