How does nappy have any slavery overtones? It isn't a word I use just amongst my friends. It is a word used in common society to describe any number of things that are made up of tight loops or curls. Not just hair.
Meaning through context is important, but so is the meaning of the word. Nappy on to itself has no racist overtones or slavery overtones. So best I can tell nappy is from the Middle English word noppe used to describe fabrics like wool. So I just simply don't understand where it went from how you described a certain type of fabric to being a derogatory or offensive word. Cotton Pickin' I understand, but that clearly describes something that most people are familiar with. > -----Original Message----- > From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 7:17 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Imus On Nappy Headed Hoes > > 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. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232457 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
