On white people and black slang
If you are white and call a black man a "boy", don't be shocked if he turns around and punches you in the mouth.
If you are white and call a black person "nigger" or even "niggah", don't be surprised if you get slapped by that person with backup help or two.
If you are white and call a women's basketball team "a mess of nappy headed hos", don't scratch your head over the shitstorm you've unleashed.
Whoopie Goldberg asked the right question : Why would a guy like Don Imus want to say such a think? I'm going to go one more step and ask : What the hell did Imus think would give him the right to say such a thing?
He thinks that just because it's something he can hear in a rap song that somehow that gives him the right to run with it? The excuse he makes, that if black guys sing it in rap songs, why can't he say the same thing. I mean ... seriously?
A white man of privilege who makes millions for the media oligarchies, with access to millions through his show, this white man of privilege considers himself the victim of discrimination because he can't use the phrase "nappy ho" the way black guys can?
Are you kidding me?
What astounds me is that it does not seem to cross people's minds that today's hiphop is mostly a modern mistrel show. That's what's shocking. That people don't get that Snoop Dog and Ice-T and 50 Cent are minstrels with no painted black face. Yeah, sure they've made the media oligarchies more powerful by posing as drug lords and thugs. Yet look at the core of what they do and, especially Ice-T, have crossed to the dark side of uncle Toming. They just highly paid servants. Don't even get me started with Beyonce and JLo. Check the archives on what I've written about them.
What should happen now? Don Imus should get fired and stripped of any money making outlets --along with the likes of Limbaugh and Coulter.
And by the way : Shame on Paul Begala and James Carville for saying this can be brushed off the same way people brush off Ann Coulter. Paul Begala and James Carville, you are now bigots by proxie.
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Yes in some aspects of the
Yes in some aspects of the whole Imuss thing i agree with you but artist like Snoop Dogg and Ice-T have come alongs ways. What the point in going up the latter if you forget where you come from. If the people that you named made it to the top and then changed their style to fit what you think is right then they would be letting down their families friends and their self. Snoop Dogg espcially had cleaned up his act since he came out. Beyonce she might dress a little out there but altogether she is a symbol of how strong a woman can be Independent Woman and irreplacable are both songs about women impowerment. This are icons that the media and you are putting these are black people that have had to struggle and if they tried to please the media they would be selling themselves short or be called sell outs by their own people. In my opion before you judge somebody you need to look up thier history and what they come from. Some of these artist had a hard life and they want to let the world know but some are foolish and encourage stupidity. So instead of you just picking the biggest ones like 50 cent, Snoop Dogg, Beyonce and Ice-T look up the facts about them and learn a little more.
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Absolutely Liza
I'm equally appalled and disgusted that more Democratic leaders have not come out and stated how despicable Imus and his producer's comments were.
The most touching moment was watching the news conference by the team and their coach, Vivian Stringer. They were all so sincere and showed such grace under fire, I doubt I could have been so dignified.
There is one part of this that has not been addressed enough, IMO, and that is how sexist the remarks were. Coach Stringer has been fantastic in her comments, labeling the attack both racist and sexist.
It only makes the sons of bitches look even worse when the offended parties show such integrity and the powerful and spot on words of the coach.