[lbo-talk] Sorry, but

Wojtek Sokolowski sokol at jhu.edu
Wed Apr 11 13:07:19 PDT 2007


Hey... Can anyone tell me what the reference to "nappy headed" means, please.

AS you know we, South Africans, have our own racist lexicon; I'm not familiar with all this stuff in the US!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6545943.stm

"Ho" is slang for prostitute and "nappy-headed" is a derogatory term for the hair of many black people.

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