Anonymous
08/31/2018 07:58
Subject: Is the word "nappy" racist?
No one in the world knows about your dog's nickname, so even though that's what you're thinking about, it's not relevant. If it's a cloth-diapering forum, you're fine. But in any other context, I think it makes sense to come up with a name that is less likely to offend.
Anonymous
08/31/2018 07:04
Subject: Re:Is the word "nappy" racist?
I'm pretty sure the word "nap" was first used as a reference to fabric and textiles. It was then borrowed for AA hair. As a seamstress, I first think of fabric when inhear "nappy" as I typically use the word in that context. I wouldn't use it as a screenname where it could potentially sound racist.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nap_(textile)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nap_(textile)
Anonymous
08/30/2018 21:32
Subject: Is the word "nappy" racist?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
So far has American drifted from British English.
Nappy means diaper.
British and American English started drifting apart hundreds of years ago and have evolved independently of each other since then. The word diaper predates nappy by a long shot. In any case, nappy is much more commonly used as an adjective in reference to hair texture in the US than as a noun, meaning a diaper.
+1
Anonymous
08/30/2018 21:23
Subject: Re:Is the word "nappy" racist?
How about a white woman who calls herself Nappy? Seriously. This is her nickname and how she refers to herself professionally as well. Nuts, I say.
Anonymous
08/30/2018 21:20
Subject: Is the word "nappy" racist?
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”.
Nappy is not an inherently racist word. It just refers to the hair texture. Imus would've been suspended if he called them "beautiful, straight haired hoes" or if he called a group of white women "blonde headed hoes". You generally shouldn't call any group of women "hoes"...or comment about the texture of their hair.
Anonymous
08/30/2018 21:16
Subject: Is the word "nappy" racist?
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".
Anonymous
08/30/2018 17:05
Subject: Re:Is the word "nappy" racist?
I'm pretty sure the word "nap" was first used as a reference to fabric and textiles. It was then borrowed for AA hair. As a seamstress, I first think of fabric when inhear "nappy" as I typically use the word in that context. I wouldn't use it as a screenname where it could potentially sound racist.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nap_(textile)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nap_(textile)
Anonymous
08/30/2018 16:53
Subject: Is the word "nappy" racist?
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.
+1
Tell us about your dog, OP.
Anonymous
08/30/2018 16:15
Subject: Is the word "nappy" racist?
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”.
Anonymous
08/30/2018 16:07
Subject: Is the word "nappy" racist?
If my mean hair, it's ok to give yourself that name only if you're an AA doctor. If you mean diaper, Why??
Anonymous
08/30/2018 16:01
Subject: Is the word "nappy" racist?
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.
Anonymous
08/30/2018 14:20
Subject: Is the word "nappy" racist?
Why would you want a screen name that relates to diapers? Racism aside, diapers are gross.
Anonymous
08/30/2018 14:16
Subject: Is the word "nappy" racist?
It can be construed as a micro or macro aggression depending on the context. There are a lot of words in the dictionary OP...pick something else.
Anonymous
08/30/2018 14:06
Subject: Is the word "nappy" racist?
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.
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.
Anonymous
08/30/2018 14:03
Subject: Is the word "nappy" racist?
Anonymous wrote:When your woke daughter rebuked you for your racist screen name, did everyone else on the bus applaud?
lolol!!