Don Imus has lost his MSNBC show for calling the Rutgers women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos." So does that mean rappers who call women "hos" should also be in hot water? One of those rappers, Snoop Dogg, says no."[Rappers] are not talking about no collegiate basketball girls who have made it to the next level in education and sports. We're talking about ho's that's in the 'hood that ain't doing sh--, that's trying to get a n---a for his money. These are two separate things. First of all, we ain't no old-ass white men that sit up on MSNBC."
It seems that Snoop disagrees with Stuart Scott's assertion that rappers mean 'ho" in an affectionate way -- Snoop doesn't sound too affectionate there. But I go back to what I said about Scott: To me, it doesn't matter who's calling a woman a "ho" or in what context -- the point is, it's the word itself that is offensive. I don't care if you're an old white man on MSNBC or a young black man on MTV. Imus shouldn't call women hos. Snoop shouldn't either.




