On 1/29/2018 7:54 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 1/29/2018 9:04 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Monday, January 29, 2018 at 8:12:24 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>
>>>> No, it's not.Â* I've heard "nappy headed" for years.Â* I have never heard
>>>> any native-born American refer to diapers as "nappies".
>
> Same here.Â* They're always diapers.Â* I only ever heard them
> referred to as nappies on BBC or other UK programming.
>
>>> Basically it's thought of as "unruly."
>>
>> I have never seen it used in any context other than describing
>> a black person's hair.Â* My hair often is unruly, but nobody
>> would use "nappy" to describe it.
>
> Also true, it describes black people's hair but not that it's
> unruly, just the texture of it.Â* I feel like there's a
> derogatory connotation to its use, at least by non-black
> people.Â* I wouldn't go there.
>
> nancy

Like Imus did:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-fir...r-racial-slur/


Imus found himself at the center of a storm after he called members of
the Rutgers team "nappy-headed hos" last week. Protests ensued, and one
by one, numerous sponsors pulled their ads from Imus' show. On
Wednesday, MSNBC dropped its simulcast of the program.