I don't care what people say, Don Imus' firing was crap. He was trying to be flip and funny; facetious toward the hip-hop culture.. Had he been a black commentator, no problem. He didn't say the N-word unless *nappy-headed ho* is the N-word.

I'm equally tired of reverse racism.

I disagree with the Author of this article. I do NOT think the N word is valid though being a libertarian I *don't* agree with censorship either. I also don't think the *c* word [for women] is valid either...and as much as I love the "Vagina Monologues" I think it's ridiculous that the objects of abuse of the word try to "make it their own."

Why?

Rise above it and *quit* giving it power altogether. Trying to "rec...

I don't care what people say, Don Imus' firing was crap. He was trying to be flip and funny; facetious toward the hip-hop culture.. Had he been a black commentator, no problem. He didn't say the N-word unless *nappy-headed ho* is the N-word.

I'm equally tired of reverse racism.

I disagree with the Author of this article. I do NOT think the N word is valid though being a libertarian I *don't* agree with censorship either. I also don't think the *c* word [for women] is valid either...and as much as I love the "Vagina Monologues" I think it's ridiculous that the objects of abuse of the word try to "make it their own."

Why?

Rise above it and *quit* giving it power altogether. Trying to "reclaim" it is playing the game. And I'm not playing games with people who are so small minded as to want to use hate speech.

Thanks for the Clip!

@digits - about Don Imus and reverse racism

Here's a test: would Imus say - blonde-haired hos or straight-headed hos, or even blue-eyed hos when describing white female athletes? I guess those college educated "nappy-headed hos" should be pleased to have received the respectful attention that their white counterparts will never have the privilege to enjoy. Besides, Don Imus was commenting on BASKETBALL,which is about sports, not hip-hop culture. Just because black people play the game doesn't morph an entire sport or team into hip-hop culture. And here's tip: not all young black people are into hip-hop, (pass it around).

To paraphrase Tim Wise. a white anti-racism activist: When nooses ar...

@digits - about Don Imus and reverse racism

Here's a test: would Imus say - blonde-haired hos or straight-headed hos, or even blue-eyed hos when describing white female athletes? I guess those college educated "nappy-headed hos" should be pleased to have received the respectful attention that their white counterparts will never have the privilege to enjoy. Besides, Don Imus was commenting on BASKETBALL,which is about sports, not hip-hop culture. Just because black people play the game doesn't morph an entire sport or team into hip-hop culture. And here's tip: not all young black people are into hip-hop, (pass it around).

To paraphrase Tim Wise. a white anti-racism activist: When nooses are left in work places with notes attached to them that state, "send all whites back to Europe," and "pioneering and Jim Crow laws were affirmative action programs," then maybe I'LL take seriously these concerns over “reverse racism.”

http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2002-06/24wise.cfm

I can laugh or not laugh as I may choose.

What I will not do is to censor him.

I will do what liberals claim one is to do; answer bad speech with more better speech

Of course, if one side gets the microphone and the other doesn't then things become very unfair! And that is where censorship rears it's ugly head because it wants to control who gets a voice and who doesn't.

I didn't and wouldn't spend much time listening to the Imus show because there are legitimately funny parts, but as a whole it doesn't have enough intellectual payoff to make it worth my personal time. Yet I'm not going to force the show off the air by firing the guy.
That leaves me free to use my speech to fairly persua...

I can laugh or not laugh as I may choose.

What I will not do is to censor him.

I will do what liberals claim one is to do; answer bad speech with more better speech

Of course, if one side gets the microphone and the other doesn't then things become very unfair! And that is where censorship rears it's ugly head because it wants to control who gets a voice and who doesn't.

I didn't and wouldn't spend much time listening to the Imus show because there are legitimately funny parts, but as a whole it doesn't have enough intellectual payoff to make it worth my personal time. Yet I'm not going to force the show off the air by firing the guy.
That leaves me free to use my speech to fairly persuade my fellow citizens to to individually not listen to the show.

Egypt is far from perfect, however, race and skin color don't matter - the problem is social class. To say that someone is black or dark, or white is like looking in a box of crayons and describing the colors. Egypt is a multi-lingual, multi-hued society. This is what I know from study and experience; others may have a different view.

It just seems like the US needs racism like a junkie needs a fix. I don't blame the citizenry, (myself included) for being saddled with this drug from the beginning. But at some point, every junkie needs to kick the habit or die. It's that simple. In the original draft of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson castigated King George, called him an ...

Egypt is far from perfect, however, race and skin color don't matter - the problem is social class. To say that someone is black or dark, or white is like looking in a box of crayons and describing the colors. Egypt is a multi-lingual, multi-hued society. This is what I know from study and experience; others may have a different view.

It just seems like the US needs racism like a junkie needs a fix. I don't blame the citizenry, (myself included) for being saddled with this drug from the beginning. But at some point, every junkie needs to kick the habit or die. It's that simple. In the original draft of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson castigated King George, called him an infidel for enslaving Africans. But that didn't stand: imagine if it would have. I ask you, what is so valuable about racism that any of its bi-products need to continue?

This is what I believe: race is a construct useful for establishing who controls the development and distribution of resources, (gold, land, food, etc). Skin color depends upon the amount of melanin in the skin, which in turn depends upon our connection to human migrations in and out of Africa beginning 1 to 2 million years ago. Skin color prejudice is the evil step-sister of racism.
http://www.handprint.com/LS/ANC/disp.html

On your last point, I believe that social class is a bigger factor when racism is removed. The "color of money" (back to resources here) is what it's all about. The effects of social class can be mitigated somewhat by closing the gap between rich and poor. But that is another topic.