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wgaf? seriously, what the is happening to this country? grow the up you sensitive assholes...
And I asked, what gives them more of a right to use those words?
Because they're comedians?
Oh ok. Great counter argument.
Either it's ok for everyone to use racially charged words while joking or its not ok for anyone to use them. There's no middle ground. You can't say he he and she can say it jokenly but he he and she can't.
wgaf? seriously, what the is happening to this country? grow the up you sensitive assholes...
I understand that people in this country are overly sensitive... but a 66 year old radio host should know better than to call a team of black girls "nappy headed hoes."
who gives a , its one man's comments...and he is en led to them. furthermore, what he said has nothing to do with what he actually might think. not to mention, the guy is 66...whatever.
...maybe they are nappy headed hoes?
Not all the players on that team were black.
either there is a lot of racist people on this forum or people from Texas just don't think the same way most people from California do.......
you don't call a group of predominately black girls "nappy headed hos"
You do realize that at least one of the persons you've debated in this thread is from California, right?
It seems to me that the most offense is taken because of WHOM he was talking about. That sort of thing can be said of a lot of different people and probably not be so offensive. But these were young, talented, hard working athletes who are furthering their education. They just happen to be black women. They were in absolutely no way deserving of such an ugly comment. I know it can sound hypocritical; but if you say something ugly about someone who is an a-hole, that's different.
No one should you showed.
Maybe people in Texas read better than people in Kalifornia.
I wonder what would have happened had he called them a bunch of butch females?
It's what they call each other!
Why does it sound sinister coming from the mouth of a different color?
Check out Don Imus, he's a frigging fossil:
Firstly, I can pretty much guarantee that those girls don't spend a whole lot of time calling each other "nappy headed hoes." But even if they did, that wouldn't magically make Imus' comments appropriate.
Secondly, a comedian using racial comments/slurs is usually seen as being somewhat acceptable (not by me, for the record) because it is part of an act. The context is different. Make the same comments/jokes WITHOUT it being part of your act and see if being a comedian is still a valid excuse -- Michael Richards would be quick to tell you it's not.
There are a few things that make Imus' comments such a big deal, in my opinion. He's not a comedian, he wasn't doing a stand-up routine. He was just commenting on a basketball game, and the sudden use of racial slurs comes a bit out of left field.
Also, the fact that he's white does make it even less acceptable. I firmly believe that racism is racism, regardless of who it comes from or goes against... but there is a slight difference when the person making the comments is someone who has very real power and societal advantages specifically because of his race.
maybe they just need to get their hair did
Says the phobe.
I prepared a fairly long response, but understand that the "race" issue is a sensitive one. I therefore repent from possibly causing further fruitless argument.
My failure to mention that Imus' comment was TOTALLY unacceptable was gross. My sincere apologies to whomever I may have offended.
And if you think that sounds very white of me, it's because it is. Or, I am.
So am I.And if you think that sounds very white of me, it's because it is. Or, I am.
I choose not to use it as an excuse for ignorance, however.
Good choice.
i think you are an overly sensitive nut-job. if this is in fact what you think.
most american women actually are ho's, just wave a few hundreds near them and see what happens.
i wonder how girls these days would compare to girls, say...50 years ago? my guess is girls are more sexually active than in the past, but not to the degree many people may think. i just think sex is talked about and displayed, through various mediums, much more than it use to be.
what the guy said was offensive and I'm far from being mr. sensitive.
I thoroughly enjoy the fact that Jesse Jackson is calling Imus to be fired for making a mistake by saying what he said. I guess Jesse "I cheated on my wife and knocked up some woman" Jackson is the only human who can make a mistake, apologize and then continue on like nothing happened.
Very far from it, actually.
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