"nappy headed hoes," say what?

i guess im the last person to find out about this. why did my mama call me and in passing tell me that some radio show host called the Rutgers team nappy hoes? at first i thought she said horses, and i had to clarify it by saying "the animal"? and she said no "like the prostitute"!

i saw it on youtube and couldn't understand don imus' rationale. he actually insulted the whole team by calling them nappy headed hoes. i don't understand why they aren't just nappy, but their hoes as well.

it upsets me that white people still go around saying ignorant things about us. it reminds my of high school, when classmates would be weirdly fascinated by my braided hair and ask me questions about how often i wash my hair etc. its like theres this disconnect about black culture. someone recently told me that white people don't have to worry about our culture because there the dominant culture and were not.

his comments also made me think of the hyper sexual characterization of black womens sexuality. i honestly cant grasp why they have to be hoes. i mean does he know them personally, each and every one of them? or is he just ascribing a term to them that society has deemed plausible. oh, they could be hoes because they are black.

hell ya, i think he should be fired. him and his homeboy talking about jigaboos? JIGABOOS? i couldn't believe my ears. on national tv? are they not ashamed? we have reached a day in age where we can say almost anything and then issue an apology the next day. remember michael richardson's n***** comments? didn't he try to apology the next day as well?