Yes, Johnny, There Are Two Americas
In one you can call Jews "diamond-merchants", whites "interlopers", and the central park jogger a "whore" and run for president. In the other, calling basketball players "nappy headed ho's" in an obvious (though pathetic) comedic setting gets you run out of town. It's getting pretty hard for blacks to make the argument that they have everything stacked against them when they get to wear the target jersey in practice that guarantees "no contact allowed". Or maybe they are still in a disadvantaged position because this condescending, kid glove handling by the left is the true source of modern black oppression.
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From Rev. Al Sharpton (Via CNN.com), "We cannot afford a precedent established that the airways can be used to commercialize and mainstream sexism and racism." and, Sharpton said he wants to show the media and television industries and the public that it is not necessary to "be misogynist and racist to be creative or to be commercial in this country."
Seriously? I can only assume he doesn't listen to any music stations, that or his next crusade will be against the music/rap/hip-hop industry.
In my house, the "b-word" is "banana", because it upsets my son to hear the word when he can't have one. He's a year and a half.
When ESPN's Fred Hickman in all seriousness refers on late-night radio to "the word that begins with 'h' and ends with 'o'", he's infantilizing America.
And so are we every time we say "the 'n-word'", "the 'b-word'", "the 'f-word'", etc. Why do I when I'm among adults talking about the news have to spell out that I'm not a racist?
Because if you had nothing to hide you wouldn't wear a mask.
From the AP:
The Rev. Al Sharpton, among the loudest critics calling for Imus' termination, indicated that entertainment is the next battleground. ''We will not stop until we make it clear that no one should denigrate women,'' he said after Imus' firing. ''We must deal with the fact that ho and the b-word are words that are wrong from anybody's lips.
''It would be wrong if we stopped here and acted like Imus was the only problem. There are others that need to get this same message.''
''Comparing Don Imus' language with hip-hop artists' poetic expression is misguided and inaccurate and feeds into a mindset that can be a catalyst for unwarranted, rampant censorship,'' Simmons said in a statement Friday.
The superstar rapper Snoop Dogg also denied any connection to Imus. ''(Rappers) are not talking about no collegiate basketball girls who have made it to the next level in education and sports,'' he told MTV.com. ''We're talking about hos that's in the 'hood that ain't doing ---- that's trying to get a n---- for his money.''
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