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Sho Nuff, I hear you, but let me ask you something. I'm not defending Imus (as you can tell from reading my comment, which is right above yours). I'll accept that use of the word "ho" is different when it comes from a rapper than when it comes from Imus. But rap is now part of mainstream culture, and much of its sensibility has been absorbed into the mainstream. If white guys are using "ho" it's because they learned it from its casual use by the people who introduced them to it. So if the word "ho" is not acceptable, then maybe no one should be using it? Isn't it always a degrading term? I can't imagine there aren't other ways for rappers (or anyone else) to criticize specific, useless, heedless or bad women.
This is all part of the general coarsening of the culture, from all directions. It's not just the rappers, it's just that this incident highlighted them. Next time it'll be a videogame or some thrill seeker.
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