The "Don Imus Controversy" (rutgers women's basketball, nappy headed ho's, etc) Options

[JerzDevil]

I'm a few days late on this but ... what a old dirty racist bastard, Imus is. For those who are not familiar with him, he is an American comedian and talk show host. He criticized the rutgers women's basketball team (the starting 5 whom are all african-american) by calling them "nappy headed ho's". There's a player on that team that graduated from our high school (who is the only white on that team), and I wonder how she re-acted to this.

NEW YORK - Don Imus was under fire, his job was in jeopardy, and his big mouth was to blame.

This was 1969, at a small radio station in Stockton, Calif., and the nascent disc jockey was the target of outrage for rattling local sensibilities by uttering a bad word on the air: “hell.” Imus was fired, but — in what became a continuing pattern — the controversy only boosted his profile and career prospects.

The up-and-down arc of Imus’ nearly 40 years in broadcasting bottomed out Thursday after his mouth finally went too far. The veteran DJ, who mingled political punditry with his penchant for pushing the boundaries of bad taste, was fired for ridiculing the Rutgers women’s basketball team as “nappy-headed hos.”

Damn, he deserved to get fired! What a racist bastard. This just proves my point more that a lot of white people in this country are dirty. I understand that. But I know that the blacks got really offended (which I assume) from his comment. Seriously though, the blacks need to chill down. Just take Imus as a whitebread redneck in their heads, and get over it. You don't see many asians or hispanics wilding out as much as blacks when they get offended from a racial comment. I'm just saying. But Imus deserved to lose his job for this. I have the right to verbally treat Imus like shit now. Was he formerly in the KKK or something? Seems like it. Hey whites, think about it. (For those who make racist jokes towards other races) ... just think about. This is the reason why you guys make black people go crazy like animals. Don Imus. Why can't we make peace in this country? Imus went too far ... He should've said at least something like "Just kidding folks" or some shit like that, after that comment. What a dumbass.


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-- Arjuna

This post has been edited by Arjuna Capulong: Apr 12 2007, 07:28 PM

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why are people overreacting so much to a stupid comment that WASNT EVEN THAT BAD?!? nappy headed hoes? big deal. ive heard so much worse.

what baffles me the most is the fact that rappers like ludacris were backing up barack obama and hillary clinton when they came out against don imus. are you kidding me? the people who write lyrics to raps which are 10x worse than 'nappy headed hoes' have the balls to act like don imus is satan? talk about hyprocritical.

don imus is known for making racial slurs. this obviosuly isnt the first time hes said anything like that. we do have a first amendment stating 'freedom of speech', im not sure if any of you are aware, and also 'freedom of choice', and therefore if you do not appreciate don imus and his comments, you have every right to not listen to him.

the fact of the matter is, if it was a black man who had made the comment, there would be no problem at all. im completely against racism and i believe his comment was unnecessary, but i believe it was blown completely out of proportion. i suppose that every other comedian and talk show host who has ever made a politically incorrect racist joke/comment should be fired as well, to make things fair. i guess we wouldnt have a lot of entertainment anymore.