Imus & the girls have met. This meeting led to flowing tears and the girls asking "Why Us?".?

Question

This was a trajedy in the lives of these girls. They did nothing and were attacked. I'm black, if these were white girls, I would have felt terrible. I'm a father of a daughter, I would have been beside myself. I know there are many who are racist and care less in here about minorities, less alone blacks. Okay. What about the human part of you? What do you think about the paint to these girls, that Imus has caused? Or, are they just monkeys as some in here have called me. God Bless

Answer 1

They fired him. Maybe he'll come back on Redneck Radio where he belongs because this experience won't change him. As the saying goes, thoughts held in mind manifest in time (this time he slipped up). The network didn't have a choice but to let him go.

The girls will move on and this will be one more life experience that they will get through. Wait until they get in the professional arena and have to deal with racism.

Answer 2

I don't think there are many out here that wouldn't agree that the remarks were disrespectful. But a TRAGEDY? Let's not get melodramatic! "Pain" you ask? Did any of them get handcuffed and locked up or kicked out of school, because they were accused of something they didn't do! But because the accuser was black, the white Lacrosse team were labeled racist/rapists! Now that's pain...their futures are ruined! The ladies worked hard to be a great team and they are working towards colleges degrees. Strange how this became a "black" thing...I believe I saw a couple of little white faces on that team...These ladies had some good "cheerleaders" that wouldn't allow them the dignity of dealing with the comments, in a bit more private manner. Their coach and the mouthy "black leaders", put these ladies in the spot light, not Imus' remarks. I felt sorry for this team of ladies, when I saw them lined up in chairs on a stage... they looked like they were being paraded, not protected. The black people of this country have some sorry "leaders". They are self serving, fist pounding, righteous "victims". Because of their insistence of public display, these ladies are getting hate mail. Like Mr. Jason Whitlock said, this morning on Today, with Matt Lauer, these men(black leaders, ie: Jackson and Sharpton) don't help bring the community together, they set it back. Mr. Whitlock and Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, are very insightful men...read some of their stuff. For the record, I'm a 50 something white woman with two grown sons, I would shred anyone who would harm them. Is that human enough? Sorry I went on so.

Answer 3

What Imus said wasn't an "attack"...
I never cared for Imus. I sometimes watched his show in the morning as I was flipping channels. It was a put down show. Imus and his staff were constantly making fun of people. CONSTANTLY! They ridiculed all kinds of people. He made the crack about the girls team and probably didn't even think about it.
Now he's fired and I hope you're happy.
That's one more notch on the death of free speech.
I laughed when people use words like whitey, honkey, cracker, redneck.... but now I think anyone using those words should be fired and ostracized and it doesn't matter at all if they apologize. God Bless.

Answer 4

Victor, I have yet to see that gathering. I never actually heard the Rutgers members display personal anger, in public. Only recently have I suddenly felt that politics was involved with the firing of Imus. He is normally considered as one who is politically to the right. When Bush had a Republican-controlled Congress, Janet Jackson and Howard Stern were harassed. Could Imus be a payback from the now-Democrat-controlled Congress?

Answer 5

I am African American and I really don't understand why there is such as outrage. I agree that he statement was ignorant and insensitive but he isn't the only person to make racial jokes (I am speaking about blacks and whites). Chris Rock does it and so does Dave Chapelle. If a "joke" is not acceptable in one forum why isn't it wrong in others? I don't think that the girl should feel hurt because first and foremost they didn't even hear the statements they had to be told about what he said. As people I am sure that everyone has encountered something negative that someone has said about them. So what! As I was growing up, my mother told me to never worry about what others say about you that isn't true. If they aren't "nappy headed or hos", why do they care? Why even worry about the comments of one man who can not make or break who or what they are? There really are more important issues going on this world than this incident and quite frankly I am tired of hearing about it. Don Imus was not referring to me or anyone that I know and love. He is insignificant.

Answer 6

As I've stated in similiar discussions: Get. Over. Yourself. Stop playing the victim. Kids in junior high put up with comments similiar to what Imus said, so why can't you, a grown *** man, have the cajones to cope with it?

It was a joke, not an "attack", as u put it. A black guy could joke with me that my d*ck is 1/2 the size of his, or that I couldnt dance for sh*t, and I wouldn't get pissed about it, because I can take a joke. It would prolly be true anyways.


Also: you were called a monkey, I was called a whitey and a honkey, so I guess it evens out.

So, A.) lighten up and stop weeping about something that is a non-issue ( we have plenty of other problems in the world, u could decide to focus your energy on some of those), or B.) print this sucker out and use it on every discussion that involves race http://willcurley.tripod.com/home/index.blog/483340/the-latest/race_card.gif

P.S-

Things that qualify as tragedys:

-living in a 3rd/4th world country
-getting cancer or a similar disease/ailment
-participating in a war, watching your friends get killed in front of you
-family member dying
-live in a communist state and belong to the government your entire life

things that shouldn't be considered as tragedys:

-having a 6th grade epithet directed at you, and then getting the guy who made the comment, to lose his job.

Answer 7

I think it will sad that we have stoop this low in American. What happen to peoples Christians values and looking and loving each other. lets ask each other this question is this how Christ would want to treat others, I don't think so. We are to treat everyone the same without calling people names it uncalled for Christ wouldn't do it. I say let us not do it.

Answer 8

Imus is just an ******. It's just words. If anything they should be just laughing at him. He has no future and they do.
I don't give a hoot about name calling. I been called worse than that by black people. To be overly offended by name calling just shows lack of intelligence.

Answer 9

If you look at life through your EGO, you will be permanently offended. He was wrong. He was punished for it. And life goes. On. The Black people who made a huge deal about my local Duke Lacrosse players raping (supposedly) a black stripper was equally besmirching to them. But I don't see Jesse Jackson apologizing to them?
Next time try and Ask a question instead of preaching to us.

Answer 10

Imus forgot that people have feelings. he is such a jerk. I know these girls were caused pain and have showed class to this point in how the matter has been handled. I wish them the very best.