Originally Posted by: LeedoggMy favorite part about this is how the phrase "nappy headed hoes" has been thrust into the forefront of the American Lexicon.

And just how exactly is this racist? Sexist yes, but racist, perhaps not.

Yeah. I think the chronology of events pretty much speaks for itself.

1) Imus calls some unknown basketball team a bunch of 'nappy headed hos'
2) The media gets hold of it and starts to spread it around
3) Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpeton go on a witch hunt against the 'racist' and 'sexist' (secondary) remarks made by Imus and turn it into a media circus using the race card to blow everything out of proportion thinking ... "this is a perfect opportunity to throw ourselves into the spotlight again against the way whites treat blacks"
4) Imus apologizes like he'd already done several times before and offered to meet with the team to apologize personally (which is what should have happened to begin with and probably would have if not for the media circus thing.
5) He apologizes in person and out of the glare of the media and the team gracefully accepts his apology
6) The media now turn their attention to where terms like "nappy headed hos" actually come from and hey, guess what... it's rap music.
7) The media gets a hold of this and starts to spread it around
8) The public now starts taking aim at rap music and black artists in particular
9) Jessie Jackson and Al Sharepeton quickly start backpedaling while saying "this was really all about sexism and not racism" ... thinking to themselves "oops, guess that one kinda backfired"

... and what should happen now if they're ever going to be taken seriously again...

10) Jessie Jackson and Al Sharepeton go on an all out war against rap music with a particular emphasis on how black men treat black women.

Personally, I think they're just gonna crawl back into their hole and wait for 'whitey' to make another stupid mistake again.