Nappy is used as a racial slur, and it always has been. The fact that you can use it amongst your friends doesn't alter that fact. I can tell a friend "oh f*** off" and we can laugh, but if I go out in the street and say " F*** off" to someone it may start a fight.
I thought that meaning through context of language was something that they taught in American high school and that an individual developed through typical social interaction? I'm sure there would have been no such confusion in the minds of some if he had laughingly referred to a jewish basketball team as kikey hoes. I suppose he could have called them cotton pickin' hoes too and you would be similarly confused as to why that would be a racially charged insult? Imus has freedom of speech, and the people have the right to think he's a f***king moron and to stop listening to him, and sponsors have the right to pull out, and CBS and MSNBC have the right to fire him. On 4/12/07, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Nappy" is deemed so offensive it has largely fallen out of modern > American usage. > --- > > WTF? I may not be old, but in all my years I've never heard it used as a > racial slur. I've never known the word to be offensive, and was > completely unaware that it had fallen out of modern American usage. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:232447 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
