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any nappy-headed hos in the house?
Recently, MSNBC talkshow host Don Imus referred to the Rutger's women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos" while on the air. The story is posted on the AOL Sports Blog, and the comments feature results in a landslide of delicious quotes as folks make their opinions known.

Rick: Don Imus hit the nail on the head by saying what he said. He wasn't being a racist but pointing out the truth. If the Rutgers basketball team doesn't want him to make commnets then don't get tattoes. They brought it on themselves by dressing the way they do and it is their fault. They are just too sensitive and can't handle the truth. Thumbs up to Don Imus!

Greg: He should have called them nappy head dikes instead.

DoughRayMe: Every "nappy headed" black male superstar athlete should speak up in defense of their women but I suppose those guys would NEVER bite the hands that feed them=white America. Plus, they're too busy fucking white women!

Brett: no one likes women's basketball. and if they do, they are wrong. that is the point of all this. women's basketball sucks. tarasi is amazing. lauren jackson is hot. candace parker is hot. she looks like beyonce and she is very very very good. but women's basketball still sucks. margo didek is 7 foot 3 and can't dunk. lisa leslie is a bore and she looks like a man. so does cynthia fowles. man! does she look like a guy! wow! it's shocking!

there are tons of white girls who are between 6'3" and 6'7" and my god are they a bunch of ugly horse faces. oh yeah, and they're are tons and tons of lesbians. like 75 percent. and i'm not talking hot lesbians. gross lesbians. and all the coaches look like billy jean king.

now rutgers has given us all yet another reason to hate women's basketball: some of the players are thugs. it's a real turnoff when women act like thugs. i don't even like it when candace parker starts jawing and acting aggressive, and she's hot. when candace gets all pumped up it makes me think, "poor sheldon williams, this has got to be killing his libido."

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	microclimate 2007-04-11 11:44 am UTC (link)
	"Nappy" refers hair texture, generally that of African-Americans whose hair is not relaxed/straightened. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dracothelizard 2007-04-11 11:50 am UTC (link)
	... That's a stupid way to refer to it. Who on Earth came up with that? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	microclimate 2007-04-11 11:51 am UTC (link)
	Damned if I know. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	origins of 'nappy' as it applies to hair. stinksap 2007-04-11 03:06 pm UTC (link)
	Nappy is derived from the term 'nap' as it applies to fabric. Velvet, velveteen, corduroy, chenille, fleece and other knits with a brushed up surface are all referred to as having a 'nap' or being furlike. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	issendai 2007-04-11 12:44 pm UTC (link)
	"Nappy" is an old synonym for kinky or curly. No one uses it in the US any more because it's so racially loaded. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	microclimate 2007-04-11 01:10 pm UTC (link)
	Eh, it was still in use when I was in high school, and I'm 23. But the people using the phrase were African-American. Still, if "nappy" was hurled at your direction, it wasn't a complement. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	issendai 2007-04-11 02:47 pm UTC (link)
	True. Let me refine my statement: No one uses "nappy" to refer to anything but hair any more. You wouldn't refer to a ball of super-expensive boutique yarn as nappy, for example, because people would think you were making a slur about black people's hair. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stinksap 2007-04-11 03:09 pm UTC (link)
	Fabric is still referred to as having a 'nap' (Look on the back of most patterns, where under 'suitable fabrics' most will advise if the pattern is or isn't suitable for fabrics with nap. I have heard people refer to fabrics as being 'nappy' (in a sewing and design context) recently. (Reply to this)(Parent)

t_boy
2007-04-11 01:45 pm UTC (link)

Heh. For the longest time I defined “nappy” as “hair like Shawn Fanning.”

Which is a problem now, since the Wikipedia article shows him with a buzz-cut.

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