> gMoney wrote: > I can honestly say I had NO IDEA that "nappy" had ANY racial overtones to it.
Me neither and I bet Imus didn't either. Either way he wasn't maliciously saying it, he was joking. Sometimes jokes fall flat. And there's already been blow back from this: The Rutgers team is getting hate emails and I think it's going to get worse. People (like me) are sick of black America portraying themselves as victims. Once they were, but that time is over. Every heard of Ken Chennult, Stan O'neal, or Oprah Winfrey? They're all self made billionaires (or at least multi-millionaires) in business. Then there's media, sports, etc. So I"m supposed to feel "boo hoo" for some girls that were jokingly called a name, a mild one at that which causes confusion? Especially when they allow themselves to be called that all of the time in their own media choices? Especially when that name is an invention of "their culture" that they embrace? Nope, I got no sympathy for that. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232453 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
