Would Don Imus have been fired for his remarks if he had been black?

Question

Well, maybe if he had been a conservative black. Not that Don was conservative, his crime was being white while saying what he said. I'm pretty sure a liberal black wouldn't have had much of a problem. Double standards, anyone? It's kinda like Jeopardy, "I'll take Double Standards for 400"

Answer 1

No probably not - but you're completely right, because if say a black radio personality (or anyone for that matter) made a racial comment about a white trait nobody would bring it up - as if racism only exists one way.

Answer 2

Actually, Don was fired as a result of his own stupidity. It really doesn't matter who would have said it, if they are not part of the group being antagonized, then the result should have been the same.

Do you really think it would have been different if say, Roberto Gonzales had said it? Do you think Colin Powell or Condi Rice wouldn't have gotten the same treatment? Or suppose Jesse Jackson would have made a similar comment about Asians? How do you think he would have been perceived in the media?

Please, do not make this an issue of white vs the world, that doesn't solve anything, but does create more problems. The bottom line is NO ONE should be allowed to do it in such a forum, and EVERYONE gets upset when it happens to their race, regardless of the individual commentators race. That's why you DON'T hear Colin Powell, Roberto Gonzales, Oprah Winfrey, Joyce Meyers, Al Gore, and other such prominent people making such comments. They know better. Even if they did think it, you wouldn't know because they wouldn't air it in the public. You have to be stupid to do so nowadays.

Answer 3

No.
Jesse Jackson got away with calling NYC Hymie town which is a slur against Jewish people.
Sharpton ruined the lives of 3 white males over the lies of 1 black stripper, and he has yet to apologize for the near riots he caused by campaigning for their conviction in the press. Sharpton exploited a poor black woman in this process also. Has an apology been asked of him?
Blacks can call whites whatever name they choose, they can use words to refer to each other that n one is is allowed to say. It is a double standard which helps to perpetuate racism and to make sure it stays alive so Jesse and Al will have an excuse to get on TV and to make some money

Answer 4

actual, i think of it may desire to have occurred an prolonged time in the past. i does not guard that guy for something, yet I do could desire to ask your self approximately another element: i've got seen hundreds of libs on right here tense that fool's head on a stick, yet they seem the very comparable libs who're protecting the idiots out on the West Coast final week who have been burning an effigy of a soldier and an American Flag putting forward that they have got been work out the staggering of unfastened speech. How come none of those libs are protecting Imus' precise to unfastened speech? For that count, I observed particularly some posts via libs claiming that the West Coasters are no longer representative of all libs and how unfair it became into to lump all of them mutually, yet those have been the very comparable libs who claimed that Congressman Foley became into representative of all Republicans. for this reason I save asserting that libs are the main biased, unfair human beings interior the completed international.

Answer 5

Don Imus was/is a professional broadcaster who should have known better.
If he was a old doctor and started carving up patients in an amateurish fashion, he would be fired from the hospital. It he were a old brick mason and started building ******** walls, he would not be asked to build any more.
Don Imus was a old broadcaster; his JOB was talking and entertaining. He did it well (if controversially) for many years. But a few weeks ago, he did a foolish and unprofessional thing. It's not the race issue, it's about that sloppy old fool losing control of his tongue and saying something that, had he been a bit sharper, a bit more on the ball, he NEVER would have said on-air.
Heck, the N-HH comment was not only offensive, it was STUPID.
Senility is not a crime, but there's no reason the networks should pay someone to be an idiot on their airtime.

Answer 6

Imus' firing was the typically American kneejerk reaction where the media grabs hold of the story and won't let go. There was no other choice for the networks involved but to fire him.

However, I agree that Imus should have been fired. What a horrible thing to say about those girls. Remember, these are girls in their teens or very early 20s. What was the point of what he said? Would he say the same thing about a team of predominantly white players?

Imus ruined the girls trip to the playoffs. When they think back to what should be a proud moment, they'll always remember Imus' bigotry.

Answer 7

Undeniably, a double-standard exists. It's unfair and it's hypocritical.

The root of it all is this: Civility [good manners] are a thing of the past. In this nation now, Toby Keith's song summarizes the situation: "I, me, my, mine. It's all about me."

Answer 8

well first of all nobody even knew who he really was until he said that so i think it was blown way up. and another thing is tito ortiz said almost the same thing, he said something about making another fighter his nappy headed ho.. so i think this guy should get repremanded yea.. but not fired. even oprah is on his side because its how we all treat and speak to eachother that creates this kind of situation.

Answer 9

Point is he should not of made that commit. I would just leave it at that. As far as the standard goes, it is being made as we speak. You will be able to use these case in points to back your points in life down the road. As of now, your point is mute.

Answer 10

double standard