Double Standard or Racist???

Question

ok, the whole thing with Imus is unbelieve. but my question is...

is society made because Imus called them hos or are they made that it came from a white man?

Rappers say it all the time in their lyrics and for some reason, that's OK with society. The public buys their albums and helps promotes it. And that's ok. But here comes Imus, a WHITE man, and all of a sudden it's wrong.

Double Standard or Racist???

You decide!!

i meant mad...sorry about the typo people :)

American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source nap·py 1 (nāp'ē) Pronunciation Key
adj. nap·pi·er, nap·pi·est

Having a nap; fuzzy.
Kinky; frizzy.


going on this difinition, do white people, hispanic, and other cultures have "nappy" hair also or is it just black people?

Answer 1

The Imus Issue has become a prime example of racism. Not white racism but black racism. Black politicians, talk show hosts and musicians can say whatever they want and use the 1st Amendment as their defense. However, a white person has a so called 'Unspeakable Word Dictionary' and in that book is a list of words that are deemed to be racist, sexist, and demeaning. Blacks have no such book. They say slut, ho, whore, cracker, dumbass whiteboy, and so on and so on. Where's the outcry? Not allowed. because whites are not allowed to speak freely. However, blacks are allowed to because it is their right by law. Racism? yes. Double standard? Of course.

Answer 2

First off let me state that any use of the First Amendment is completely incorrect. The First Amendment was made to stop the government from punishing a person for freedom of speech not an employer or any other individual. Too many people do not know that.

Second Don Imus was fired for financial reasons and if anyone else has anyother proof let me know. If his sponsers would have stayed they would have slapped his hands. As the rest of the Shock Jock nation!!

Third If you are going to go on a National Stage to defend yourself. At least submit your yourself respectablly including the language you use. You can not be taken seriously if you are "axing" for my backing.

Double Standard Yes, you think Special Interest groups are going after even one for the degradation of other races or sexes think again. It is all about the dollars, if there is no money in it why do it. That is your double standard!!

Remember outrage is subjectional what might bug you and want to cause you to riot someone else will shrug off their shoulders.

Answer 3

I have to go with double-standard.

Now, granted, if Imus had said the same thing in private with a crowd of known friends, black, white, Yao Ming, etc, they'd have all laughed and had a great time. The sensitivities, tho a little over done, are heightened when something like this is said on the "other-than-all-rap" airways.

Still, the good news is that, at least the more conscientious black civic leaders are fighting hard against such language even from black musicians (including rappers).

And, also, there's been a powerful coming together of all races in this country lately against illegal immigration. There are these bizarre groups who have tried to convince us that night is actually "day" in an endless barrage of propaganda that says "if you don't pity and encourage illegal immigrants - particularly those who refuse to speak English (but all speak one other language) and have a growing potential voting bloc- then you are racist."

Get real!




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Answer 4

I agree with the Don Imus firing it was a long time in the making and he had it coming.

Secondly i have been reading posts on here for the better part of the night and have to admit there is a massive Double Standard going on in the world today between Blacks & Whites

Sharpton & Jackson are complete asses and now that they got what they wanted with the Imus firing, they should head down to Duke Univ. and apoligize to the Lacrosse players who were wrongfully accused.

I have been reading posts and noticed people talking about how very qualified blacks are often rejected for jobs in favor for unqualified whites im not saying nor can i say it doesnt happen but it also happens the other way also, in Police Departments, Fire Departments and local city jobs, blacks are always looked at first disregarding the test scores etc.

i know i may have gone off topic but i just had to get it out

Answer 5

it is possible other races have it...what your dictionary defination doesn't tell you is the history behind the word.

Nappy was a word used just like the n-word and jiggaboo...another word used by Imus' sidekick during the same exchange....to insult and keep blacks feeling they were inferior during slavery. Theorists that kept slavery as a strong instutition knew that you had to keep slaves at a low self esteem and make sure they never were able to join together and rise up...that is why history only tells us of a few slave revolts.

Now is there a double standard? yes. The power is in one color now...green as in money....when rappers make their comments people have complained....Al sharpton and Jesse jackson among them...the problem is that when the albums come out people buy them..both white and black so they say whatever it takes to sell records and people buy it.

When Imus did it people were outraged...I was upset but then I went on with my day...its not the first thing that he's said.
People decided to hit him where it hurts in the wallet....by telling the sponsors no more...they had to listen and therefore Imus was out.

To stop rappers from doing this people have to stop buying their albums...and tell their labels to stop....no one wants to do this.

There are alot of double standards in this society unfortunately...until we decide to hold everyone equally accountable no matter what they will continue.

Answer 6

I don't think there was a double standard or that Imus was fired because free speech was denied him, I think he was fired because we all have free speech. You can't use the First Amendment to give him the right to say what he pleases and then deny the rest of us our First Amendment right to protest his words. Ultimately, he was fired because over 100 advertisers backed out of supporting the show. If I was an African-American woman advertising with CBS and heard him make those comments, why should I be pressured to ignore it and continue doing business with him? Free speech doesn't mean you are completely free from consequences, it simply means the government can't throw you in jail for speaking your mind.

Hopefully, the same thing will begin to happen to these idiot rappers being disrespectful to themselves, their families and their women. Hopefully their record sales will plummet and they'll just go away.

I only wish we had demanded by now that our President and his Veep be fired after some of the inane and irresponsible lies they've told.

Answer 7

If the black individual who made the racist comments, worked for MSNBC, they might have been fired. MSNBC has a picture to uphold and that they (like maximum different stations) do no longer condone racism. If he worked for Clearchannel or FOX, he does no longer have been fired. Rush Limbaugh and the team at FOX information make racist statements each and all of the time, yet human beings do no longer make a brilliant deal approximately it because of the fact this is predicted - every person already knows they're racist. David Duke has controlled to stay in politics and he a very open racist. He become arrested a pair of months in the past mutually as giving a speech to a white supremacist team in the Czech Republic.

Answer 8

Not so much racist as just sheerly derogatory and inappropriate. Although, it's coming from someone who built a career on being derogatory and inappropriate, by the way.

Definitely a double-standard. Which is a problem. Hypocrisy and inequity in our system is denigrating American society as a whole. Speech is never more dangerous as when it is censored and controlled. Hitler rose to power with hate speech, sure, but he was one of the few with the freedom of speech.

Despite society that was openly racist and free to speak such opinions, great men such as Rev. Martin Luther King (a real Reverand!) were able to forge the way for the civil liberties as all.

If you think someone or something is racist, the way to fight is with free speech and open discourse, not censorship and silencing. As long as we're not able to have the conversations, we will have problems.

Maybe this is our wake-up call. Time to start talking, not condemming.

Answer 9

Double standard and corporations ran Imus to the ground by political motives. That is a shame. A suspension was good enough and somewhere a real news outlet needs to get it that one should be able to say what they feel without censorship. It was bad, don't get me wrong; but, he did not have to be fired and I can't even stand Imus.

Answer 10

It's definitely a Double Standard, That still doesn't make what Imus said OK. He called those girls whores and that was wrong. I would of fired him just for that!