Is the word "nappy" racist?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When your woke daughter rebuked you for your racist screen name, did everyone else on the bus applaud?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have a screen name for a forum I frequent. The name includes the word "nappy" (e.g. NappyMD) My DD said that I should change it because the word "nappy" is racist. I used the word because it is a reference to a nickname we had for our dog. DD and I are both white. When I think of the the word nappy, I think of the British name for diapers.

Is the word racist?

Did you grow up in England? I grew up in the Midwest, where almost everybody was white, and even I think nappy is a word for hair texture, not for baby sanitary arrangements.

I think of diapers and I didn't grow up in England. I only think of hair when the adjective is followed by the word hair. Can anything else be nappy besides hair? Serious question. Do people drop the word hair and still use it in that context? I would not use it where it could be so misunderstood, as demonstrated here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nappy is definitely inherently racist in the United States. Remember Don Imus? He was suspended because he referred to the Rutgers’s women’s basketball team as a bunch of “nappy headed hoes”.

No, I'm AA and the word itself is not racist although I wouldn't go around calling people "nappy headed". The Imus incident happened because of the entirety of the statement. Not just the word "nappy".

No, I’m AA and the word is absolutely as racist, inappropriate and controverdial as the other n-word for so many of the reasons explained here. Why would you attempt to excuse it? If someone casually describes my child’s hair a snappy, I have an issue. And that is me being AA and hearing it from you. There is a huge controversy over this I’m natural hair forums for black women. DCUM wouldn’t even scratch the surface on the issues associated with a black woman, her identity in American history, and why nappy carries such a strong negative connotation.

If you live in DC, you should hang out around Howard University during homecoming weekend d and let an entire community of well educated HBCU students, alumni and professors school you. It’s too much for me to address here right now but I’ll try to come back and post more.. But there are others who can share and articulate the larger issues around it that are valid.

Nappy is as controversial in r black community as b*tch or n****. Most woke AAs aren’t referring to their women as their B, their hair as nappy, and their boy as being their n.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I want to know if I should feel sorry for you dog. He’s innocent in all of this.

And if you are the white owner of a black dog that has poofy poodle hair, or in any way shape or form resembles kinky hair, and that is why you nicknamed him Nappy, then you’re dead wrong, and your daughter is correct.

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Tell us about your dog, OP.

Not op but my pup def had nappy hair as a baby. She had tightly coiled fur that was impossible to brush. I have a yorkie. Her hair grew silky as an adult.

[Anonymous]

FFS if you have ask .....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FFS if you have ask .....

if you *have to ask ... don't use it

[Anonymous]

I agree with the crowd. It's racist coming from a white lady and in a US context, amounts to claiming to be Black.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would think you were an African American doctor making some kind of statement about natural hair.

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