[Rhodes22-list] Don Imus

[Joseph Hadzima]

Regarding the double standard ... 

yes and no! 

THESE specific women basketball team members were singled
out.  There is no information on what music these women
like. So we can't say they deserve to be called anything.
In fact THEY were offended, the rest of the noise (e.g.
Rev. Jackson, et al) just wanted to hop on to the band
wagon, and be heard (after the Imus was fired, Jackson
still wants to hold his march to CBS).

I also believe there is a tad more to the story .. the
conversation (not just the single sentence from Imus) said
things like the TN team were "cute", and other remarks
which were unflatering to the NJ team.  Those remarks I'm
sure did even more to hurt their feelings.

It was NOT a GENERAL remark, it was directed to a specific
team.  When the MC at a MTV Spring Break show welcomes the
"bitches" to Spring Break Mexico, they are not specifically
refering to "all the girls from "WhatsAmatter U", but any
in the croud that wish to identify themselfs with the
remark.  No one is up in arms (many of these women are not
black, and neither is the MC of the show - so it's not just
the Black RAP community that is at fault).

Anyone remember when it was totally un cool to refer to
females over 16 as girls? they were either women, or young
women, sometimes a male could get away with calling a goup
"ladies" if the average age was over 40 ... maybe.  Where
is NOW now? Are they okay with this?

As for the true part of the double standard.  The irony is
that the black community fought very hard for total
integration many years ago, and now that some white folk
embrace some of the same cultural atributes (think America
the melting pot) in the burbs it is some how wrong.  

So IMHO, I believe some of this outrage is a good thing,
even Rev. Sharpton said there needs to be more outrage
towards some RAP and commics.  But as far as Imus goes, he
did insult a specific group of talented indivduals, and
deserved at least the 2 week suspention.




HADZ (a.k.a. joe)

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somebody's garden or on a vacant hillside, the flower will always
smile at you. The most polite way to respond, I've been told, is
to cheerfully return the smile."
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