> -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 12:21 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Imus On Nappy Headed Hoes > > which is kinda my point. > > Actually mine is more that whore actually does carry a sting especially > for younger women. And yes, hip-hop has a lot to answer for in this > regard. But how can you be a white talk show host and not know that > derogatory references to blackness sound different if you are white? I > doubt there'd be this outcry if a black rap star had said it, and yes > that's wrong. It's also however plain stupid for a white celebrity to > say something like that and not realize it would sound like he was > saying they are ho's *because* their hair is nappy.
That goes to my point: this guy (and literally hundreds more like him) are paid (highly paid) to be, essentially, professional assholes. They're pushed to the line (that's where the money is) and will definitely cross it sometimes (actually often). They talk publically for hours on end everyday and most of it is off-the-cuff diarrhea of the mouth. There should be no punishment - this is his job: if CBS doesn't want a shock-jock, fine - fire him for that. But don't punish him for riding the wave that his employers and listeners have made. So here's the issue: we've got a guy that spews mountains of crap everyday. He's paid highly for it and has hordes of fans that eat it up like candy. Now we're focusing our national attention on one statement that he's already apologized for? Nothing he said was illegal or subject to FCC fines. He's admitted he was wrong, there's no evidence that the remark was racially motivated or that he himself is a racist... he's definitely an asshole (again, that's why he has the job) but from what I've heard (I'm not a fan) he's at least an equal opportunity asshole. Still - we could have made our various cases against him. Could have waited to see if his ratings fell - if they fell far enough then he would have been fired. It would seen clearly that he no longer spoke to the people as he once had. The market would have spoken. Problem solved. On the other hand perhaps he apologizes. Although his ratings dip his fans eventually forgive him and he grows a bit wiser as a result. But no - we couldn't have THAT! We have to make it a social issue. We have to endlessly dissect it. We have to have punishment! We have to MAKE HIM SQUIRM! This does not help stop racism in America: it just adds yet another word to the list that people are afraid to say, another issue to divide us. It installs another racial barrier to open discussion. Another filter to race relations. When everybody is scared that they'll get crucified if they slip up then nobody says anything of value. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232309 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
