More Imus madness
Now Don Imus has lost his radio show. That's the latest from the awkward fuss about the broadcaster's decision to call the Rutgers women's basketball team "nappy-headed hoes."
I'm more unsettled by this story now. CBS can do what it wants and I'm not going to question them. My problem is with my journalistic brethren, who keep writing that Imus used a racial slur. He did not.
"Nappy" has no racial connotation. "Ho" has no racial connotation. The Rutgers team is racially diverse. What's going on?
The guy should be punished, no doubt, but his words didn't strike me as someone motivated by racism. Sorry. I've heard legitimately racist comments. So have you. Doesn't sound like "nappy-headed ho" at all, does it?
I'm more unsettled by this story now. CBS can do what it wants and I'm not going to question them. My problem is with my journalistic brethren, who keep writing that Imus used a racial slur. He did not.
"Nappy" has no racial connotation. "Ho" has no racial connotation. The Rutgers team is racially diverse. What's going on?
The guy should be punished, no doubt, but his words didn't strike me as someone motivated by racism. Sorry. I've heard legitimately racist comments. So have you. Doesn't sound like "nappy-headed ho" at all, does it?
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From: Ted Wallhofer [mailto:ted083@centurytel.net]
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Subject: Fw: Two Hypocrits = Jesse Jackson & Sharpton
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Subject: Two Hypocrits = Jesse Jackson & Sharpton
Don Imus was fired for calling the Rutgers University basketball team "nappy headed hos". Sure, that was inappropriate, but did the punishment fit the crime? Maybe we should look at the two guys who pushed this issue until Imus was fired.
Jesse Jackson says it's a question of morality, and what's right and what's wrong.
Just so we're clear:
Imus Calling Black Women "nappy headed hos": Wrong.
Jesse Jackson calling Jews "Hymies" and referring to New York as "Hymietown" : Right. (Washington Post, 1984)
Imus Calling Black Women "nappy headed hos": Wrong.
Jesse Jackson having an affair and Impregnating Karin Stanford, then using rainbow coalition funds to pay her $40,000 and purchasing a $365,000 house to keep her quiet: Right
Jesse Jackson not paying child support for this child, and not visiting her: Right
Jesse Jackson Saying Duke La Crosse Rape Suspects who have been aquitted "deserved the negative attention" because they weren't acting morally by hiring a stripper: Right
I'm glad we have someone with strong moral values like Jesse Jackson to make sure nobody makes racist jokes on radio stations!
Thanks for showing us what's right and what's wrong Jesse.
And who can forget Al Sharpton, another strong moral figure who knows the power of words:
After District Attorney Steven Pagones failed to prosecute white suspects for raping a black girl (because evidence showed the story was fabricated) Al Sharpton accused Pagones Himself of raping the girl. Pagones successfully sued him for Defamation. Right
But it gets better:
Imus Calling Black Women "nappy headed hos": Wrong.
In 1995, Sharpton led a protest in Harlem against the plans of Freddy's Fashion Mart, a Jewish-owned clothing store, to expand into a black neighborhood. Sharpton told the protesters, "We will not stand by and allow them to move this brother so that some white interloper can expand his business." Three months later, an armed protester forcibly entered the store and burned it down, killing himself and seven others. Right
Thanks Jesse and Al for showing us what's right and wrong. I'm glad we can finally see the light now. I'm glad you guys stopped this guy, and all his charities for sick and homeless children, that will now dry up. Thanks guys!
Talk about a double standard.
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