Imus got exactly what he deserved!

Don Imus seriously messed his own sh*t up. He ruined his whole career for a few simple words. Let this be a warning to other media figures who want to be risque and offensive.

I believe even if Don Imus was black it would still be wrong for him to say such things.

Ever since the Kramer incident, celebs racist views are coming out the CLOSET!

he got what he deserved.

To me, this whole episode is counter-productive to the Black Community’s argument for personal and professional equality. It’s the equivalent of trying to kill an evil tree by chopping of a leaf, when the tree itself is rooted deeply within the Black Community.

Okay, so now what? Will there be any American or Chinese intervention in Darfur? Will Bush, or any future President, even bother to mention New Orleans in their speeches? Will the troops come home from Iraq? And most importantly, will we stop allowing Black people to stop disrespecting and humiliating Black people? And most importantly, you can’t blame white people for 90% of your problems when you give them 90% of your money. Be honest, we’re 90% of our OWN problems but we’re 100% of the solution if we choose to be!

Do yal even pay attention to how this country really operates? How many people do you think will get ANY punishment for their crimes against the American people and their crimes against the world from the Bush administration? Do you really think Imus won’t resurrect his career within a year on another station our on satellite radio? Yet, within one year, how many people think the Black community will be better off in one way, shape of form?

I hate to rain on your parade, but Imus was wrong for calling those young ladies a bunch of “nappy headed ho’s”, but our community reaction to this just made another million white people think we’re nothing more than a bunch of Ignorant N!ggas. We love to complain a lot about THEM, but do very little for OURSELVES, BY OURSELVES, and WITH OURSELVES.

Why? We’re totally reactive and over-sensitive to what someone says, but we’re totally tolerant and passive to what someone does, especially within our own race. I live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In the past three years, we’ve had two Black children mob beatings where 15+ kids have killed two grown men on two separate occasions over stupid stuff. A group of 20+ black youth from ages 12-22 (and one 40 year old man) gang raped an 11 year old Black girl. Just a few weeks ago, a 14 year old black kid shot and killed a prominent white boxing coach at a gas station in broad daylight trying to rob him. And that was a week after another young black teen killed a black woman in daylight in front of a daycare center. Per capita, we have the lowest graduation rates for blacks in the country with the highest incarceration rate. We have an all black neighborhood where the annual household income is $8,000 while five miles down the road in River Hills, there annual household income is nearly $300,000. Milwaukee is less than 80 miles north of Chicago, but I haven’t seen or heard Sharpton, Jackson or Farrakhan grandstanding about the madness that’s occurring here (and I’m sure it’s worse in other places). We won’t be reactive, let a lone proactive, within our own communities, yet we think it’s a VICTORY for Black People when O.J. gets off or a White comedian or radio personality goes without a million dollar paycheck for six months? Get real, neither Don Imus nor Al-Qaida is in the Black populated “hoods” throughout America doing what we do to ourselves.

I’m a 24 year old Black man and I can officially say I’m DONE trying to excuse the inexcusable. Beyonce gets more headlines and comments within the Black community than Bush. I only heard lyrical responses from all of four rappers (Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, and Juvenile Mos Def) about what went down in Katrina, and only Jay-Z and Juvie had a full song about it on a commercially successful album. But Camron and 50 can make like three or four diss videos within two weeks?

Why doesn’t CL and all of these other blogs highlight the genocide in Darfur and it’s purely political and economic why the U.S. and China won’t do more to support the African Union? Why doesn’t CL and all of these other black blogs mention the fact that more people went into poverty last year to bring it to a record high even though these Republicans are saying we have a strong economy? What about income disparity between blacks and white, or imprisonment disparity between Black/Latino non-violent offenders and our White counterparts?

Yep, I’m done. I don’t expect or want ANY other race, culture, or ethnicity to respect Black Americans as long as we don’t respect ourselves. Yeah, WE won a small victory today, but we LOST the war when we laid down our arms, left the streets, and went home to watch BET after MLK died.

He’s been getting away with saying things like this for too long. He has definitely gotten what he deserved.

They players were just on Oprah.Very strong women.I never knew about his show and I don’t care.

I’m tired of people saying we do it to ourselves when in reality we don’t go out calling people “Nappy Headed Hoes” or “Jiggaboos.” If you really want me to agree go read what a damn Jiggaboo is,this has nothing to do with rappers or BET.

That’s just what he deserves! He wasn’t really sorry anyway!

Why does dude look like the cryptkeeper, WTF?!? I’m late with what’s been going on but I’m glad he got what he deserved

Oh well– one down, millions all over the planet to go…
and a victory for Al.

Damn, his career ruined by his own mouth.

He got what he deserved, but the issue is not resolved when it comes to the black community, Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson need to start doing their jobs and stop coming out only when their is a race issue in the public and work on getting the black community back together.

he caused it on himself, he said a comment that is said at his home that he shouldn’t have said on the raido. when he speaks to the players they need to speak their mind, not yell but let him know what he said was jacked up and how it affect them, but don’t let him think he deep harmed you giving him an upperhand in some ways

Again, Jamie E., you’re right.

No one should be celebrating the fact that Don Imus lost his job. It accomplished getting him off the air for a while, but the real work and focus should be on ourselves.

Where do we go in correcting our actions, our words, our mindsets? Where do we go with our purchasing power? Who’s going to start creating EXCELLENT business that meet our needs? Who’s going to check their family and friends that are saying derogatory things, not only about black people, but others as well?

Imus was an example that blew the lid of a mindset that has existed for a long time, but we helped to create it. Now it’s time to change it.

Let’s use this thread to come up with suggestions and solutions… I started with checking your fam/friends on their language.

Come on, what can you do?

Well, I wont say too much because over the last few days since this incident first took place I have expressed my views and concerns. However, I will say this…..for those who think this is over…..it is far from over. It is a small victory in an ongoing war that we must not allow ourselves to give up on. Just because the limelight of it all dies, does not mean the struggle does with it. WE all need to be deligent and caucious of our actions and our words. Dont wait for another Don Imus situation to occur before you get riled up about something. Don Imus is not the only one out there people! BE PROACTIVE!

As for Mr. Imus….I do not feel sorry for him being unemployed. He totally deserved it.
Something tells me he is going to follow along the lines of Howard Stern and go broadcast his show on XM satelite radio and cash in.

I know I said I wasnt going to say much but hey..it’s like that sometimes……sorry.

Have a blessed evening ALL.

We need to get it together…and QUICK. As many others have expressed this has only opened up a whole can of worms. Everything from now on will be under a microscope. What will our excuse be in the future?

#4>>>Jamie E. I understand your pain brutha, however, this is an entertainment blog. I’m positive there are African-American blogs out there that deal with deeper issues such as Darfur, black-on-black crime, etc.

We can’t do anything about Prez Bush; he’s in office until next year and as far as Iraq is concerned, there have been wars since the beginning of time. They are there and there is nothing we can do about it. Do I want them out? Absolutely, but sitting around stressing about it isn’t going to make it happen. Prez Bush has dug his heals in and I’m positive he isn’t letting up.

Yes, black folks have a long ways to go. You have to understand we have years and years of conditioning that will not go away overnight. We have a lot of cleaning to do in our own backyard and Imus being fired isn’t going to make our community any better because believe me, there will be more Imus’ popping up. He was punished for saying such a vile things about these women and he was TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY OUT OF LINE. Get ready for the backlash people.

Now that Imus is gone Hiphop/Rap better watch out the backlash will be relentless….everything is going to be under the mircoscope.!

I am so glad whether it was by the power of the green or whatever that Imus got canned. This man has insulted blacks, jews, latinos, gays and anyone that was not white for far too long.

Now I am ready to go after the rappers. I am sick of their azzes talking about ANY woman like a dog. I want to see just as much fire power put forth to go after them. They are not “artists” they are trash. Plain and simple.

and when exactly will Sharpstown come out to declare a ban on all rap music that defames women? Or better yet, when will he go out and protect the civil rights of the Duke players. Oops, I forgot they’re white. He doesn’t care about them even though he claims to be a civil rights leader….

Of course what Imus said was despicable, but hey if you do it to him do it to Kanye, Luda, Eminem, 50…the list goes on. Hypocrisy at its best

#13 - JQUEEN

That’s the entire problem. The reality is that it’s TOO EASY to hop on the bandwagon and point your fingers at someone else, but it’s TOO hard to look in the mirror and “become the change that you wish to see.”

There has to come a time when we draw a line in the sand and face a reality. We have to admit at some point that the Black “COMMUNITY” doesn’t exist and we are nothing more than a collection of individuals who happen to be Black that live to fulfill our own self-interests. And if we do want to resolve issues as a COMMUNITY, then we have to begin the long and hard process of developing the WILL to empower ourselves to not only do what FEELS RIGHT, but do what IS RIGHT. So that we don’t think and act in a manner which only benefit ourselves, but so that it benefits other oppressed groups as well.

But it’s like a 12-step program. Step #1 is admitting that WE HAVE A PROBLEM, AND IT’S US! If 80% of the Black American community can’t get on the same page to that fact, then we are nothing more than a bunch of whiners who only live life to fulfill our individual self-interests. And how can we blame any other group that wants to do the same?

@ 4 - Jamie E

I couldn’t have said it better myself. I’m truly sad that this man got fired, not because he didn’t deserve it, but more importantly because, it really doesn’t change anything. Until we as a people, Black people, make a change within our community, within ourselves, the Don Imus’ of the world will always be there, and with alot more insensitive remarks to spew.

Tavis smiley said it best this morning on the Tom Joyner Morning show, CBS is firing Don Imus for all the wrong reasons.

And if I have to hear, one more time, Snoop Dog defend his use of the “HO” word versus Imus’ use of the “HO” word, I’m going to scream.

If Jesus can forgive; we can too!

In case you were wondering what SNOOP DOG had to say:

“It’s a completely different scenario. (Rappers) are not talking about no collegiate basketball girls who have made it to the next level in education and sports. We’re talking about hoes that’s in the ‘hood that ain’t doing shit, that’s trying to get a nigga for his money. These are two separate things. First of all, we ain’t no old-ass white men that sit up on MSNBC going hard on black girls. We are rappers that have these songs coming from our minds and our souls that are relevant to what we feel. I will not let them muthafuckas say we are in the same league as him. Kick him off the air forever.”

- Snoop dismissing comparisons between sexist hip hop lyrics and the recent sexist/racially charged remarks made by Don Imus

first thing first,and the easiest.

PEOPLE SHOULD START BOYCOTTING RAPPERS WHO USE PROFANITY IN THIER LYRICS, ESPECIALLY , “nigga”, “ho”,”bitches”, it is tired already.

if you cannot resist them, the least you can do is buy the explicite lyric FREE version.

when they see that people are buying that clean version, more than the ditry version, they will stop selling them. you know it is all about the money.

that is why i Love will smith, only one version and it is clean.

BOYCOTT SNOOP DOGG, WE HaVE TO START RESPECTING OUR SELVES, IF NOT NO ONE WILL.

BOYCOTT SNOOP DOGG
BOYCOTT SNOOP DOGG

BOYCOTT SNOOP DOGG, WE HaVE TO START RESPECTING OUR SELVES, IF NOT NO ONE WILL.

BOYCOTT SNOOP DOGG
BOYCOTT SNOOP DOGG

dAMN SOME OF YA!

You damn if ya do and your damned if you dont. If the man had of kept the position you would have been ready to riot!!!

I MEAN THE MAN DESERVED TO BE FIRED. I have a black friend who works for the station and believe me if one of your co workers would have shown that side you would have expected them to be fired for that or you would have wanted that

AND PLEASE ALL BLACKS RESEARCH DARFUR….. AMERICA HAS A THING FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND ORE IS ABUNDANT THERE! WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING CARED FOR AND ALSO THAT THE PRECIOUS RESOURCES ARENT GOING TO BE TAKEN BECAUSE WE NOW ARE CONTROLLING THE COUNTRY. EVERYTHING HAS A BIG PICTURE. WHEN OUR TROOPS GO IN WE HAVE CONTROL OF THE LAND! WE AS BLACKS NEED TO START WORKING TOGETHER TO SAVE OUR MOTHERLAND. EVERY OTHER CULTURE HAS A HOMELAND TO GO BACK TO. WE SHOULD TO! AND WE SHOULD BE CONTROLLING IT!

AND JAMIE - I GET YOUR FRUSTRATION BUT I AM GLAD THAT HE WAS FIRED. WE ARE CONSTANTLY TAKING STEPS BACKWARDS MOSTLY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE UNEDUCATED AND IF THEY ARE EDUCATED THEY MAY BE BRAINWASHED WITH THE WHITE MANS VERSION OF HISTORY. WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST BE DONE? HOW CAN WE MAKE A CHANGE? I MEAN WE ALL NEED TO THINK ABOUT MAKING A CHANGE. MAYBE ANGEL.LA CAN MAKE A POST ON HOW WE CAN TRY AND CHANGE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GETTING OUT OF HAND. RAP LYRICS, VIOLENCE, SELF HATE, JEALOUSY,WAR!

#16 - Sassy

In terms of the “Black community”, entertainment is the platform in which we express ALL of our views. The only Black people that are treated with any amount of importance in American society are all entertainers. Oprah is wealthy because of a entertainment empire. Bob Johnson is wealthy because of a entertainment empire. Michael Jordan came from sports entertainment. Michael Jackson and Muhammad Ali were entertainers. Barack Obama became relative because he has the qualities of a greater entertainer (i.e. his power of speech) even though he still lacks substance and a true platform. The same can be said for Reverend Al and Jesse too.

And the reality is, we are so distracted by entertainment, that we don’t pay any mind to progressive Black blogs and commentary. Please tell me of one “Black blog or website” that primarily deals with social, economic, and political issues that is read by thousands of older and younger Blacks? When you hear the word “Shock Jock”, you only hear of Bill O’Reilly and Don Imus and Rush Limbaugh? Who is the Black counterpart? Doug Banks? Steve Harvey?

You mentioned how much we can’t do. I believe the Black community has well over $5 billion of spending power each year (I may be $10 billion off). Yet, how much do we spend on suppoorting political campaigns that represent our best interests? How much of that is going to equip the AU to deal with the situation in Darfur? How much is going towards small business loans and black grants? Yeah, if you’re saying we’re so powerless and we’re so long away when we’re spending some much money and time on trivial issues that don’t benefit us now, then you’re right. We can’t do anything. Only because we won’t.

So forgive me for crossing the picket line and joining the side of “Black People Cry Wolf Instead of Becoming Wolves” because like you said, “We can’t do anything right now.”

he’s gonna die soon anyway. hopefully, it will be miserable.

Now what are we going to do with the rappers?…

IMO I dont think he should have gotten fired…but since he did, we need not stop with Imus but continue on.

That’s right Lola Falana and Jamie E!

Although it’s not a popular thing to check our own, we must. On my family blog I told them that we cannot go after Imus with such passion and then continue to dance to the nonsense that has become rap music. Most of the rappers call black women bitches, ho’s, and everything else in their music all day everyday and we call it entertainment and free speech. And if your hair is too nappy, then you don’t even get mentioned and sho don’t get to be in the video. But I digress on that. Believe you me, when the backlash starts (and it will) the hip-hop culture is going to be attacked and it should be. I am just curious to see how many black folks stand up and tell the rappers that we aren’t going to take this anymore. It’s one thing to be disrespected by white folks and other races, but it’s a hurting feeling to be disrespected by someone that could be your cousin or brother. Been watching Roots all week on TVOne and as much as things have changed, they have stayed the same. Don’t believe me, watch it for yourselves.

We cannot have it both ways. We cannot justify “ho’s in different area codes” and “99 problems but a bitch aint one” and be mad at Imus. We need to be mad at EVERYBODY!

Peace.

DAMN WAS THIS MANS SHOW SNYDICATED?????? HE WAS ON MSNBC NBC BLA BLA

SassyTeri

SO WHAT ITS AN ENTERTAINMENT SITE! WE STILL NEED TO BE EDUCATED! AND HIS POST WAS RELEVANT TO THE ISSUE. THAT IS OUR PROBLEM HALF THE TIME READY TO TURN OUR CHEEK ON REAL ISSUES.

YEAH THERE ARE BLOGS DEALING WITH THOSE ISSUES BUT WHY NOT CREATE POSITIVE DISCUSSION INSTEAD OF WHO IS SEEING WHO AND WEARING WHAT.

I SWEAR THE SCHOOLS THESE DAYS MUST PLAY MUSIC VIDEOS AND MTV ALL DAY!

The next time Miss Jones calls Mary J Blige or anyone a “Bitch” on air or make racist comments about Asians; she should be held to the same light as Don Imus. When I heard about this story I thought about her.
We need to start respecting our people. I hate to say this person name (please forgive me) go back and read a post with Beyonce and see how many people referred to her as a Bitch. It does not have to be just this site but other black sites. I hope this is a wake up call.

that first girl look just like jay-z

They need to fire him. They was losing their sponsors. I mean multi-million dollar sponsors. So they had to fire him. But, it doesn’t matter what race you are. These words are hurtful. And the only reason for anyone to speak in this manner to cause ‘PURE HATRED’.

I don’t even listen to the radio anyways. Mainly, because these radio stations love to play the most deplorable, degrading, and racist lyrics known to mankind. Rather its Hip-hop. rap or rock.

It’s enough to harbor these ‘ignorant feelings’ within, but to pulicly make them known, you are looking for some type of validation or criticism. This is definitely bigger than Don Imus. We need to get this negativity out of our community/homes. What are we really teaching our children? It’s okay for us to cuss out each other, belittle each other, call names like children towards each other, but not them. WRONG! WRONG! WRONG! It’s NOT okay. It never was right. It’s like the saying: DO as I say not as I do. Wrong. To set and example you need to lead by example . I don’t listen to this crap nor so I allow my child to listen to it. Cause it is NEGATIVE. It is just negative. The radio, media, television and so forth. They strive on negativity. I have cut off people in my life for being so negative and not have solution for anything. They just want to complain. I don’t have time for that. Keep it moving.

Please stop the negativity NOW! Or it will get worse. Cause everyong seem to have an excuse for it.

Hell, from what I can see, them sistas got they hair on point! ain’t nothing nappy in that pic!

Imus is history! He’s old enough to retire! Just go away Imus and take your supporters with you!

Jamie E., Get out of Milwaukee! Too cold there anyhow! You can do better somewhere else! The crime is high cause there’s a lot of poverty!

Imus is just like Humpty-Dumpty:

Don Imus sat on the wall!
Don Imus had a great fall!
All the sponsorers,
And MSNBC kingpins,
Couldn’t put poor Imus together again!

Obama will raise this issue over and over during the campaign, because one of the white homies has flipped and no one can help him…save Christ! I’m a Obama stans!!!!

Imus could go to work for Def Jam Comedy. I would watch him on cable! Yeah, let him go to work for Diddy or Simmons! That’s where his foolishness belong! lol! Other white comics have gone on Def Jam and crossed the line without regrets! There’s a time and place!

I don’t want to see Janet’s titties after Sunday services! And, I don’t want to hear Imus’s bigotry on public TV!

In three months he’ll be somewhere fishing and thinking about what he meant to say!! Don’t worry about him, he’s got plenty of money just like most white people who descent from former slaves and now lease or rent multiple properties to blacks! I’m talking old money!

#27 - We can change ourselves until we identify and understand the need to change ourselves. To me, it seems like 90% of the Black People know about the problems within our community, but only 9% want to publicly acknowledge them. The 9% fear being called “sell out” or somehow be called out for “revealing the hidden truth” when that truth is hiding in plain sight.

White, Asian, Arab, Latin and Black people already know we are hypocrites and lack the will power to change ourselves, so we can change the world to our benefit along with others. Does anyone really believe that the rest of the world give a damn about what Don Imus or KKKramer says about Black people when do say and do worse to ourselves?

Yes, what Don Imus did and said was terrible and he deserved to get fired. But if the Black Community doesn’t follow-up and now draw the line in the sand and hold other Black people accountable for promoting racial stereotypes and self-defeating behavior, then Don Imus is a saint in my eyes and we are the true sinners.

SOMETHING TO DISTINGUISH PEOPLE

MUSICIANS AND RADIO BROADCASTERS ARE TWO DIFFERENT PROFESSIONS. BROADCASTERS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO THE STATION, LISTENERS, AND AGENCIES. MUSICIANS IS A DIFFERENT STORY. THERE ARE MANY THINGS (NOT JUST RACIST) THAT BROADCASTERS CANT SAY AND MUSICIANS HAVE FREE RANGE

STEVE HARVEY SUMMED IT UP SO WELL ON HIS SHOW YESTERDAY..HES ON 93.5 IN LA IF ANYONE WANTS TO HEAR IT ONLINE!

#28>>>Jamie E. I completely and wholly agree with you regarding the fact that we are distracted by entertainment and many of us don’t deal with the real issues because we are apathetic. My sister has attempted in the past to start website that deal with the issues you’ve mentioned, but no one bites. I feel you.

I know for a fact that we have a lot of economical power, but we choose not to exercise it. We are concerned with the latest fashions (i.e. Phat Farm and getting our hair and nails done). There’s nothing wrong with those things, but this issue has roots that grow far and deep and until we wake up, we’ll still be saying the same thing next year. I feel ya!

F&*! Imus. The repercussions from his remarks won’t go away after one appearance for those girls–so why does he have a problem with doing a talk show circuit to apologize? It’s the sense of entitlement and superiority that white media conduits feel that fuels this type of callous ignorant behavior. I say–Congrats girls, on handling such a loser with dignity and grace.Knowing who you are and the strength of your character is exactly what makes you competitors and champions and exactly what makes him a washed up drunk.LOL!

#37 - Meatloaf

I love Milwaukee, I’m staying in Milwaukee, and I’m doing well in Milwaukee.

And there’s no where in the WORLD where I can run and hide from the issues of being a Black American. I’m going to be associated with Snoop Dogg and Soul Plan as long as Snoop Dogg and Soul Plane is tolerated within the Black Community as a whole.

I’m not running, I’m not dying my skin or straightening my nappy hair. I’m staying here in Milwaukee and tell yal about yal until the day I die. I love Black People that much to be that honest with you!

i repeat what i said, boycott the rappers, they have to change their ways and start respecting us and theirselves. as a post ealier said, the world only sees blacks through entertainment, so we have to clean it up. even me, i am going to start watching what i type and say.

it has to start NOW!

1) boycott their album(at least buy explicit free versions)

2) stop watching those gargabe videos and stop voting for them on BET, LOL.

just look at that crappy BET, everything is all about dirty rap video, they dump respectable people in the midnight

i cannot never forget one video with who was that tool, fat joe or something resting a drink on a woman’s ass, like she was a table. what the hell? it needs to STOP.

CBS did the right thing canceling Don Imus’ show. They are sending a message of no tolerance for ignorance, although the public outcry is responsible for the cancellation. Still, we should all remember that there is more to uplifting Black people than policing what other people say about us. We must be more concerned with what is going on WITHIN the Black community than outside of it. Let’s work on saving our schools, neighborhoods, creating jobs for ourselves, owning business, property, respecting ourselves, loving ourselves, and it won’t matter what ANYONE says.

#39>>>SOHOTTOTROT, the issue to me is not who is allowed to say negative, destructive things, but whether it should be said at all. Yes, we have our First Amendment right, but some things are just not expedient. Words defile. Anyone that says, “Sticks and stones…” that is a lie. Words have power whether negative or positive. Raise a child from infancy and tell them over and over again that they are worth nothing and never will be worth anything. Don’t tell me that doesn’t stick with them. Many are in counseling because of some vicious thing a parent or someone has said to them. It’s not what goes into the mouth that defiles, it what comes out the mouth. Whether it’s a rapper, musician, Imus or whomever, we need to stop making excuses for bad behavior. We have become so vicious in our society and that has worked against us. Just my opinion.

Jamie,

MLK was an entertainer, one that was willing to DIE for his country after accomplishing the spotlight with his words that millions white, black and indifferent would revere. How dare you little boy. You sound like a black man who is on the conquered side of division my son. You sound soooo brainwashed as if someone has given you a script that you spew with ignorance. READ your history and know from whence you came and come to a better conclusion lest you be one of the black men who will unconciously be the cause of our demise as a culture. YOUR words have no substance, I beg you return to your history and reexamine your thoughts. I beg you see in front of you and comprehend at least on a high school level. Peace and Love. Doesn’t have to be tough and negative for a resolution.

well it’s about damn time! the shit he used to get away with, i’m glad he’s finally getting what he deserves.

Not that I condone Imus’s comments, but those chicks are pretty jacked up looking! Girls in the south are usually more appealing to the eye than broads from up north.

#48>>>What in the world do their looks have anything to do with it? They are legitimized if they were the Beyonce type? These are young ladies excelling and doing something for themselves and I’m sure on the basketball court, they are aren’t worried about being glam. Yes black folks, we have a long ways to go.

#19 is right! That damn al sharpton didn’t come to the rescue of those poor white boys accused of raping two women. He calls himself a civilrights leader, the nerve of that guy!

Why should sharpton seek to ban sexist rap lyrics, mostly being espoused by black men, but avoid attacking sexist lyrics espoused by other group’s of people in other musical genre’s? Furthermore, you can’t criticize him, on the one hand, for failing to defend the civil rights of white people and then turn around and attack him for failing to criticize a genre predominately controlled by black folk.

#46 - Alice

I’ll give you more respect than you’re willing to give me. But if you did study history, you’d know that Martin Luther King was relatively unknown outside of Atlanta and Selma when he got involved with the bus boycott. He was already deeply involved in the act of DOING way before he was nationally known and recognized for his accomplishments. MLK was a great with words, but he was even better with his actions. His, as well as so many others, actions brought about the 1964 Civil Rights Act and not simply their words.

And I’m partly responsible for our “demise as a culture”? If I’m responsible for the demise, then where is/was our peak? I’m sorry if I have high expectations for myself and “our culture”. I’m sorry that I care more about what “We Can Do For Us” versus what “They Can Do For Us.” I’m sorry that I wish there can come a time when ignorant White people can call us names and we can feel sorry for them instead of feeling victimized by them. I’m sorry if I’d like for us to deal with our problems before they happen instead of when they happen. And I’m sorry that you feel content with where we are, because I believe we can and should do so much better.

EVERYBODY LISTEN UP!!!!! Yall know that girl that had the “a girl like me” movie? Well she was winning last night but look what I saw when I tried to vote again today
“We have determined that the online voting has been corrupted as a result of one or more instances of tampering with the voting process by users. As a result, none of the online votes will be counted, and we will submit all three of the semi-finalists to our panel of experts for final judging and selection of a winner.

The winner will be featured in the August 2007 issue of CosmoGIRL!”

OMG IM SO PISSED THEY DID THIS! Yall knew they wasnt gonna have a girl who challened white beauty standards win! She was just starting to get in the lead to. Sorry for goin off topic but I know alot of yall spent your time and energy voting so I thought you should know.
Here is the site if you need proof http://www.cosmogirl.com/...ntertainment/film-contest

yesi’m glad he got fired, what he said was just flat out disrespectful,racist and sexist,but i also agree that these rappers and other entertainers need to be held accountable for using the same language. black or white calling someone a ho or a bitch is just plain offensive and it still makes me feel disrespected whether it’s coming from a white man or a black man,as a matter of fact i actually feel more disrespected when it comes from a black man because i actually expect that kind of thing from a white person but our men need to come a little better when it comes to respecting and cherishing black women.

#49, On the court or off, these ladies are not beauty queens. Clearly you failed to read the first portion of my post “I do not condone Imus’s statement”. But are we as a people so damn sensitive where you can’t call someone who is ugly, ugly? The last thing the black race needs is to become as sensitive as Jews are, You can’t even call a Jew, a Jew without being accused of being an anti-semite. Im sorry but the world is mean and tough and cruel, you either learn to handle it and rise above, or you can be a crybaby every time someone calls you something you don’t like!

#52

Oh hell nawwwwww! After I voted 5 times at work for that girl they are just gonna take it away. I agree with you that once they saw that black girl rising to the number 1 spot they just HAD to put a stop to it. I didnt read anywhere on the rules where it said blogs couldnt tell people to vote for a certain person, they are just makin this shit up.

#52, guess those little white girls couldn’t take the truth.

I dont comment on these types of issues for one they usually turn into something that has nothing to do with the topic at hand,Secondly most people on here cant respect anothers opinion as if their way of thinking is the right way (we all think diffrently). How can you hope for better when your not doing better ?(stop attacking each others opinions and agree to disagree) I can see where alot of you are coming from, from both sides. As I can see they are all beautiful girls.And oh give me a break with anything concerning Al and Jesse they are nothing more than attention whores!

@52, damn I know angel is gonna be pissed when she finds out! Cant beleive they just took it down with her in the lead, and tomorrow was the last day!!!! smh

my bad I thought my first post didnt go thru ignore please lol.

Imus, Just cause you look in the mirror and don’t like what you see don’t take it out on other people.

CUT IT OUT ABOUT THE RAPPERS!! Although I truly do not condone the way rappers refer to other black women, there is absolutely no comparison to make, no confusion or double-standard in this particular issue to me. People must understand that it is not so much as what is said, but also (if not more so) the place from which it comes from!! When a rapper uses the disrespectul terms he does most likely it is because of what he has seen and/or experienced is his life at some point. They speak of situations generically. Whereas, Mr. Imus used inappropriate terms to make specific reference to a team of intelligent, driven young black women that he does not even know! This was a personal attack that he had no right make. Furthermore, the way in which he used the terms came off as sarcastic and racist - end of story. White America still does not get that the sensitivy from black people on this issue is due to the origin of the use of some of these terms. It is history people. Make no mistake. If you do not know what something truly means (white people), then you should not say it at all and think it is justified because oh yeah, THEY SAY IT, SO WHY CAN’T I!

let this be a lesson to everyone…….just because rappers spew the image and language that they do, does not mean that the black community as a whole are okay with it.

There is a big difference between being offended by your own community/family and being offended by someone who doesn’t even know you or what you stand for.

That should be a no brainer! It makes me think that these people just want any excuse to sound off with racist rhetoric.

So because snoop and other OG rappers have lived in the hood where women are bitches and ho’s he gets a pass? Come on that man has been out of the hood for decades, he should be growing instead of staying in that mentality hehad when he was a troubled youth. I think that is probably where all the problems stem from. Non of these rappers that made it big are growing as individuals, in fact they brag about still being “hood” and still being willing to kill a nigga when in fact, they are living the life of luxury and have every advantage to get ahead imaginable. Why is it sooo cool to act like a ignant teen when you are in your 30’s? Im done, and angel please post #52’s story cause people need to know.

I agree with everything u have to say Jamie E. Imus didn’t make a difference or didn’t affect me in any way, so what’s going to happen? his firing won’t stop the racism, it’ll make em aware that the companies don’t play around, but the real reasons behind it was out of money. If the advertisers didn’t remove themselves Imus would still be alive and talking. I don’t understand why we are so quick to blame other people instead of ourselves. Al sharpton and Jesse Jackson are fighting the “racism” cause but blacks are still living in poverty in this nation and are prone to not getting the education that they need.
Of course Bush won’t care about the situation in Darfur, but same with black people too, black people could care less what is going on in the motherland unless if it’s something to do with South Africa, because they have too much to deal with here.
Now if Bill O’reilly was fired from his job…

We really need to get away from criticizing Sharpton and Jackson–at least these brothas are in the game, advocating for the rights of all. I don’t believe these men are hypocrites as someone mentioned earlier–these men are always involved in various human rights issues, not just racial ones. However, the media loves sensationalizes stories like these because it portrays these guys as racist zealots and helps to cause division in our nation. But Sharpton and Jackson can’t be expected to take all of this on by themselves–it’s up to all of us to get involved. Not just talk about it but BE about it. And certainly not be critical of those who are.

oh didnt mean to sound demanding angel (just noticed it sounded kinda rude), but if you are reading it would be great if you could post it.

Don Imus got Fired ???
Wow..that’s too bad….

Nuh uh, how come sharpton or jesse (dont remember which one) was quoted as saying the men in the duke case were still guilty in his eyes because they made a black woman strip for them and that they should be punished? Now yall know if it were black men that were proven not guilty he would have been screamin “I TOLD YOU SO I TOLD YOU SO” to any and everyone that can stand to listen. jesse jackson and Al sharpton are not for black people, they just want that publicity that goes along with making brash and hypocritical statements.

on Thursday, April 12, 2007 @ 7:47 pm

65. Tonya said:
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We really need to get away from criticizing Sharpton and Jackson–at least these brothas are in the game, advocating for the rights of all. I don’t believe these men are hypocrites as someone mentioned earlier–these men are always involved in various human rights issues, not just racial ones. However, the media loves sensationalizes stories like these because it portrays these guys as racist zealots and helps to cause division in our nation. But Sharpton and Jackson can’t be expected to take all of this on by themselves–it’s up to all of us to get involved. Not just talk about it but BE about it. And certainly not be critical of those who are.

Bill Said:

Preach Tonya !!
I CoSign 101%

At Least Al Sharpton & Jesse Jackson are doing SOMETHING to uplift the Black Race !!!

on Thursday, April 12, 2007 @ 5:28 pm

10. RNB*MJ said:
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Damn, his career ruined by his own mouth.

Bill Said:

Yup..Basicaly he did..

He did himself in by the words that came out of HIS own mouth…

#33>>>Too Tot, I was just saying he wondered by deeper issues weren’t discussed on this blog. My point was that it is an entertainment blog and maybe its creator wanted something light-hearded and not deep. That’s all I was saying. I wasn’t downing the brotha. I have no problem discussing issues pertaining to us.

Bill did you hear that the “A GIrl Like me” documentery was wining only to have the voting takin away? I was shocked when I heard it.

Had to go underground for this one, because I work at one of the entertainment entities.
Make no mistake, CBS had to address this correctly. For one thing, CBS is owned by Viacom, which also owns BET. BET and CBS share office and studio space, in fact all of BET’s New York based studio shows are shot at CBS Studios. Also, apparently people forgot that CBS broadcasts the Final Four. They do not broadcast the women’s game it is broadcast by ESPN, owned by ABC-Disney. But since valuable advertisters starting running from Imus, they had to to capitulate to that quickly so that it didn’t even start to interfere with one of their sports cash cows.
Jamie, thank God there is at least one young brother who thinks like you do. I applaud you. Maybe you are the one that can start that blog.
But let me tell you all this - what rap acts are saying and doing is absolutely central to this situation. A white 66-year-old man would not even have known the words nappy-headed or ho without some familiarity with black vernacular which he probably absorbed along the line from black pop culture. Many people who are not in our community have adopted our words and terms, including “ghetto” “nappy” “nigga” etc. I don’t have time to pull up all the examples but they are numerous. That is why you have people like the college kids (some of whom were attending LAW school) who chose to use MLK day as a day to pose in blackface, with 40 oz and Aunt Jemima scarves on to have a “black” party. This is waaaay more than just Imus it is the way that our contribution to global culture has allowed people to view us. Don Imus felt comfortable saying what he said because he did not think anyone would come to the defense of dark-skinned athletic black women to keep it all the way real. He is probably surprised that anyone came to black women’s defense at all. It’s a damn shame that Vivian Stringer, who is the most prominent black woman in college basketball and has been for years, gets national exposure in this way when she’s been shaping women for 25 years. It’s a damn shame the the Rutgers team who came from nowhere with five freshman and lost to powerhouse Tennesse, got more atttention for this than for the championship game. But at the end of the day, this is about black women and their degradation by black men which allows white ones to feel like they can do it, too. Now maybe the white men know better. But what about the black ones who continue to perpetuate and get celebrated for the worst fucking images of black women of any group in the world? For those of you who can’t grasp the connection get a goddamn clue.
Lastly, everyone continues to complain bitch moan etc. about these rap acts and what they do. Then who the hell is buying the records, watching BET, supporting the radio stations and paying to see the concerts? I can tell you with absolute certainly that the majority of black people who work for BET, Universal, Atlantic, Jive, Sony, Vibe, The Source etc, would love to have better quality artist and projects to promote and sell. If the public did their job and stopped supporting this bullshit, then more of us inside the industry would have the ammunition we needed to create some change.

Anybody upset at the racial degregation of that girl who did the documentary “a girl like me” ???!!!! I mean who cares about this old yt man he is fired and thats that, what about the young sista that is gonna lose her scholarship because yts dont want to see a black girl talk about black beauty?! She was WINING and all of a sudden they want to take it to the judges because “people” were messing with the voting system. Lets be real the only thing that was wrong with the voting system is that THE BLACK GIRL WAS WINNING! we need to leave this yt man in the past and focuss on the injustices of cozmo girl magazine!

OMG how long can we drag this out before its dead?! The black girl from the cozmo scholarship contest was RACIALLY RAPED of her scholarship!! When are we gonna take interest and action on that subject? I feel like this man is doing our community a diservicee because all of our time is consumed with him, what about takesha and her racial battle? We worked hard to get her to the number one spot and theb yts toke it away from us. Whats next are they gonna RAPE YOU NEXT?!!