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"Baby Mama" is the mother of someone's child.

Are you kidding me?

"Baby Mama" is a slang term. Note that we aren't discussing the phrase "mother of his children," or even "his baby's mama." It's "BABY MAMA." When did that slang term come to prominence? I don't know exactly when. But it did become a prominent slang term, with definite racial overtones.

It's funny that you trotted out the movie "Baby Mama" earlier. That makes my point better than anything. The movie was titled "Baby Mama" to play off of the fact that "Baby Mama" is a racial slang term. Someone thought there was humor in the idea of a well-to-do white woman having a "Baby Mama." The movie itself explains this in an early scene. A black character states: If another woman is having your child, and you are paying her bills. She's your "Baby Mama." Just ask any black man.

You are acting as though "Baby Mama" is a common way for anyone to refer to the mother of children. It's not. It is a slang term that developed out of black culture in America, and turned into a stereotype. I've never in my life heard or seen it used in any other way.

Why did someone at FoxNews put it on the screen? I'm sure it was someone trying to be funny. And I'll be honest -- it was pretty funny. But it was also inappropriate for a news program. I'm not trying to make the case here that Fox News = KKK. I don't know where you get the Grand Dragon stuff. I really don't think it is that big of a deal. Some joker in the control room made an inappropriate joke. Pretty minor, IMHO.

The only reason I got involved in this thread is I couldn't believe someone would actually state: "Baby Mama" has nothing to do with race. Regardless of how one feels about FoxNews or Obama, that statement is simply wrong. The thing I don't get is why people feel the need to invent arguments to suit their political leanings. Why not just say, "Someone at FoxNews made a mistake?" Why the mental gymnastics? Why deny the obvious, just because you don't like the ramifications?

That's what I hate about political discourse on this board, and in this country. It always comes down to sides. Nobody reasons to conclusions. They just stack the facts to support their side. Democrats do it. Republicans do it. I don't get it.

I don't understand where this statement comes from, btw: Do you realize your white condensation is hurting the blacks progress more then it is helping? I have no idea what that is supposed to mean. And that isn't just because you misused the word condensation. I'm not being condescending to anyone. The reality of the term "Baby Mama" doesn't turn on whether I think it helps or hurts "blacks progress." The term "Baby Mama" is what it is. Regardless of how I feel about blacks, Democrats, Obama, Republicans, FoxNews, or anything else.

This is about integrity in the analysis. Nothing more.