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*The suspension of KFI’s John and Ken show has sent shockwaves through Los Angeles and thanks to the Internet, the nation.  Black people everywhere, who have never even heard of John and Ken, much less listened to their show, are in an uproar and have something to say about the two white men in L.A. who called singer Whitney Houston a “crack ho” on the radio.   There are even talks in Los Angeles about having a Day of Protest against the show and the station for the offensive comments.

At the center of the controversy are the duos on-air comments about Houston’s behavior prior to her death where they said: “It’s like, ‘Ah Jesus . . . here comes the crack ho again, what’s she gonna do.”

John and Ken went on to say that when it came to Houston’s long time problems with drugs, that she was “cracked out for 20 years,” and regarding her death, they said: “Really, it took this long?”

As a Black woman to who listens to KFI religiously Monday through Friday from the first word out of Bill Handel’s mouth in the morning to the last word from Tim Conway Jr. in the evening, and who is not one of the millions of people mourning the death of Whitney Houston, even I had to do a double take when I heard this slip of the tongue live on air last week.

I remember thinking, did they really just say that?

Coming off of the Don Imus controversy and his on-air “nappy headed hos” comment, the suspension of John and Ken wasn’t that much of a surprise.  We’ve already been there and done that.

For the record, white people calling Black women derogatory names is nothing new.  And even though I listen to the John and Ken Show, as a Black woman, at the end of the day I know exactly where I stand with them and what they think about Black people.

Are their comments enough to justify national outrage from Blacks?  Maybe.

However, I’d argue that before a single finger is pointed at John or Ken, most Black people need a quick reality check.

While the word “ho” on KFI is seldom used, the same can’t be said for Black America where it is in heavy rotation on a daily basis.  From the barely bleeped out lyrics that we listen to on the radio, the videos we watch on television, and how we speak to and about each other—there’s not a day that goes by where I don’t hear the word ho and it’s usually coming out of the mouth of another Black person.

To read more and to hear the comment, click below:

http://www.eurweb.com/2012/02/whitney-crack-ho-comment-should-be-wake-up-call-to-black-america/

Article Courtesy of EURweb