Monday, April 9, 2007

If we are doing it, why can't IMUS!

Since when did it become ok to call people hoes and bitches over the radio tv. Didn't Janet Jackson get fined and banned from tv for her "wardrobe malfunciton". Why would it be ok for Don Imus, to call the Rutgers Womens basketball team "nappy-headed hoes?" I personally think that he is fucked up for doing so, but going beyond his words are we all fucked up? When you think about it, popular media is full of instances where women, blacks, and homosexuals are constantly verbally attacked and minimized what makes this instance any different? Don't get me wrong I think that it is wrong, but it always amazed me to see how some people are calling for IMUS to be fired for using the same words that popular hip-hop lyrics use daily. Why have we not called for a boycott against all those people at the radio stations who constantly feed us garbage on federally regulated airwaves? What makes this situation different? Yes, MSNBC should be held accountable and so should Mr. IMUS, but so should popular hip-hop, r&b, rock, and jazz who mirror his sentiments minute by minute. As a result of this situation, lets see in the coming months if people are reacting to music lyrics as they react to IMUS's hatred? Lets hold all these folks accountable anytime they dare to spew words of hate and denigration. If Imus can't do it, then nobody should!