Originally Posted by AKA_Monet (Post 1429503)

My boss often says folks can "say" what they want, look beyond that. What counts is their actions. But, my collegiate education said "word is bond" and "words are powerful, they are symbols of ideas" or "one word can change a persons life".

Again, we have GC racial stratification, which is an interesting outcome and concept here. No one really knows what one looks like except a few people around here. And most of us who decide to state what ethnic category we support (for today--that's a side issue). And we still are stratifying and not coming together toward working to change "processing errors".

Look, this cat, Imus, was thrown to the wolves. The reason he was, because MSNBC does not know how to get rid of him legally. He says something ignorant, then they have justification they need.

Yes, he'll probably get a Sirius show and make all the money we wants. So what really happen? Imus is not showing "remorse". He's doing the remorseful thing by speaking to the parents and the young ladies on the Rutgers team. But remorse? Remorseful for what he thought and said? No.

So why is a few stupid words and choice of language made this man take a media-public flogging?

C'mon, folks, this is a set up! Either he or MSNBC wanted out. That's the only way to explain it. Then he comes up looking redeemed so that "we" can us Jesus to view his salvation and forgiveness. Oldest trick in the book...

Am I upset he said it? Not really. It definitely does not pay my light bill.

Did he hurt these young ladies self-esteem? Maybe, because what he really was saying is they play like crap and he used mental images as to how.

But there is a deeper issue here and there has always, IMO, a denigration of women of African descent. And making ourselves look attractive even to our own men has been very difficult. Saying those words, "nappy headed ho", means on the street a woman who cannot take care of herself, usually a Black female prostitute who is on drugs.

And that is why the wolves were called out.

These bastketball players are not "black female prostitutes on drugs". They are all different kinds of backgrounds working very hard to go to college and play basketball. Now if they are not the BEST team, so be it. But, these young ladies did not deserve being called an implied definition of a "black female prostitute that is one drugs".

As far as rappers go, they have been told numerous times to be mindful of their "invocations". But that's another thread for a different day.

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet (Post 1429503)

Yes, he'll probably get a Sirius show and make all the money we wants. So what really happen? Imus is not showing "remorse". He's doing the remorseful thing by speaking to the parents and the young ladies on the Rutgers team. But remorse? Remorseful for what he thought and said? No.

Originally Posted by macallan25 (Post 1429663)

Who are you to say he isn't showing remorse? The only person that is going to know if he truly is or not is him. For all that he has done since the incident, I'm interested to know why you feel you can consider him unremorseful for what he thought and said. I think he has made the effort. It's not like he pulled a Michael Richards and said he was "sorry and embarassed and blah blah blah" on Letterman.

Originally Posted by shinerbock (Post 1429588)

I agree with PM's comments, Monet's comments were pretty crass.

Originally Posted by Munchkin03 (Post 1429584)

Ummm, it looks like she used that word in its usual connotation.

Also, look who's talking, Miss Prejudism.

I am so uninterested in Don Imus and what he said.

Originally Posted by PM_Mama00 (Post 1429805)

I just thought it was funny because she's always bragging about being a scholar.

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet (Post 1429476)

I am sorry, I like this:

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And you can purchase T-shirts >HERE<

I know folks are very sensitive and that's cool. But, there is a reason for everything and a wrinkled up shriveled dicked balleress old dude was NEVER gonna get with any ho, nappy or otherwise...

And that's cool if some luser who cain't cum even with Cialis in the backyard bath wants to bash Athletetic or Black Women. That's the reason his wife left his ass in the first place.

But overall, Imus will be aiight. You all know this was a set up and a plant.

Originally Posted by Conskeeted7 (Post 1429498)

I don't think it's realistic to expect anyone to forget that this language exists. That alone, however, does not condone usage. I think those are two very different issues.

In the situations above (mall, movies, school, etc.), do you see White people using this language towards Blacks with a positive outcome? I never have. That is why I don't understand the need or desire to continue trying.