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Gothamist: Imus Off The Air For Two Weeks
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• squidfly
  

  Stewart you see race in everything, they were just being professional, obviously they saw you with that look of "NIGGER!!" In your eyes, Black folks see things. You ever heard the phrase "I SEE WHITE PEOPLE?'

• stewart
  

  I experience racism everytime I go to the post office and the black employees go above and beyond for the black man in front of me in line and then make me wait and give me sub-standard service when it's finally my turn. If a black man called the basketball teams names they would simpy give him a Grammy and call him an artist.

• squidfly
  

  70 your white so you no authority on the subject of who is or isn't a racsit, leave it to the people with experience.

• mike c
  

  Michael Irvin made some serious racial comments about current Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo and his great great grand mother. So did the media flinch. Was Irvin's comments brought up on national news. Was it a huuuge news story like Don Imus, Kramer from Seinfeld or Mel Gibson? No. You never heard of it and 99% of America didn't either. I happened to read it on an obscure football website. So what is any different than what Kramer or Imus or Mel Gibson said than what Michael Irvin said? All comments would be considered racist or stereotypical. All of the comments except one made national news headlines. All comments except one resulted in a firing or public backlash (ie people boycotting Kramer or Mel Gibson's media vehicles). All except one was beat to death on "The View" by rosie and the other ladies. So why were Michael Irvin's comments not in the spotlight? Why was he not pulled through the mud by the American media? If all the instances listed above are deemed racist or stereotypical, why was one person given a free pass and the others left to roast under the intense heat of media scrutiny? It just so happens that Michael Irvin is black and all the other Racists I listed above are of some Caucasian lineage. Coincidence that the American media did not throw the black man under the bus with the rest of the racist crew? Absolutely not. The American media had full and aware knowledge of Michael Irvin's comments just as they did with all of the other major racism scandals in the last year or so. Why not give the black man the same treatment as anyone else in that position? THAT IS THE QUESTION. Why is it that when a white man says something negative/racist it's in the national media but when a black man says something racist it goes on page 36 of the newspaper next to an ad for carpet cleaning service? The American Media is "Racist About Racism" (I just coined that phrase). To wrap up, I agree with all your points about Imus, he probably should have been fired and it really was not an intelligent thing to say even in a joking context. But in the grand scheme of things does it really matter. Did it really hurt anyone? The Rutgers Womens bball team accepted Imus' apology, and did they really care what some old fart said about them? I don't have all the answers, but I do know that the American media focuses more on white racists than any other color racist. And if I had to say, that is Racist in and of itself. note(Michael Irvin was not fired from his job. However, his contract was up a couple of months after his comments and was not renewed by ESPN. The fact that Irvin was caught with a marajuana pipe in his car a year earlier probably helped the case not to renew his contract as well as the comments.)

• squidfly
  

  [68] Posted by: double standard | April 12, 2007 1:20 AM oh shut up your so last century. Tsnumai Song waa waa, they were white people who wrote that song, white people who produced it. Shut Up! Defending Imus...shut up.

• double standard
  

  Let me first preface this comment by saying how sorry I feel for Rutger's Women's Basketball Team. They have been caught in the middle of a political and publicity fueled battle storm. It is a shame that their great achievements have been overshadowed with this nonsense. Imus' comments were racist and sexist. However I commend him on his public apology and his appearance on Al Sharpton's own radio show to discuss his offensive comments. However, I am left to wonder why these recent comments have caused this huge uproar as opposed to the countless other times that this "Shock Jock" has made some not-so-PC comments? If these public advocates, the show sponsors, and the networks are so opposed to racism shouldn't they have dumped Imus' show long ago? And where were these disgruntled sponsors when the highly disturbing "Tsunami Song" was played on Hot 97 countless times? Shouldn't Carlos Mencia's show on Comedy Central be banned for he's racial derogatory overtones? (Or is that categorized as "comedy?") Apparently, as long as you are not African-American, you better have a sense of humor because a racist comment in the media should be considered "just a joke"; as you won't have political advocates like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson sticking up for you in your corner!

• Backwoodsmadam
  

  Al Sharpton is just about the LAST person I would want to speak on my behalf. It just seems that some people just sit back and wait for someone else to fall so they can rub salt in the wounds and point giant fingers of blame. If Al didn't have these kind of Imus events to scream about, the man would have no exposure whatsoever. He's guilty of the same kind of racist behavoir. He gets so much news coverage whenever he opens his big mouth. What good has he ever done? He's suppose to be a minister, yet can't accept an apology and be forgiving. Well, Rev. Al, being Christian doesn't mean you're perfect. . . just forgiven. You're such a big phoney.

• squidfly
  

  [63] Posted by: russ | April 10, 2007 11:38 PM and your point is? Ahhh white people, they want their skin privelege and racsim too.

• proctor and gamble people
  

  Procter and Gamble, Staples and Bigelow Tea withdrew advertising from his show. let me say that again, Procter and Gamble, this is not a vermont teddy bear or zone chef account. this is big. now what are you gonna do? boycott PG? I say HA! revolution time.

• ginger baker
  

  i kind of like sharpton generally BUT he does come off looking like a crybaby here. What Imus said was certainly offensive but not illegal nor should it be illegal. His reference was crude, offensive, and racist but...my god, there is so much else going on in the world a lot worse! Al just looks like he wants to score some cheap political points...it was stupid to say yet it was said only once, it wasn't a prolonged rant (a la kramer)...get over it people.

• russ
  

  So as many of you now know... Don Imus called the Rutgers Girls Basketball team some mean, racist names on his radio show. I don't listen to Imus, but that is what happened, I heard the recording as many of you did. Imus is a dork. I guess he's a racist too. Guess what folks? Its not illegal to be a racist. Now all this brouhaha. Imus is suspended for 2 weeks, and many are calling for him to be fired from his job. Then Imus went on Al Sharpton's radio show and demanded an apology, and Imus gave him one. I have many problems with this. #1, I am no fan of Imus. What he said was offensive to some, but its his RIGHT to say what he wants. If he wants to be, or sound racist, thats HIS RIGHT to do so. If you don't like what he says, write a letter condemning him. Change the channel. Write to the FCC. But demand he be fired? These Politically Correct Motherfuckers, shut the fuck up already. Wa wa wa, you big crybabies. Get a life! And Al Sharpton?!?!? He's one of the biggest racists alive today!!!! Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!!! Does anyone remember the Tawana Brawley Scandal in the late 1980s? How about Steven Pagones, the prosecutor whose life Sharpton ruined? How about Freddy's Fashion Mart in Harlem and Sharton's "WHITE INTERLOPERS" comment in the 1980s? How DARE Al Sharpton accuse Don Imus of being a racist and demand he be fired, when Sharpton himself has been doing the EXACT same thing for decades. In my opinion, anyone who follows Sharpton is either blind to his past dealings, or is just plain ignorant. How can ANYONE take Sharpton seriously and turn the cheek to his past? I don't see how anyone can get behind him, when he has all that blood on his hands from his own scandalous and sordid past! We have American troops over in Iraq dying everyday, yet everytime some stupid celebrity says something politically incorrect...THAT becomes the front page news. The American media is COMPLETELY FUCKED UP,