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Where's the racism?
Where's the racism? I read the excerpt, and he appears to be comparing the grooming habits/appearance of two predominantly black groups of women. Neither of the expressions "nappy headed" and "hos" smack of essential racism to me. Those are both pretty common among African Americans. Seems to me more a case of a white guy co-opting black slang. If he were comparing black women to white women, that'd be another matter entirely. At worst, his comments were insensitive (referring to the women as "hos"). Surprise! The guy's a shock jock. He gets paid to say inflammatory, outrageous things.
Can we please dispense with the kneejerk cries of racism? They distract from the real thing.