Do You Believe Better Things Will Come Out Of The Imus Firings?

Question

Finally! We can go after those negative rap talkers (they cant sing). They are ruining our society more than Imus.

Answer 1

the sad thing is, i bet some of those college girls on that team listen to lil john, ludacris, and the majority of "artists" that not only completely demean women, but they also disgrace their race. that does not advocate imus' remarks by any means. but if you are going to fire him, then demand that all the demeaning artists in the music industry to stop making music.

To Antonia: there are in fact artists who do good things and have a positive message. however, i believe he was referring only to the rappers and hip hop artists who have negative lyrics. i draw this conclusion from his exact words, "negative rap talkers". please be sure to read carefully before you choose to respond.

Answer 2

Good things will never come because it was never about what Imus said but the backlash they head execs didn't like dealing with. It's about free speech and you sir are ignorant. I will just assume just as you did about rappers not being able to "sing", that you don't listen to rap/hip-hop. Because if you did you'd know there's many artists out there that have something to say and don't just embarass black people as a race all the time. I suggest actually listening to the music COMPLETELY AS A WHOLE AND NOT JUST WHAT YOU MAY FIND ON TELEVISION before you go on your next little rant...GOOD DAY.

Answer 3

To answer to your question, NO. What Imus said was idiotic and insensitive without a doubt, and it is also true that a 66 year old caucasian male more likely than not, does not have a grasp of street language; so it is fair to say that he possibly did hear a rapper or the like utter language like that of which he thought could be used as a joke.
The problem is that we do not want to be truthful with ourselves as a society, probably more that 99 percent of people are biased based on race, social class or the like, not racist mind you but biased, meaning they believe sterotypes or assume things about a person based on their color, or economic status etc. And how can they not be? you have programs devoted to speaking about and generalizing groups of people all the time, so many things deal with race in a negative way casually almost as an afterthought.
Obviously rap is a very successful form of entertainment, and it reflects culture, hip hop culture encompasses rap and rap speaks to and about hip hop culture. These terms that so many young people use such as ***@a, hoe, bit*h, and the like are entrenched in society as a whole, you cannot erradicate them.
I actually believe race will be a bigger problem in the years to come because as you might have heard 84 % of rap music cd's are purchased by caucasian teens, and if you pay attention to popular culture, in places like myspace and the like you have caucasian young people who believe the urban lifestyle is so very glamorous, many believe it is ok for them to use the word ***@a even just like the artists they listen to and try to emulate.
It is the responsability of parents to teach their kids the impact of these words and how using them can really not help their education or self improvement. Regardless rap is and will be protected as free speech and as long as you have young people who love that kind of music and think the lifestyle portrayed in many of the hip hop songs and videos is something worth pursuing
you cannot silence it.
BTW I do enjoy rap just songs that spoke about the black experience in America, their struggle(black people) and fun party songs. Also I am mexican just in case someone wants to lecture me about not having the right to write any word if I was caucasian.

Answer 4

True. But don't go crying for Imus. He'll have a better job on satellite radio insulting more people than ever.

Answer 5

there's a distinction between procrastination and persistence. Procrastinating is averting duty....while persistence is waiting for the right second to stay as a lot because it. sturdy issues do not consistently come to persons that wait. notwithstanding it does look extra like a blessing if there's a serious era of 'badness' first IMHO.

Answer 6

Not the actual firing but all the attention that it has gotten, now that it is front and center we should analyze the real problem

Answer 7

No, nothing will change. This stuff happens too often for it to mean anything towards change in society.

Answer 8

You are ignorant.

And honestly as a Black person, I don't care whether he gets fired or not(if he didn't already). I don't watch him anyway. The people that don't care can continue to watch him and others can stop.

Answer 9

Every time the blacks play the race card, more whites will become a little more racist toward them.Blacks contribute little good to society in these times.

Answer 10

I think humans are starting to get sick of this PC crap.