Leave Imus alone
Don Imus said something incredibly stupid.
He has apologized
He has offered to meet with the victims of his words.
CASE. CLOSED.
There are 15 women hurt by his words. Everyone else is just LOOKING for something to be offended by. Leave him alone to do his show and help kids with cancer. You're not doing anything for those kids, and be honest, you' ( Read more... )
Young girls, especially young minority girls, are denigrated far, far worse by those in entertainment. For instance, let's look at rap music, by FAR the most popular choice in music of African Americans, specifically those who might look up to the Rutgers women's team. Which is worse for them, a cranky old white man they've never heard of calling the team "nappy headed hos" or rappers like Ludacris or Snoop Dogg calling women EXCLUSIVELY and ALL-INCLUSIVELY "bitches" and "hos", in essence calling THEM that?
Let's be honest on a few things:
1) The amount of girls looking up to the Rutgers Womens Basketball team is very, very small. I mean less than the New York Liberty, which is already unfortunately small. I wish more girls would get into sports myself, but to say that there is a substantial amount of Rutgers women's fans... well, where were they last year? They are there this year cause they were awesome. Girls will forget about that team in weeks.
2) The reason people have a problem with it is because a white man said it. Period. If a black man in any media said it, joke or not, it would be brushed off. Imus should not have said it, and he should apologize, and HE DID. Those littled girls were NOT HURT by what he said. The only time it will hurt them is when they are explained that "an evil white man doesn't like black women", which is NOT what he said, but will be explained. If that's not what's explained, then it won't be hurtful, cause it's "a stupid man said a stupid thing about our team"
3) As for public figures being held to high standards, he is. He is not just saying he's sorry, he IS sorry. He's made MILLIONS of dollars, he doesn't need to work. So if he's fired, all that does is set precedent, he really loses... well, you know what he loses? He loses his spot to talk about his Cattle Ranch for Kids with Cancer. He loses his spot to talk about the dangers of themerycil (sp) in vaccines that might be linked to autism. He loses his spot to raise money for research for cures for SIDS. You know who really loses if he loses his job over ONE (1) stupid statement? Not him. A lot of sick kids do though, and quite frankly, I think they're more important than 1 sentence.
But I could be wrong, I suppose.
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