Snoop Dogg ain’t no old-ass white man
Despite the best efforts of brave bloggers the world over, Don Imus will STILL not go away.
The discussion has now changed from what should be done with Imus to just how bad the word “ho” is, which something we should probably iron out while we have the chance.
We’ve had all sorts of justifications of the word floating around today. Stuart Scott apparently thinks it’s a term of endearment within the hip hop community, a sentiment which serves to prove nothing except that Scott is really, really, out of touch with hip hop culture. And this is coming from a white dude from Iowa.
Now, we’ve got Snoop, who has taken a break from avoiding prison time and presumably smoking some of the stickiest icky in the world to offer us his opinion of the word “ho.” Yes, it’s a doozy:
“[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.”
This is true, Snoop: you ain’t no old-ass white men that sit up on MSNBC. (Technically, neither is Don Imus, since MSNBC is done simulcasting his show now.) To be truthful, I’ve heard this argument about “ho” many times, especially from Tupac, who used to take the brunt of criticism for his oftentimes misogynistic lyrics. His justification was much the same as Snoop’s: if they don’t want to be called ho’s, they shouldn’t act like ho’s.
Sorry, Snoop, sorry Tupac. As much as I love you guys, saying “ho” is probably bad in any context, even if she’s going after your money, which, ladies, ain’t cool, yo. That is, of course, unless you mean “ho” in a friendly way. Right Stuart? Right?!?
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Surely there is a difference, perhaps only a matter of degree, between generally referring to to “some ho’s” in the context of a rap song and specifically identifying the women on the Rutgers’ basketball team.
Flubby:
I can agree with that. I don’t think calling girls “hos” or “bitches” in rap songs is nearly as bad as what Imus did, which is to identifying a select group of women and offend them both racially and sexually.
That said, the word in and of itself is probably offensive in any context. Maybe less offensive in some contexts than others, but offensive to women nonetheless.
In the interest of scientific research, I went out and called 50 random women a ho.
49 of them were rather upset by it, and the other one was my mom.
That’s a little like LenDale White asking Esera Tuaolo, “Is it OK if I call you a f—– if you are a f—–?” Uh…no.
The entire concept of the “gold digging” woman is offensive. The woman is considered immoral for using sex/marriage to gain access to the man’s money, while no blame is is directed at the man for how he is gaining access to the woman’s body.