Imus Canned. Now What?
By kenya on Apr 12, 2007 in Rants
Yesterday Don Imus’ TV simulcast was terminated on MSNBC and today his CBS radio show was canceled. The uproar caused this to happen. Congratulations I guess.
The same uproar occurred as a result of the Michael Richards episode a few months ago. And everyone was upset about what Joe Biden said about Barack Obama. We continue to be offended and then there is some feeble apology and we forget about it until the next non-black person says something racist. What I would like to know is what is next. In listening to Imus’ comments about “nappy-headed hoes”, my first thought was about where he might have heard such a phrase. Many people are arguing that rappers can get away with saying the same thing and try to use that as a justification as to why no one should have been upset about Imus’ comments. I submit that we should be offended when anyone including these rappers use derogatory terms to refer to black women or black people in general.
I believe in free speech but as with anything in life, there are consequences. And there should be consequences for spewing hate.
Everyone who rose up against Imus should rise up against these so-called artists who serve up remixed misogyny and racism. They have more influence – especially with young people – than Imus does. It is imperative that if we want to banish racism from our language that we start at home.
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