Nappy Headed Ho..Hold It!

Hmmm! I didn't know Don Imus existed until a week ago when his off-the-cuff comment about the Rutgers' female basketball team looked like some "nappy headed ho's". Okay, as a black woman, I found the comment to be insulting. One radio trio asked their black, female producer what she found to be the most offensive about the comment. Surprisingly, she said "nappy headed" was the most offensive part of the comment. What a sad day for black people when we're more offended by the word "nappy" rather than the derogatory "ho" aka "whore". As a people, it is no secret that the coarse, curly hair that adorns our head in various stages of curl and coarseness is considered nappy. Don't let those Dark n' Lovely commercials fool you in believing that you have the "good hair". Don't let your belief that you are part this and that lead you to believe you are better than the rest and your hair isn't nappy. Any hair that is not falling out of your hair is "good hair". It makes me sick to see people like Al Sharpton with his tired, processed hair wag his fat finger at a silly old man who was probably thinking he was channelling the hip hop scene with his comment.

Speaking about Al Sharpton. I'm so tired of this pimp daddy looking bore running around saying he is speaking for me. I don't recall the election where he was elected by a decisive majority to speak for "us" black folks. And then there is Jesse Jackson who makes me crazy with his bizarre sense of justice. Just because he marched with MLK does not make him MLK. He loves to throw around the threat of boycott to garner a bit of attention from the fearful, liberal white media. Both Sharpton and Jackson only care about themselves and their agendas. When real racial injustices are occurring, these two buffoons are no where to be found. When young black men are killing each other, degrading their women, and making their homes in prisons, Sharpton and Jackson are strangely silent. When a half naked Nubian queen is objectified in a video with lecherous boys treating her like a "nappy headed ho", Sharpton and Jackson are deathly quiet. When the true issues of our race rise to the top like cream, Sharpton and Jackson are mute. But when they see an opportunity to get on the national stage arise, they are right there for the photo op.

Don Imus was fired because of what he said. I know of one so-called talk talent who held a whole hour of his show several years ago on why he would never hire a black man or woman because he believed their education to be inferior. That so-called talk talent still has a job. His comments were offensive and inflamatory, but Al and Jesse didn't do a thing. I guess they didn't hear it or the stage wasn't big enough to bother with it.