Don Imus:"nappy-headed hos"?
He called a black female baskeball team "nappy-headed hos." How do you feel about his comments? Should he be fired?
He called a black female baskeball team "nappy-headed hos." How do you feel about his comments? Should he be fired?
Purple
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Nope. He should not be fired. He should be fined an insane amount of money to match his insane comment. They do it in other sports. he should have to pay for thoughtless comments like those.
Shay
I just posted a question about this. I should have checked about other posts first.
Anyway, I do think he was wrong for what he said and should have had an FCC fine to go along with his two week suspension. The fact that he made a comment about nappy hair was offensive to the black women on the team. But the "ho" comment was offensive to everyone women black, white or otherwise on that team. But if we want a talk show host to be giving a hard time about what he said. Then consumers have to stop supporting misogynistic rap music that objectifies and belittles all women.
Anonymous
indeed it's a horrible comment, i'm more concerned about the tone and reason of his comment. It's too easy to push peoples buttons. The whole idea of a shock Jock is to push peoples buttons. I make fun of everybody and it's always offensive. I stay away from racial humor for polite conversation but when push comes to shove and you are just trying to hurt someone with your words. It's too damn easy with black people. One word and i can ruin your whole day, keep you occupied on other matters while i take care of business. That's not good for you. There are some places in the world and the US where underhanded tactics are used. I learned as a teenager not to allow people to bait me into violence or anger, how do you draw a line on what is acceptable, i guess that's what laws do all the time but these are dependent on the society supporting you, and sometimes you're on your own.
I don't think he had any reason to pull out the big insults against them and he is accountable to advertisers and the public who don't approve of such shennanigans.
notovereducated
OK, let's cut to the chase. I've seen the video. It's a comment he tossed off in, perhaps, a failed effort to be hip and cool. Where did this phrase come from? Those that embrace the (c)rap culture and like to swagger with their hands on their crotches. I'm sorry, but you can't introduce, embrace and encourage a lifestyle and then express outrage when someone you consider an outsider also uses it. I would like to know why there is not equal outrage over the lyrics constantly used in rap and hip-hop "music". These "artists" actively encourage treating women like objects for their sexual gratification, and let's be honest, it's usually downtrodden African-Americans that embrace the millions of dollars they are rightfully rewarded with that continue to perpetuate this myth. They can have Eminem, most white people are ashamed of ole Marshal.
What happened here was a lapse of judgement. It was stupid. But the root cause needs to be stopped, and at the moment it is coming from the African-American community itself.
No, I'm not racist. I'm a realist.
Anonymous
The "black" female basketball team wasn't all "black", so unless he specifically stated that the nappy headed hos were the black players then you and everyone else is jumping to conclusions. For you to say that he was only speaking of the black players means that you assume that because they are nappy headed. His comment may have been rude, but certainly not racist. Haven't you ever heard of the boy who cried wolf? Keep crying racism and one of these days no one will believe you anymore.
Oh yah, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and all these other sad excuses for reverends need to go somewhere and die. They can be as racist as they want but people tend to look the other way, like racism against white people is somehow ok. Get a clue, if you say that white racism against blacks is bad then black racism against whites is also bad. To think otherwise makes you a hypocrite.