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Imus be an idiot . . .

Mephisto

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. . . if I thought calling a primarily Black, girl's basketball team, "nappy-headed ho's," wouldn't be interpreted as racist!

I guess he wasn't smart enough to learn from Michael Richard's mistakes.

Imus: 'Embarrassed' by racial comments

POSTED: 12:10 p.m. EDT, April 9, 2007

NEW YORK (AP) -- Calling himself "a good person" who made a bad mistake, radio host Don Imus said Monday he would check his acid tongue after being lambasted for making racially charged comments about the Rutgers University women's basketball team.

"Here's what I've learned: that you can't make fun of everybody, because some people don't deserve it," he said on his nationally syndicated radio show Monday morning. "And because the climate on this program has been what it's been for 30 years doesn't mean it's going to be what it's been for the next five years or whatever."

Imus said he was "embarrassed" by the remarks, in which he referred to the mostly black team as "nappy-headed hos." He said he had made the comments in the course of "trying to be funny," but he was not trying to excuse them.

"I'm not a bad person. I'm a good person, but I said a bad thing. But these young women deserve to know it was not said with malice," he said.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/09/imus.ap/index.html
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No malice, huh? I guess he wouldn't be offended if from now on he's seen as a nappy-headed honkie. ;)
 
The Imus thing seemed like he was victim of a slow news day. Yet another non-issue getting turned into news fodder.

Yawn.

Does anyone really care what a washed up DJ says?
 
Mephisto said:
No malice, huh? I guess he wouldn't be offended if from now on he's seen as a nappy-headed honkie. ;)
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I honestly find it hard to be insulted by the term "honkie".

I'd also add that "ho" doesn't really refer to skin color, but instead to a particular style of sexual preference.

I.E., the type that involves cash.
 
corplinx said:
The Imus thing seemed like he was victim of a slow news day. Yet another non-issue getting turned into news fodder.
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Yes, much like Michael Richards was guilty of an unhumorous, comedy act.

corplinx said:
Does anyone really care what a washed up DJ says?
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Only the African-American ladies on the Rutger basketball team, Jesse Jackson, thousands of people in the NAACP, Allison Gollust, a spokeswoman for MSNBC, Karen Mateo, a spokeswoman for CBS Radio and last, but not least, the Reverend Al Sharpton. Oh yeah, and a handful of Americans who are getting tired of racist remarks being made and then expediently apologized for by idiots.
 
Maybe a slow news day, but he called a losing woman's basketball team from a good school -- Rutgers -- some "nappy-headed ho's." Now, what did they do to deserve that? They just played and lost a basketball game. They weren't politicians, or public figures, just some young women playing basketball -- and at a level far higher than someone like Imus could ever have aspired to.

"Nappy-headed"? Come on, he had to have known/understood the racial content of it. So, on top of insulting some kids who don't have a national audience so that they can defend themselves, Imus introduced race AND Sex (by calling them hos).

How would you feel if you were that team? How would you feel if you were those girl's mothers/fathers and family.

He shouldn't be fired. He should, however, have to meet these young ladies and try to explain to them his humor, why it was funny, what is so funny about their loss, their play, their efforts, etc.

He's a sad man.
 
Are we this oversensitive as a culture? Mind you, I don't like Don Imus.


This is the official non-issue of the day.
 
headscratcher4 said:
How would you feel if you were that team? How would you feel if you were those girl's mothers/fathers and family.
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I doubt they heard the original remark with the numbers he's pulling these days.

HS, why the "cry me a river" defense? Noone is free from insult. Even if they just lost the big game.
 
Mephisto said:
Only the African-American ladies on the Rutger basketball team, Jesse Jackson, thousands of people in the NAACP, Allison Gollust, a spokeswoman for MSNBC, Karen Mateo, a spokeswoman for CBS Radio and last, but not least, the Reverend Al Sharpton.
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"...but not least ... Sharpton"? What does that mean? I don't know most of the other people on that list but Sharpton stands out to me as one of the most racist "media commentators" there is. The man is an embarrasssment.
 
Sharpton had Imus on his radio show today to say he's sorry. Score a nice ratings day for the Rev. Al.
 
Good afternoon.

I admit that I have never found Imus funny, but it is supossed to be a comedy show, and therefore should not really be taken seriously. I'm pretty sure most radios have several options for dealing with things like this like changing the station or turning them off .
JPK
 
More interesting to me, can anyone find who started this self perpetuating story? Who originally got their panties in a bunch and started this weird dogpile on Imus? Theres the real story.

Nappy was harmless until Wednesday of last week. Nappy nappy nappy.
 
SezMe said:
"...but not least ... Sharpton"? What does that mean? I don't know most of the other people on that list but Sharpton stands out to me as one of the most racist "media commentators" there is. The man is an embarrasssment.
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That's why I put him last, I didn't want to say least, but while his opinion isn't important to many people who think - he's still a spokesman for many African -Americans.
 
I just walked over and consulted the advice of two guys I work with. Apparently, nappy is a racial slur when used by a white person because white people don't have nappy hair.
 
Lonewulf said:
I'd also add that "ho" doesn't really refer to skin color, but instead to a particular style of sexual preference.
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It's Black slang for a prostitute - what did young women playing basketball do to deserve that title?
 
Mephisto said:
Whether you realize it or not, nappy was always derogitory remark when applied to African-Americans.
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As opposed to the rest of us?

Mephisto, you call me (or any part of moi) nappy, and you may meet the acquaintance of my blade. :p
 
Did anyone else catch this?
"Here's what I've learned: that you can't make fun of everybody,
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Okay, who can you make fun of? Obviously, politicians and entertainers. Who else?

Oh, fat guys and bald guys, too.

Anyone else?
 
corplinx said:
I just walked over and consulted the advice of two guys I work with. Apparently, nappy is a racial slur when used by a white person because white people don't have nappy hair.
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It's certainly a racial slur when used by a White DJ to describe African-American women.
 
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