Nappy-headed hos demand apology for being compared to basketball players

By Ima Broad
Women Reporter

HARLEM -- Nappy-headed hos held a press conference here this morning to demand an apology from radio host Don Imus for comparing them to "lanky-ass" women's  basketball players.

"Look at dis!" said Taneesha Brown, 24, while slapping her leopard-skin-miniskirt-clad backside. "I fine! Ain't no lanky-ass basketball playin' freak got curves like this! Look at dis booty! Hunh!"

Kawanda Carter, 33, said she broke down in tears when she heard Imus call the Rutgers women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos."

"We work really hard to look this good," Carter said. "It takes a lot of time to nappy-up our hair, skank-out our wardrobe, deface our bodies with hideous tattoos and get strung out on crack. For him to compare us to basketball players. . . it really, really hurt. I cried so hard I couldn't work for two days. But then I ran out of crack, so, you know, I had to hit the streets again, no matter how much my heart was still hurting."

A few blocks away, a group of call girls held a press conference to demand that Imus distinguish between pretty black hookers and "those nappy-ass skanks."

"Just because we're black, that don't mean we nappy," said Regina Tyler, 22. "You don't see no nap here. I got class. My ass costs $400 an hour, baby! And it's covered in cashmere and silk. If he doesn't apologize, I know at least 13 high-priced attorneys in Manhattan who would be happy to sue him."

The Rev. Al Sharpton attended both press conferences and demanded that all white reporters covering the events apologize for writing the term "nappy-headed ho."

"I demand an immediate apology from every white reporter who types the term 'nappy-headed ho'!" Sharpton said. "You African-American reporters, you're good. But don't let any white editors touch that term back in the newsroom. If they so much as retype it, they're gonna have to apologize too. If anyone's going to degrade black women, it's going to be us black men."

Comments

[Eric]

Please reflect on what you have just written and look within yourself to determine if this is really funny. The reality is that it's sad that there are women crack addicts on the streets of Harlem selling themselves to support a habit. Do you have the right to publish this trash? Yes you do. Would you publish it if you were supported by sponsors? Probably not in light of Don's recent plight. Are you a person of color continuing to denegrate others or are you a bigot? I for one hope that the statement Don Imus made will make others think about what they are saying. Obviously you don't think much.

[Josh]

Lighten up.

[Eric]

Hey Josh, I understand what you are saying. I suppose the world will go on unchanged however perhaps you could realize that by saying "lighten up" that you are part of the problem. Perhaps you could come to understand that there is indeed a problem and not stick your head in the sand by trying to intimidate a person with "lighten up". I'll admit that guns n butter was clever and creative with this post. Perhaps his talent could be better used elsewhere for the improvement of our society rather than sustaining a long standing division of humanity through prejudice and an uncaring attitude for fellow human beings. To that end I'll say "Grow Up" Josh.

[Rob Purdie]

Awww, man . . . that's just wrong.

Pretty darned funny. But, wrong.

[Jack Bauer]

Hey Eric, seriously, lighten up. Sure it sucks that people are addicted to drugs and have to work to get money for it. But hey, it also sucks that little children all around the world are starving. I can also say that I seriously can not understand how saying "lighten up" is intimidating. There are enough people out there who are trying to change the world already. There are already so many that they're starting to get in the way. And about the whole "nappy-headed hos" comment; what's the big deal? I mean if a rapper said it, everyone would think that it was cool and totally kick ass. They say a lot worse stuff on their albums too. So why is everyone so pissed when a radio announcer says it? I'm seriously not racist either- I don't really care what race people are, they're all the same to me. It would be like hating all people with blond hair for no reason if I were racist. Maybe that's why I don't get why that comment was such a big deal....

[Stan]

Eric is a "bigot" for trying to diferrentiate blacks and whites. He says a bigot is white. A black of the same ilk is called "a person of color trying to denigrate others." Welcome to the United States of the Offended.