I thought I posted this link. Maybe I hit reset. In my opinion it's worth a read.
When Essence Carson took the microphone to speak for the Rutgers team, you saw Imus's problem and why it hasn't gone away. In comparison with that blameless face and voice, his slur seemed tangibly, specifically abhorrent, and you felt it all over again. How could any intelligent person conjure such verbiage as "nappy-headed hos" in the first place, much less apply it to such a nice kid? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/11/AR2007041102518.html > 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 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232519 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
