You have to ask yourself what the hell was he thinking to say this...was he under the influence of drugs, or "hip-hop" sans the respectable kind of hip-hop...?
2007-04-11 08:26:28 · 11 answers · asked by gobraghomagh 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
I DID NOT say "all". It would be foolish to think that "all" think this way...or would it???
2007-04-11 08:49:12 · update #1
This whole situation is so overwrought. He says one terrible thing, and all of a sudden we are idolizing the basketball team (oh such dignity to stand up to that man!), and it has more media coverage than some much more important stuff. I'm not saying Imus was in any way justified; I think what he said was very wrong. But the fact that it was blown up into such a fiasco shows what our society is like.
2007-04-11 08:39:17 · answer #1 · answered by Mia 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
For the words to come out of Don Imus's mouth. The thought had to have been in his head first. People with out negative racial/sexual thoughts can't "slip up" and make unintended racial comments. It just wouldn't occur to them. Example: I have heard Rap singers use words that I didn't add to my vocabulary. It's not that I choose not to use the words. I just never considered using them.
Now, I can't speak for all whites. Because I don't know what is on the minds of all white people. I think using the word "ALL" when referring to any group of people is the same type of thinking Don Imus was using when he uttered that disgusting stereotypical remark.
2007-04-11 15:47:45 · answer #2 · answered by Jeanie 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Imus is just speaking how most ignorant people speak. SOME rappers speak this way, and they don't represent all Black people.
2007-04-11 15:38:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
he was influenced by hip hop culture, the man said it is all.
2007-04-11 15:28:43 · answer #4 · answered by Jahpson 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
his comment was more silly than vicious. But i do think most white people are honestly just laughing it off and they don't see the danger in it.
2007-04-11 15:40:33 · answer #5 · answered by slinda 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think he is just a d**k some people may think stuff like that but I think he just wanted attention
2007-04-11 15:34:55 · answer #6 · answered by Nish 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes he was
And ralph kramden is such a moronic douchebag that he can't even use a common colloquialism correctly.
2007-04-11 15:34:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I think he has a prejudice and is not a good representative of what white people think
2007-04-11 15:30:05 · answer #8 · answered by Jim G 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Please... that old is azz man is not listening to nobody's hip hop what a stupid excuse
2007-04-11 16:51:52 · answer #9 · answered by micheleh29 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Avi6V7X34lti6SNTHO_cR.zz7BR.?qid=20070411124131AAdrokb
2007-04-11 16:02:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋