Thanks for the link to the Whitlock comments, and thanks for your own comments on the issue Mason.

LOL. Mason you are funny.

you're welcome

Perhaps, but I happen to agree with Mr. Whitlock 100%

Rather than confront this heinous enemy from within, we sit back and wait for someone like Imus to have a slip of the tongue and make the mistake of repeating the things we say about ourselves.

Yeah. But Imus should have known better as smart as he's supposed to be.

Why? How many times do blacks themselves use those, similar, or even worse words without any reactions or "outrage"? It's either equality or not. Can't and shouldn't have it both ways. Mr Whitlock is dead on. It's all a bunch of self serving garbage and a simple apology should have been the end of it.

If that's really how these idiots want it then they should be just as actively and vocally going after the firings of every single black DJ, radio or tv personality, and recording artist who daily make the exact same kinds of comments and jokes about blacks, whites, women, and others. Until that happens (and frankly I don't think it should, they ALL have the right to say what they want within FCC regs) they are nothing more than self serving bigots themselves and should just shut the hell up.

ah forget it Mason. I don't really give a shit about Don Imus either way.

But there is a very important difference there. In your official capacity you are a part of the government and as such must remain as unbiased as possible. That's as it should be. Mr Imus is just an entertainment personality and either the same rules apply to all of them, or they don't apply to any of them.

I simply do not buy into the separatist double standard racist bullshit that permeates the PC mentality and am sick of the phony outrage coming from these idiots and the people bending over to kiss their asses just to shut them up.

Frankly I don't give a rat's ass if someone got their little feelings hurt by some words said in jest by some radio personality. There are far more serious problems in the world these morons could be expending energy upon. But of course those wouldn't pay nearly as well would they?

I don't either really. But I would expect he'll be hired by XM before long.

I've stayed out of the discussions I've seen going on for the most part because when it comes to race and racism and a white person being accused, the argument gets lost and becomes whatever is the firm belief of the individuals. And Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton once again being at the forefront also gets latched in there somehow and the reasoning always gets lost and out of focus as well.

I don't care about Imus either. Although I was a fan of his a very long, long time ago. I also don't much care for Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson. I do however care about you and having gotten to know you over the years I've been at JU I'll tell you why I'm upset from what Imus said.


Yes, he has said things in the past, shocking things. But never in the manner he said what he did. He said this with disgust and he wasn't being funny. He was filled with contempt. It was the way he said it, how it sounded and the bad taste it left in everyone's mouth. [Sugar High Elf wrote an excellent article (last month?) about how someone said what they did to her and how it made her feel, I wish I could leave this to link it but I might lose what I'm writing.]


It's the same feeling of hurt I get when I tried to explain to my daughter then three or four year old why her friends looked at her and teased her about her hair because she has the curly, frizzy look of some black children. Because her hair isn't straight and shiny like theirs. I remembered blogging about it too.

It's the same feeling that makes most black women (and some Latinas too) straighten their hair, or wear fake hair so as to feel a sense of belonging as they try to fit into our society. Because wearing their hair in it's natural state doesn't make them feel beautiful. Of course this is a matter of low esteem and one I won't go into.

Yes, there are things being said everyday by rappers and others who do it to earn money. And that's just as bad too. And yes, something should be done about them and everyone else who do the same thing day after day, denegrate others with their sexist and racist messages. And we as women and as a people in this society need to stop feeding into the hype and stop supporting and putting our money behind the people who do these things. Blacks in general have many issues, that we can all agree with. Issues that will not end because of the firing of Imus but issues that must be dealt with nontheless.


And while I don't agree that he should lose his job, he should have been put on more than two weeks suspension without pay for sure, way beyond 'sweeps' which is coming up in May, and not just two weeks. But he himself, didn't get it that what he said was just wrong and he kept getting deeper and deeper into the quagmire he digged. I believe this is what led up to his being fired.

One more thing, it's time that we all stop looking at Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton as if they are the Gods of Black people, they are not! I'm so tired of something that is so hurtful being down played by most people who just keep referring to Jesse and Al. Sure they are there up front and in everyone's face and sure the media will cover them. But just because they are not liked by all, don't use them as an excuse for what is so wrong. What should be the focus is giving little girls a reason to believe that they too are beautiful and they too can be whatever they want to be regardless of their looks and their race.


Sorry for the book I wrote M but I just wanted to share my thoughts with you.

And I appreciate you doing so, thank you.

My problem is not with any individual expressing hurt, anger, or whatever with a bad joke (and that's all it was, I heard it too and it was an stupid, ill-thought, and tasteless joke, but a joke just the same). My problem is with the folks like Al, and Jesse, and all of the other phonies using it as an excuse to promote themselves with their phony, exaggerated outrage, and the insane media coverage this has received.

I've been listening to a great many people calling in to various radio shows talking about the subject and the overwhelming majority of every day black folks, both male and female, who I have heard express themselves on the subject think Jesse and Al are an embarrassment and that this whole issue is stupid. I heard a good many of them remark that the apology was enough and also a good many expressed that they actually thought the joke was funny.

It's the media and the talking heads who give me a case of the red ass, and the sane, intelligent people like Mr Whitmore who give me hope that there are some actually sane people still left in the world and some of them actually work in the media.

I don't think the issue is stupid, but I do think it's blown out of proportion a bit. And it's really unfortunate that Al and Jesse are involved because I think they tend to make legit problems illegit.

The problem I have is when people say that 'black people use the same words all the time' as though that makes it okay or less wrong. Sure, they are pursued for it, but you have to be an idiot to not realize the self hatred and hatred directed at someone who looks different from you are not the same.

I do think the Rutgers season was ruined. They will never be (nor Tennessee) will be remembered for what happened on the court, but what happened on April 4. That's too bad.

Finally, there are tons of black people that hate rap music. The same free speech and flow of money that kept Imus going keeps them alive. They wouldn't do it if there was no money in it. And so we (many black people) fight it by not buying it. There are many black leaders that are fighting it. Most of them just don't do it on camera. Forget what the media presents you and look for real black leaders where they are, in the community trying to lead. BTW, at least as of 2003, the number one buyer of rap music was white suburban youth.

Just to clarify that last thought, I don't want anyone to think that I am blaming white suburban youth for the rap music problem, it was just a factoid. Black kids buy this and worse try to mimick it and that is HUGE problem in the black community.

I think Jason Whitlock said it well, and that cityguy has been trying to drill some of his points through my thick skull.  I agree with Jason, and hope that instead of being another attempt to flame races, this incident is used to bring a halt to degrading songs - regardless of who the artist is.

Thank you M!




Yes, the media nees revamping. Seriously need to rethink their formats and stop the way how they feed the news to the public. It's just wrong the way they go after some news because of ratings. They have become as bad as the Enquire! The public need to stop watching some of these programs!