Don Imus, host of the MSNBC show Imus in the Morning, made a couple of rude jokes about a women’s basketball team that were racially motivated.
On April 4, Imus said, “they’re some nappy headed hoes” which caught everybody’s attention.
I did not like the comments and a couple of other comments made by Bernard McGuirk racially labeling them as “hardcore hoes” and also adding “the jigaboos versus the wannabes”
Though these were extremely rude comments, similar to Kramer’s incident when he said the N-word, people need to realize these kinds of things happen all the time. Yes, it was wrong, yes, he deserves to be punished, but why not point the finger on other racist groups?
There are hip-hop artists who call women hoes and occasionally promote drug use to the African American public.
You have your own race discriminating your own race! Before you point the finger at someone else, start pointing it to your own race.
I’m not just talking about the African Americans, but also Latin Americans, Asian Americans, and so on.
Why are people still listening to music that promotes sex and drug use. There are far more things going around the world than just “name calling.” Why not try to build a better future for the children waiting to breed?
Past struggles were far more offensive and racially motivated compared to these little petty comments.
We have to be the bigger race and not call Imus a “cracker” if he called them “nappy headed.”
Be the bigger race and ignore it.