Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Why is it racist to call hair "nappy"?

I mean nappy is just a descriptive term. Why are so many blacks offended when someone talks about "nappy" hair when "nappy" is nothing more than a harmless adjective? It doesn't seem racist at all. Meanwhile, blacks insult whites all the time.



Why is it racist to call hair "nappy"?

it's another excuse for blacks to insult whites



Why is it racist to call hair "nappy"?

No. It is racist to call it 'pubic'



Why is it racist to call hair "nappy"?

Well if you generalize that within the race, then it seems racist. =)



Why is it racist to call hair "nappy"?

that's right, if you don't want your hair called nappy, then don't have nappy hair. plain and simple isn't it......................



Why is it racist to call hair "nappy"?

No, it's not racist. It's no more racist than when blacks refer to 'white girls' hair'.



Why is it racist to call hair "nappy"?

A nappy in most of the English speaking world is what the USA calls a diaper. I would be insulted if you said my hair looked like a nappy, particularly a used one.



Why is it racist to call hair "nappy"?

Just stop. This ****'s getting real old. Let's talk about the important stuff that's going on. Like, who's the daddy of DannyLynn?



Why is it racist to call hair "nappy"?

I agree. I'm Asian and most Asians have straight hair. And if they call me "straight haired hoe", I wouldn't be offended with the straight haired part, but probably I would be pissed at the hoe part (if it's not true). So it's not really about the issue of race. So does this mean black people don't like their hair?



People are just too sensitive these days.



Why is it racist to call hair "nappy"?

I'm not 100% convinced it's racist - but I wouldn't do it on the radio in reference to people I've never met unless I was simply trying to describe their hair's texture. It's always problematic to be too familiar with absolute strangers who aren't famous.



Edit: and of course, ho and ******* are insulting terms - you're free to use them on your family and friends, just don't use 'em in public unless you know who you're talking about.



Why is it racist to call hair "nappy"?

I didn't think it was racist. Maybe people are oversensitive. Definitely if you didn't mean it in that way, they should tell you if they're offended, but not get mad at you.



By the way, has anyone else heard the term 'nappy dugout'?



Why is it racist to call hair "nappy"?

Whites have been insulting blacks for decades must we remind you.. nappy is a slave term... and if you heard when that reporter said it then you would probably understand the context...im seeing that yahoo has invented a great vent to let americas next racist generation to surface... you need to expand your contacts then and ask a black coworker the same question... see what kind of response you get... or if you are working go to your HR dept, and ask them what they think.... thats the best way to find out.



Why is it racist to call hair "nappy"?

See that's the problem. White people think just because they hear a black person say it then it's okay for THEM to say it too. CLUELESS I tell ya. There are some things that you don't say that doesn't apply to you. Basically white people are always out of order and out of line. Everything WE say, YOU can't say and when YOU do, there are repercussions. Stop thinking it's okay to say any and everything about blacks and worry about your white selves! We don't spend nearly as much time obsessing over you all as you do us. Get a life.



Why is it racist to call hair "nappy"?

When a white, shock jock type radio host refers to an all black female basketball team as "nappy headed ho's", IT'S RACIST! While the word "nappy" is a descriptive term, the context in which it was used was implied racism. You don't have to call a person a jiggaboo to their face, to be racist. Do you have any more clever questions, smart guy?



Why is it racist to call hair "nappy"?

Its not racist....its a derogatory adjective used by some to insult others, and no I don't insult whites all the time, or anyone else for that matter.



Why is it racist to call hair "nappy"?

He was not doing it to be descriptive, but to make a 'joke' which made it racist.



Why is it racist to call hair "nappy"?

nappy is nappy, the reason African American get offended is psychological conditioning. Just as When you are you little growing ups have said nasty thing to you over and over to you It becomes a trigger word to mean something that's condescending...and when you think you grew out of stage of always being insulted by the word....someone uses it, ignorantly someone says it to you and you recoil as you did when you heard it long before.



Why is it racist to call hair "nappy"?

I am gonna give it to you straight no chaser...it is prejudice because it is a term that white people gave us to make us feel bad about "being different" just like the term colored and if no one is offended by being called a straight haired hoe, or a curly haired hoe that's because people never describe you like that, everytime someone describes a black person it has to be with a reference to there skin tone or hair texture why can't people just say what they are. The reason that is is so offensive maybe more then being called a hoe, is because we as African Americans are so tired of our race being the center of attention in everything especially in an insult. And if you want to talk about someone being sensitive no I am not sensitive I am pissed, I am African American and Native American and I am faced with the reality everyday that my heritage was ripped from me and then when you turn around and say something about WHITE people then I am a bad person and a racist, but I have every right to be yet I forgive people and take them as they are. But then s*%26amp;t like this happens and it set us back another 100 years because people can't find it in themselves to treat people with respect.



Why is it racist to call hair "nappy"?

Yes, the word nappy is a descriptive word, but what is it describing? Who else has truely nappy hair? No one could be that stupid, to think they are innocently describing a hair texture, by saying nappy. Everytime I hear a non black say something about nappy hair, their intelligence level drops 50 points. And to the idiot who said we straighten our hair and put blonde weaves in it. every race of females changes hair color and texture and put WEAVES in! If you honestly thought using the term nappy was harmless, why would you validate your comment, by insisting blacks insult whites all the time? Like i said, no one is that stupid. We all know an insult we hear one.



Why is it racist to call hair "nappy"?

They can shell out the insults, but have a difficult time getting it back. Nappy must be the new n-word.



Why is it racist to call hair "nappy"?

Because it is, you moron. You white people didn't bring this sh*t up until that dumb Imus guy ran his mouth, which gets most of you white people into trouble. You white people are the most complaining people I've ever seen. And I agree with Miss America 1000000% because she's real, and you are fake. There are racial barriers for a reason...What Blacks do and say in their culture is none of your damned business--you are WHITE--understand that. Stop questioning the actions and decisions of Black people. You people are so pathetic and waste all your precious time ranting and crying about Black people. People like you give white people a bad name.

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