April 7, 2007

Less than a month after I asked for the peaceful resignation of extra regular hate, I am pleased to announce that someone has accepted my challenge and effectively upped their hate game.
Wednesday morning, on his New York radio station, Don Imus referred to the women (presumably, the Black womnen) on Rutgers' basketball team as "nappy headed hos." His exact statements are as follows: (Bernard McGuirk is his producer)

"That's some rough girls from Rutgers," Imus said. "Man, they got tattoos ..."

"Some hardcore hos," said McGuirk.

"That's some nappy headed hos there, I'm going to tell you that," Imus said.

In the past, Imus' "politically incorrect barbs" have included calling the renowned and respected Black female journalist Gwen Ifill a "cleaning lady," and New York Times journalist, William Rhoden, a "quota hire."

Cleaning lady? Circa-1960s, boring hate.

Quota hire? Post Civil Rights Movement uninformed silliness.

Nappy-headed hos? Priceless.

I'm telling you, for the first time in a long time, I was pissed. As a woman (ho) and a Black woman who wears her hair naturally (nappy-headed ho), I was a bit incensed, but delighted. He could've gone for the more traditional "nigger bitch," (which is as played-out as the Gumbi fade), but he took his hate game up a notch! I'm happy to say that his words actually caused me to try and come up with a retort.

"Nappy-headed ho? I don't see yo mama nowhere round here."

Not really good enough. And see, that's what I love. A challenge. A brain teaser. Creativity.
And what's more, have you seen this guy?And he had the unmitigated gall to call someone nappy-headed? Brilliant!

So, of course Al Sharpton is calling for his resignation. The National Association of Black Journalists is pissed. The editor of Essence is hurt. But you know what I say?

Let him stay!

Let him keep on making those delightfully racist and sexist comments so that all the world can see that hate ain't dead, these racists just scared!

To Don Imus, I salute you. You, Mister, have successfully upped your hate game.

p.s. I see National Association of Black Journalists. I see Essence magazine. I see Al Sharpton. What/who I don't see is NOW or any other "feminist" organization. I suppose they would've spoken out if the team had just been called "hos," but since Imus qualified his statement by adding the "nappy-headed" part, I suppose it's all good. Once again PROVING my belief that white feminists could care less about Black women!

p.s.s. Today, on a report about the "incident," I heard a blurb from Imus' show where he says that his producer has "done" Maya Angelou and then allowed his producer to launch into a disgusting imitation of Angelou and her poetry. These folks' hate game is top-notch!