tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955200.post6220056076330939968..comments2023-10-31T04:56:53.741-04:00Comments on Doan Mind Me: What rhymes with Imus?Jdidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08493622796742761799noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955200.post-88682902193426765442007-04-17T19:55:00.000-04:002007-04-17T19:55:00.000-04:00I wonder how it would've gone down if he'd call Co...I wonder how it would've gone down if he'd call Condi Rice a 'nappyheaded ho."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955200.post-30845227449575463012007-04-17T18:31:00.000-04:002007-04-17T18:31:00.000-04:00This past year, we seem to have so many personalit...This past year, we seem to have so many personalities having communication melt-downs...Im wondering if and when it will stop. Or is it a harbinger of whats more to come??<BR/>LLola Getshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07058543308191117858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955200.post-88711108952898044062007-04-17T11:48:00.000-04:002007-04-17T11:48:00.000-04:00@Fiyah, with all due respect, that's ridiculous. C...@Fiyah, with all due respect, that's ridiculous. Context shouldn't matter...If Obama had used the statement to talk about fictional people, how'd you think that would go over? Bill Cosby used "Shaquita" to describe a fictional ghettofied person, and that got everyone up in arms, right?<BR/><BR/>If Bush would've said that statement to talk about fictitious people he thought earned the title, it SimplEnigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15642766997671366887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955200.post-17540010744549182842007-04-16T22:25:00.000-04:002007-04-16T22:25:00.000-04:00I don't think it is just hip hop, it is a host of ...I don't think it is just hip hop, it is a host of things. But we must respect each other because people are using rappers words and our own disrespect for our people against us, to say what they want. But it must be clear, Imus did not lose his job because of our protest, he lost it because corporate was losing money. But his friends who agree with him and saw nothing wrong will just hire him Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13037132101026488589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955200.post-20609226089833085212007-04-16T15:47:00.000-04:002007-04-16T15:47:00.000-04:00Cosigned on everything, but small point of clarifi...Cosigned on everything, but small point of clarification. While I agree that it wasn't the broadcasters themselves who suddenly found religion and saw fit to plug the plug on Imus -- I agree it was definitely the will of the advertisers that held sway -- we shouldn't discount the determined efforts of the various "leaders" who brought the pressure to bear. <EM>Indirectly</EM> they helped get it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955200.post-83017607574825291772007-04-16T12:25:00.000-04:002007-04-16T12:25:00.000-04:00What I don't get is how did Hip Hop get the blame ...What I don't get is how did Hip Hop get the blame for all this name calling? The n-word, "ho" and "bitch" are all words that were commonly in black vocabulary before hip hop. Black comedians sheltered the words long before hip hop did. <BR/><BR/>@Simplenigma: The difference between what Snoop says and what Imus says is context. Snoop is talking about a ficticious type of woman who he believes hasJhaldirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06195906543608540339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955200.post-74050369672727530042007-04-16T12:18:00.000-04:002007-04-16T12:18:00.000-04:00J brother, I am so with you on the Imus being fire...J brother, I am so with you on the Imus being fired because of the Power of the Market. Once those mighty corporations began pulling out one after the other, after the other, that's when CBS said okay, we need to distance ourselves from Imus as fast as we can. <BR/><BR/>And that cat was dropped faster than a hot potato. I hadn't even considered that he'd get fired. I did believe he'd sit out the Luke Cagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13129670058219925738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955200.post-90567747637274347472007-04-16T11:43:00.000-04:002007-04-16T11:43:00.000-04:001. As a black person, I'm not offended by the word...1. As a black person, I'm not offended by the word nappyheaded. It means uncombed hair, so by virtue of that fact, I am nappyheaded. Black people use it all the time as a badge of pride to indicate their choice to wear their hair natural. As a woman, I'm offended by the "ho" comment, simply because he doesn't know them to be calling them hoes. But many people use the term "ho" all the time SimplEnigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15642766997671366887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955200.post-68792384737664427372007-04-16T11:07:00.000-04:002007-04-16T11:07:00.000-04:00rappers who spout negativity wouldn't have an audi...rappers who spout negativity wouldn't have an audience if nobody listenedDeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07403568057361632423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955200.post-6469697254443858542007-04-16T09:22:00.000-04:002007-04-16T09:22:00.000-04:00I didn't know who Imus was before this. Now he's ...I didn't know who Imus was before this. Now he's on every blog. However I am for people being allowed to say what they want to say. This way we find out what they are truly about. I don't want to silence Imus, I think he should still be able to talk/write/publish his nonsense, if for nothing else but to remind me that we as a humanity have a long way to go, but I sure am glad he isn't going Crankyputzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948774650181520591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955200.post-85387630579584077092007-04-16T06:34:00.000-04:002007-04-16T06:34:00.000-04:00The words of James Brown are playing n my mind.......The words of James Brown are playing n my mind....when did we move from black and proud to calling ourselves niggers,hos and bitches.Abenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08560160141820956066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955200.post-43471856362007232032007-04-16T02:26:00.000-04:002007-04-16T02:26:00.000-04:00And if we are to lay such blame on hip hop then wh...And if we are to lay such blame on hip hop then why do other media get by unscathed? Surely movies and video games reach a wider audience than hip hop. And they can be just as negative and offensive no?Jhaldirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06195906543608540339noreply@blogger.com