ADONNIS nice to hear from you.
While I find the sentiment and intent of the article excellent, I don't necessarily agree with the malicious intent of the use of the word. I am quite familiar with the career of Diahann Carroll. (I'm thinking faster than I can type so let me get these thoughts on page now. A female Cliff Huxtable. SUSAN LUCCI, ELTON JOHN "THE BITCH IS BACK, STRANGELY THE TERM BITCH NEVER OFFENDED DIAHANN CARROLL, in fact she rather revelled in it. I saw Johnny Carson introduce her, as just that, and she came out to a standing ovation and never said a word about it.
PERHAPS ITS THE TERM "BLACK" BITCH THAT PEOPLE FIND OFFENSIVE. SHE WAS ACTIVE DURING A TIME THAT SAW DIVA BECOME A TERM OF ENDEARMENT, WHEN BLACKS RE TO THEMSELVES AS NIGGA'S AS A TERM OF ENDEARMENT (I think the intent was/is if you use the term enough, it takes the sting out of it. The result backfired and to this day splits the black community) AND WOMEN AND GAYS CALLED EACH OTHER BITCHES AS A TERM OF ENDEARMENT. Unfortunately the "N" word was the only one that apparently achieved the intended goal it would seem, to some.
While Ms Carroll is all she is described as in the article, she was never a household name in the Black community that I grew up in. She always seemed aloof and above it all in most of her screen roles and most of her off screen activities. I'm pretty sure she did the necessaries to remain cool with the "brothers and sister," but like Sammy Davis Jr, she might as well have been "Jewish!"
Now in her "GOLDEN YEARS" the term that she was commonly known by, has come back to haunt her it seems. The chickens always come home to roost!
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