i know that people see it as a slur, of course it harks back to the slavery days... nappy... yes, it does.
problem is, imus has no street cred. i bet if dan patrick, or some other sports center anchor or eminem, or someone who has some street cred said it, it wouldnt be so weird. its just the weirdness of some silly lookin white dude who has no street cred sayin it that made it sooo weird. tw On 4/13/07, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/13/07, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 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 can honestly say I had NO IDEA that "nappy" had ANY racial overtones to > it. > > None. Zip. I've used the word hundreds of times to describe all kinds of > stuff....."My hair is nappy today" "That mop is all nappy" etc etc. > > I think that's why I'm awestruck by this whole situation. > > -- > I got the anti-Christ in the kitchen yelling at me again. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales & marketing dashboard RIAâs for your business. Upgrade now http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2?sdid=RVJT Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232452 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
