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> nice post. I read an article by a Washington Post columnist this > morning that said something of the kind -- that firing Imus does less > to amend the situation than having him talk women's basketball up on > his show. There are still huge disparities in how women's sports are > treated. FWIW, I can't remember her name but the picture shows an > older white woman. I mention this as it may speak to perspective. I am > not a sports fan, but she may have a point. Rutgers has taken the > championship something like six times. You would think that would be > enough to get them some respect. > > > >On 4/13/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> And there's already been blow back from this: The Rutgers team is > >> getting hate emails and I think it's going to get worse. > > > > > >They are getting hate mail? Hmmm, better put that "Racism is over!" > parade > >on hold, then. > > > >People (like me) are sick of black America portraying themselves as > >> victims. Once they were, but that time is over. Every heard of > Ken > >> Chennult, Stan O'neal, or Oprah Winfrey? They're all self made > >> billionaires (or at least multi-millionaires) in business. Then > >> there's media, sports, etc. > > > > > >I can't agree with that, entirely. Being a "victim" doesn't > necessarily just > >END. A little over 45 years ago, black people were still forced to > use > >different restrooms, different drinking fountains, etc. They were > still > >considered "less than human". 45 years is merely a tick of the clock > as far > >as social evolution goes. > > > >The ills begotten on an entire race of people can have repurcussions > that > >continue for centuries. I don't think we can just flippantly dismiss > a > >hundred years of racism and bigotry with a simple "I'm sorry, get > over it". > > > >When you invoke race in a derogatory statement, it dredges up an > awful > >history, and i think I can appreciate the kind of response that could > stir > >in some people. > > > >So I"m supposed to feel "boo hoo" for some girls that were jokingly > >> called a name, a mild one at that which causes confusion? > Especially > >> when they allow themselves to be called that all of the time in > their > >> own media choices? Especially when that name is an invention of > >> "their culture" that they embrace? > > > > > >yes, you should, because those women did absolutely NOTHING to > deserve > >ANYTHING derogatory. They got to the final game of the NCAA woman's > >basketball championship for shit's sake!! > > > >Nope, I got no sympathy for that. > > > > > >You are letting the over reaction of some agenda driven people > (Jackson, > >Sharpton, the idiot CBS execs who fired him) taint where your > sympathies > >should lie. It was rightly pointed out that what he said was stupid > and > >insensitive. He rightly apologized. The Rutgers woman rightly met > with him > >and accepted his apology. It should have ended right then and there. > > > >Now that it's gone further, Imus has become a victim...and in > rightly > >feeling that he has been railroaded, you've let yourself forget that > you > >should, in fact, have sympathy for the people who were unfairly and > unjustly > >thrown into this spotlight in the first place because of Imus' > stupidity. > > > >-- > >I got the anti-Christ in the kitchen yelling at me again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232518 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
