This story — both Obama’s actions and the story itself — is absolutely shameful. The politician is comparing Don Imus to rappers who use the word “ho.”
Well, for starters, Obama met with Ludacris sometime back, not to chastise the star but to discuss empowering youth or some such hogwash. The story doesn’t mention that. So he can’t have too much of a problem with rappers saying “ho.”
Drudge brought up the Ludacris meeting awhile back, but he didn’t link to it aside the new story for some reason. He was right to complain; a mainstream politician should not ally himself with a disgusting rapper. I said so myself at the time.
Drudge linked to the song “Ho,” I believe proving my point from earlier: When rappers say “ho,” they really are talking about loose women. When Don Imus said “ho,” he was talking about basketball players. That’s the difference that both Obama and many conservative pundits miss. (Or at least the one Obama pretends to miss now that it’s fashionable to be anti-”ho.”)
From the song:
You doin ho activitiesWith ho tendenciesHos are your friends, hoes are your enemies…Cant turn a ho into a housewifeHos dont act right…Its a ho wide world, that we livin infeline, feminine, fantastical, womenNot all, just some [emphasis added]You ho who you are
Certainly, rap doesn’t speak well of black women. But I think often, and including in this case, it’s clear that “ho” doesn’t mean “black woman,” it means “loose woman.” Say whatever you want about singing of loose women, but it’s been around forever.
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