Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Ho No It's been awhile, but the "nappy-headed hos" remark snapped me out of it. Sure, radio jock Imus is a lousy, rude jerk, but one white guy with a big radio audience is only the next exploiter after all the rappers who've been calling their black sisters hos for a decade and making lots of money off of it, especially for music conglomerates. Imus stepped over a line by directing the epithet to a particular group of identifiable black women (the fabulous Rutgers basketball team), instead of nameless writhing women on the music videos or the imaginary women addressed on the CDs. Where's been the rage over that? Eugene Robinson in the Washington Post sidesteps the rappers. But author Jill Nelson has the big picture.     (AP) 9:44:05 AM    comment []

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