[Someone's earlier comment]
> The gender war still continues.
> The vast majority of Afro-American men are still as
> male-chauvinist as ever. They refer quite openly to
> women as bitches and holes. And the attitude of
> some Afro-American women is less than exemplary.
[Country Joe's reply]
>aside from this posting having a typo "holes" meaning "hoes"
>short for whores, this is just pure racist rant. i am surprize
>that it got posted. i would like to see the statistics and
>references for this statement if it is really more than just
>a rude flip comment. cheers, country joe mcdonald
I agree with Country Joe that "holes" was an error. The
term "ho's" is Ebonics, or urban black dialect, for whores.
I never listen to gangsta rap, unless someone is driving
by my house aggressively blasting it out from a loud
auto stereo. From what I've read about it, the "rappas"
are very misogynistic and frequently use such language
as "bitches" and "ho's" to describe women.
The National Political Congress of Black Women finds
gangsta rap to be very offensive and has called for a
boycott of it. The market for gangsta rap appears to be
mostly males under 35, and white youth buy these
recordings also. It is the noise of choice for their
boom cars.
-- Michael Wright
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From: "Matthew J. Countryman" <mcountry@umich.edu>
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Thank you Country Joe!
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Matthew J. Countryman
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University of Michigan
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734 647-2434
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From: diogenes770@juno.com (AVI ROSENFELD)
These are two perfect paradigms that explain how what remains of what
used to be called The Movement has co-operated in its own
marginalization nay disembowelment. How its creditability is
an exponential factor to the left. Pun certainly unintended. Is there a
great problem with White Men in retaining their testosterone-driven
misogynism?
Is there a great problem with White Folks
being Corrupt Mafiosi? The answers to these questions are so obvious as
to make the nature of the questions rhetorical. BUT just have the
Chutzpah to attribute these same problems to minority folks and you have
a positively Pavlovian reaction. Why it's racist rant and why wasn't it
censored in the first place? In the Civil Rights Movement we used to call
this Crow Jimism. Of course in those days most of us black and white
together laughed at it with the derision it deserved. Also throw in
denial. Denial is more than just a river in Egypt. It can't be true so I
won't even consider it. Censor it and you can't prove it. So there!
Twould be much better to leave the dead Movement to RIP rather than the
above-described caricature.
ED ROSENFELD
DENIAL IS MORE THAN A RIVER IN EGYPT
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE