Honestly, is this person really "out there" enough to stick his foot in his mouth again?
You guys remember Don Imus, right?
The guy that nearly lost his job because he thought it was a good idea to compare the Rutgers women’s basketball team to a bunch of "nappy-headed hoes".
Well folks, he's done it again.
According to an AP News Report out of New York, during an on-air conversation Monday about the arrests of Dallas Cowboy’s cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones, Imus asked, “What color is he?”
Told by sports announcer Warner Wolf that Jones is “African-American,” Imus responded, “There you go. Now we know.”
Now we know.
What exactly do we know, Mr. Imus?
That you are indeed a racist?
Maybe we should give Mr. Imus the benefit of the doubt on this one.
Maybe he just wanted to make sure we weren’t talking about the cute loveable yellow Pacman that we all grew up loving.
One would think, maybe even hope, that after the fireworks that followed his comments towards the Rutgers ladies that Imus may have finally learned where his boundaries lie.
Apparently he hasn't.
Mr. Imus, you've had a nice long career but it may be time to hang it up. You simply can't come on air and broadcast to the world your racist and degrading thoughts towards other people.
I think even Howard Stern is embarrassed for you right now!
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3 months ago
Wow he is a wild man. the problem with being a racist is that you can only hide it for so long.
I would love someone to go back over his years of tape and pull out all of the racist crap that has come out of his mouth.
from 3 months ago
Crap came out of your mouth just now. There is no such thing as racisism. The do gooders made you believe that there is. I would love to have taped your life and pull out all the so called racisim you have said.
from 3 months ago
There is a such thing as racism, it's when you believe your race is better than another race. However, when you jokingly say "racist" things, in my opinion, you aren't truly being racist because you don't believe what you say. I have said "racist" things, but in a joking matter only, not seriously.
from 3 months ago
If this would have been a black man that said that about a white person we wouldn't even know about it. The media blows this stuff way out of proportion. I feel bad for the man because there have been black people that say way worse stuff than this i.e ( Charles Barkley referred to Conservatives as fake Christians).
3 months ago
Walter Williams (who is BLACK) penned the following articles:
According to Bureau of Justice statistics, between 1976 and 2005, blacks, while 13 percent of the population, committed over 52 percent of the nation's homicides...
http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=5012
Blacks twice as likely to commit hate crimes...
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=8737D3FD-887E-490B-9584-5B239032C95C
from 3 months ago
Well there you go...
If the shoe fits............
Some people better get in touch with reality...............
DUH
from 3 months ago
Just how many blacks have been released from prison, after serving years, because they were falsely accused and prosecuted? Statistics are not factual.
from 3 months ago
Oh great I love stats......try these on for size!
http://www.diversityinc.com/public/2174.cfm
Tired of hearing negative reports on black men in America and not knowing whether they're true? Being fed up with the lies and distortions about black men that proliferate throughout the media caused Janks Morton to create the documentary "What Black Men Think," which seeks to debunk common myths that most people take for granted as fact, including black men and women. Watch a preview on YouTube.
"Black men are the most analyzed probed, prodded, under-studied, over-studied group ever," Morton said in a Black Entertainment Television (BET) interview. "Whenever data comes out about us, they're going to skew it to the negative of us."
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Morton directs his anger not only at the media but at so-called black leaders, such as the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, who, he says, refuse to challenge the perceptions that perpetuate the myths and stereotypes about black men.
"What Black Men Think" is scheduled to be released in August, but a director's cut is being shown in select cities throughout the nation. On Thursday in Los Angeles, black author and political commentator Earl Ofari Hutchinson, who contributed to the film, hosted a screening at the Lucy Florence coffee house in the historic Leimert Park area.
The film debunks several myths about black men, including the misperception that there are more black men in jail than in college, that black men who are secretly bisexual are causing the increase in HIV/AIDS cases among black women, that at least 30 percent of black men marry white women, and that less than a third of them graduate high school.
"We have to get straight on the statistics about black males because our perception about the numbers creates a perception about ourselves," Morton told BET.
More than that, however, the film discusses through interviews with notable black educators and community activists—such as Professors Shelby Steele, Alvin F. Poussaint, Hutchinson and others—how gains from the black civil-rights movement were lost to government handouts that made the black man nearly obsolete.
Claiming that 80 percent of black households were two-parent households in the 1960s, the film tries to pinpoint where the community started to lose ground. At that time, the black community was forced to adhere to a higher moral standard than the white community. Government assistance hurt black people by making them dependent, and black people began to believe in the government instead of themselves, Steele says in the film.
Debunking 4 Myths
Here are four major myths and statistics that "What Black Men Think" attacks:
Myth 1: There are more black men in jail than in college. That study came out of the Justice Policy Institute in 2002. Morton's research revealed that 805,000 black men were in college and 757,000 black men were in jail. "Of course that's bad, but the actual storyline was there were more black men in jail than college," Morton told BET. "That's untrue. The study was flawed. The sample was flawed. The data was flawed."
The Justice Policy Institute responded that there were more college-aged black men in college than were incarcerated. But the study researched incarcerated men ages 18 and older; because of that larger sample group, the number of black men in jail is higher than the number of black men in college.
Morton visited that statistic again looking at 2005 numbers. His research revealed that of black men ages 18 to 24, there was a 4-to-1 ratio of black men in college to black men incarcerated.
Myth 2: Secretly bisexual black men explain the high incidence of black women contracting HIV/AIDS. "What Black Men Think" reveals that 2 percent of HIV/AIDS cases in black women were contracted from black men. Furthermore, 50 percent of black women who died from AIDS contracted the disease from intravenous-drug use or sex with an intravenous-drug user.
Myth 3: Half of all black men do not graduate high school. Morton's research revealed that 78 percent of black-male high-school students have graduated or got their GED.
Myth 4: A high percentage of black men marry white women. Morton asked black people the percentage of black men they thought married white women, and the most common answer was at least 30 percent. His research, however, showed that percentage to be significantly lower. Of interracial marriages involving black men, 5 percent are with white women.
(See also: Which Races Intermarry Most? 40th Anniversary of the Loving Case)
Believing the myths, stereotypes and misconceptions about who black men are is causing black men and women to be suspicious of one another, says Morton.
"I know it has led to our division," Morton said to BET. "We are the most highly disjoined race of all. Men have internalized the message. Women have internalized the message and we look at each other very, very suspiciously."
from 3 months ago
Well somehow here goes everyone trashing the Ius guy again.What exactly is wrong with what he asked?It is absolutely ridiculous that you cant even express never mind say anything without offemding the whole universe.Would you have been offended if Imus just asked if he was white?Absolutely not ofcourse.There is a reverse discrimination/racism going on here.Imus stuck his foot in his mouth many times and yes went a bit too far but why cant black folks that call black niggers,pimps and hoes not get the same media coverage and piling on hes getting?I am not white and nor am I black but the fact is that white folks cant even breath a word without the racisit watchman listerning in to point a finger.I would like everyone to stop being so anal and ridiculous and find better ways to bring America together instead of trying to blame Imus for the race problem we have in America.I can say that Al Sharpton is a good reason why blacks and white dont get along.How interesting.......
from 3 months ago
Black aren't twice as likely to commit crimes they are twice as likely to be arrested for the same crimes that whites are also committing. Get your facts straight.
3 months ago
really people should just lay off don immus and find something else to bitch over. why dont we complain about gas? or all the guys that are dying in the war with jackass bush???? lets compain about the recession that is going on and try to fix it.
from 3 months ago
Imus is a RACIST BIGOT and all of you on this board saying we should back off him are as disgraceful and sick as he is.
from 3 months ago
Karen we're complaining about it all...it's all wrong...
God Bless.
3 months ago
this is in response to jim's comment about black's committing more than 52% of murders in the u.s. you can modify statistics to support almost any argument in your favor, in this case it's the support of a proud racist. it's easy to take a look at the end results and make a judgement. have you ever gave serious thought to how we can change this stat. or even wondered why? i'm sure that being bought, sold and enslaved has nothing to do with some of our behavior,just as imus's forefathers' acts of hatred toward us has nothing to do with the way he is.... right? my point being, there is a reason for everything and the reason racism still exsist is largely in part to imus and people like you who con tinue to support and practice it.
from 3 months ago
Another bleeding hart! Whoopty dooo!
from 3 months ago
Tracy it was the blacks who kidknapped the other blacks and sold them as slaves so put the blame where it lays. whites just worked hard enough to have the money to buy the blacks. so live with the truth don't blame anyone but the blacks.
from 3 months ago
Actually Chad if you take a look at history... That being what is written in books, ship journals, transfer logs, and these sorts of things you will find a different story. I know you probably watched a movie which you regarded as historical or even a discovery channel documentary, but statistically blacks were not responsible for a great deal of the slave trade, oddly enough neither were whites.
I'm not going to call out the true group, because you should be able to do the real homework yourself and more than likely your hate will just be spouted in another direction if I were to point you to the truth.
Conduct a Google search or two and then verify by reading more reputable data.
from 3 months ago
ThanK-you and God bless!
3 months ago
tracy,
have you ever walked through a high school these days and witnessed the thugs and gangs of african american guys and gals?? take a stroll through a prison or juvie detention center sometime and tell us if you don't get a feeling of "holy shit can we get another color in here somehow??"
If you think you are going to move this mountain you best start to listen to the words of Bill Cosby...
you expect hard working, law abiding white citizens (not all) to continue to have their hard earned wages taxed to support social pograms put in place by politicians simply so they can say "look what I've done...vote for me". keep in mind...blacks and poor have voted democrat for 60 years and they are still poor. some things will only change if those who are impacted the most want them to change.
from 3 months ago
I love when racists use Bill Cosby or other African Americans that don't tell the entire story as a reference to substantiate their displaced hatred.
http://www.diversityinc.com/public/2174.cfm
Tired of hearing negative reports on black men in America and not knowing whether they're true? Being fed up with the lies and distortions about black men that proliferate throughout the media caused Janks Morton to create the documentary "What Black Men Think," which seeks to debunk common myths that most people take for granted as fact, including black men and women. Watch a preview on YouTube.
"Black men are the most analyzed probed, prodded, under-studied, over-studied group ever," Morton said in a Black Entertainment Television (BET) interview. "Whenever data comes out about us, they're going to skew it to the negative of us."
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Morton directs his anger not only at the media but at so-called black leaders, such as the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, who, he says, refuse to challenge the perceptions that perpetuate the myths and stereotypes about black men.
"What Black Men Think" is scheduled to be released in August, but a director's cut is being shown in select cities throughout the nation. On Thursday in Los Angeles, black author and political commentator Earl Ofari Hutchinson, who contributed to the film, hosted a screening at the Lucy Florence coffee house in the historic Leimert Park area.
The film debunks several myths about black men, including the misperception that there are more black men in jail than in college, that black men who are secretly bisexual are causing the increase in HIV/AIDS cases among black women, that at least 30 percent of black men marry white women, and that less than a third of them graduate high school.
"We have to get straight on the statistics about black males because our perception about the numbers creates a perception about ourselves," Morton told BET.
More than that, however, the film discusses through interviews with notable black educators and community activists—such as Professors Shelby Steele, Alvin F. Poussaint, Hutchinson and others—how gains from the black civil-rights movement were lost to government handouts that made the black man nearly obsolete.
Claiming that 80 percent of black households were two-parent households in the 1960s, the film tries to pinpoint where the community started to lose ground. At that time, the black community was forced to adhere to a higher moral standard than the white community. Government assistance hurt black people by making them dependent, and black people began to believe in the government instead of themselves, Steele says in the film.
Debunking 4 Myths
Here are four major myths and statistics that "What Black Men Think" attacks:
Myth 1: There are more black men in jail than in college. That study came out of the Justice Policy Institute in 2002. Morton's research revealed that 805,000 black men were in college and 757,000 black men were in jail. "Of course that's bad, but the actual storyline was there were more black men in jail than college," Morton told BET. "That's untrue. The study was flawed. The sample was flawed. The data was flawed."
The Justice Policy Institute responded that there were more college-aged black men in college than were incarcerated. But the study researched incarcerated men ages 18 and older; because of that larger sample group, the number of black men in jail is higher than the number of black men in college.
Morton visited that statistic again looking at 2005 numbers. His research revealed that of black men ages 18 to 24, there was a 4-to-1 ratio of black men in college to black men incarcerated.
Myth 2: Secretly bisexual black men explain the high incidence of black women contracting HIV/AIDS. "What Black Men Think" reveals that 2 percent of HIV/AIDS cases in black women were contracted from black men. Furthermore, 50 percent of black women who died from AIDS contracted the disease from intravenous-drug use or sex with an intravenous-drug user.
Myth 3: Half of all black men do not graduate high school. Morton's research revealed that 78 percent of black-male high-school students have graduated or got their GED.
Myth 4: A high percentage of black men marry white women. Morton asked black people the percentage of black men they thought married white women, and the most common answer was at least 30 percent. His research, however, showed that percentage to be significantly lower. Of interracial marriages involving black men, 5 percent are with white women.
from 3 months ago
Dave,
The fact that you see more black in juvie detention and prison does not mean that black people are committing more offenses. I myself work in the juvenile justice field and records show that white people commit more offenses but are less likely to be sent to detention or prison; so lose that reference from your defense. Let's face it! Imus is prejudie, so what! This country has a past and a present history of discrimination and always will! You have more black drug addicts incarcerated; white drug addicts get sent to rehab; while others get sent to prison; go figure! But, as for me myself I am a christian; a child of God first; a wife second and a mother third; The first thing America needs to do is to stop labeling people by their race. I would like to see the options of American, Hispanic, Asian, etc. and then we might stop seeing all of these over inflated statistics about races. But nevertheless, we all we die some day and God will do the separating.
from 3 months ago
Yes dave and if we voted republican we would be even poorer proven example of this administration and the previous bush administration, so tell me something are you one of the 1% that bush fights for so hard, cause believe me if you are not you are just poor white trash to him. Oh and by the way I am a black law abiding citizen and my dollars are taxed just as your white citizens and majority of that money goes to pay the welfare for your poor white people, but I guess you really don't want to know that whites lead the way as the most receipiants on public assistance.
from 3 months ago
Have you noticed that the Thugs and gangs and people in prison and Juvie have changed their color...if you didn't notice the young white generation in now mimicing the young black generation...hanging pants, loud music, white T's, do rags, hats turned backwards or to the side, talking slang or street....Braided hair and gold teeth(grillz) THESE ARE WHITE KIDS TODAY!!! NOT JUST BLACK ANY MORE!!! OH and I forgot they are also RAPPERS! I'm not sure of your point but I see white's and black's making the wrong decisions.
God BLESS!
3 months ago
Racism is a problem that individuals have when they don't use their mind. They simply absorb the feelings and attitudes of their ancestors or neighbors, whether it's based on fact or not. And for a lot of people it might sound like I'm oversimplifying the problem, but the Devil has control of this world and if you just watch the news you can't deny it.
from 3 months ago
Thank-you and God Bless!
3 months ago
Blacks are 100 times more racist than white folks, always have been. It's just politically incorrect for a white man to make any comment about blacks, yet any black man can drag a white man thru the mud.
Al Sharpton is in the top ten of racist Americans, don't let anyone tell me he's not.
from 3 months ago
alot of people on this blog keep referencing why is it okay for a black man to say something negative about a white man but the reverse isn't acceptable. The truth is that whereever you may sit in the social ladder of advantage you may only talk about the one that has a higher advantage than you. So for a white man who has the most social advantage of us all he can't make hateful remarks about someone percieved as less advantageous without appearing hateful. A Jewish man is not completely white in color but very light skinned and unless he makes his religous affiliation known he can't put anyone else down either. The only person a white man can make fun off or point fingers at his himself. A woman is also viewed as being under the all males in the social advantage so she can make fun of the male gender but if she is black she has a double percieved disadvantage so she can talk about everyone. This is simply the unspoken rule of social equity. Noone likes to see or hear the guy on top talk about the guy who he is perceived as having an advantage over put him down. And like it or not, White people do have an advantage over black people. Men have an advantage over women. Mexican's or hispanics have a disadvantage of everyone at this point. All of this is changing, because it always does. Races are so mixed it will soon be very difficult for anyone to disipher a persons race. Hopefully that will help everyone realize that it is your actions that will define you not your appearance. so white men stop crying. it is repulsive for Imus a white man with millions to talk in such a degrading manor about anyone. He should start making fun of his old wrinkled white man self and how hard it is to spend all his money then people other than other hatemongers might like him.
from 3 months ago
I agree with Ed. The colored Americans of this country tend to be more racists than anything else. I don't think it has anything to do with their level in society. Look at the racism that goes on between the Asian community and the "Black" community. And not to mention the "black" community towards themselves. You say what you will but when African Americans get on TV, radio and other media (comdedians, actors, athletes etc.) and call other people of the same race very offensive names, you can't tell me that they aren't racists. It is almost like they are ashamed of their own race. Personally I think everyone needs to grow up and get over themselves. this is a free country and Freedom of speech is part of that. As long as you are not causing slander and harm to another person by what you say, then let it be! I get so tired of people being too sensitive and worrying if something is "political correct". I personally think that people who want to make everything be "PC", are people that can't take the truth.
Just me 2 cents.......
from 3 months ago
Funny that you say that because from my perspecrtive and factual reports this is not true.. we learned to hate from white's that killed our 15 year old boys for whistling at a white lady...among many many many centuries of hate crimesthat went without punishment, and I wonder if someone killed your mother brother son sister JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE WHITE ...would you be just a little bitter? angry?
3 months ago
Another non story, pushed by the usual folks that define every event in their lives by race. The sad fact is, the Al Sharptons of the world have made lucrative 'careers' for themselves pandering to the basest of instincts, and have done nothing to empower the African American community. They create an atmosphere of victimization and entitlement. It seems a little Orwellian to me that folks are sitting around 'monitoring' radio shows, looking for so called 'offensive' content, given that we live in a society that claims to believe in the right to 'free speech'. Is that really how they define their lives; by what others say? Imus's comment was, as usual, reported with little context and more importantly without any reference to his INTENTION. But hey, let's not let the facts get in the way of a good racist story. The sharks are smelling blood in the water, and if they can squeeze a little camera time and a few bucks out of some spineless advertisers, they will.
from 3 months ago
People do not set out looking to offended by someone's careless comments...Free speech doesn't mean you're not Responsible for the words you choose to put out into the atmosphere...Blacks are not the only one's commiting crimes but often times they are the ones who actually end up in jail..like it or not there is Racism in this world and part of fixing the problem is knowing that it's there...if we think we're O.K. we will not change.
God Bless
from 3 months ago
It is truly painfully obvious what "race" most of the commenter's are in this post... To never have walked a day in a black, Hispanic, Asian, native American, etc's shoes does not mean that one should turn a blind eye to the truth of racism in this country... Its evident by most of these insensitive comments I've had the unfortunate pleasure of reading this morning.
Let me start by saying for those of the white community who may not be aware of a major fact: Al Sharpton & Jesse Jackson DO NOT in anyway, shape, form, nor fashion represent the black community. So enough pls with your uses of them as examples, most in the African American community have tuned them both out years ago. Their prime examples of caricatures whites love, gives them a false sense of hope and comfort. Nuff said.
If Imus comments were not a carry over from his previous comments, perhaps it may not have gotten as much attention, but let me ask you this, if the situation was different lets say a high profile Math test for the brightest minds in the world, and one of the individuals that took that test scored a perfect score, and Imus asked what race is he, and the reply was Asian, and he replied with “There you go. Now we know.” or There was a bean eating contest in San Diego, CA and the winner received 25k for winning, he asked "what color was he?" and the reply was "Mexican-American" and his reply was “There you go. Now we know.”
It's truly amazing to me how Anti-Semitic remarks will cause a major uproar from the white community yet this obvious RACIST can continue to spew his hatred for people of African descend and has a wide open forum to do so. I say if he is allowed to remain on radio or TV than give Louis Farrakhan the same forum to say what-ever it is he wants over the air waves........ hmmm... Or Rev Jeremiah Wright..... hmmm...... amazing how you give people of your own soooo much pass and leeway yet you've criticized and tried everything you can to discredit and kill the dreams and aspirations of a great potential leader in Sen. Obama. YOU PEOPLE ARE INCREDIBLE!! KEEP IN MIND WE ALL REAP WHAT WE SOW!! HOW CAN YOU CALL YOURSELVES CHRISTIAN YET HATE YOUR NEIGHBOR BECAUSE HIS TONE OF SKIN IS SLIGHTLY OF A DIFFERENT SHADE THAN YOURS. WHERE'S THE LOGIC IN THAT HYPOCRITES!!!!!! GOD BLESS YOU ALL!
3 months ago
Wow!!!!!!! Through the centuries there have been hate crimes in EVERY race (hello last time I looked Hitler was rather fair-skinned). If fingers must really be pointed, then if we are so worried about how african-americans vote and what government assistance they are on maybe we should have left them alone and not enslaved them and brought them to our country.
At least the country as a whole is not paying restitution for the enslavement of these people. The German government, to this day, still pays a monthly stipend to the heirs of Jewish people that lived and died in internment during Hitler's reign.
3 months ago
"There you go. Now we know." Hmmmm.....Now I know that he is a black man that got arrested..there are all kinds of colors that get arrested on a daily basis. Thanks for letting me know that this one was a black man because I really didn't know who this person was other than he played for the Cowboys.
Get over it Sharpton! Can't we just live in peace and harmony with one another? Can't we just help each other out and make this a better place to live? Why does there always have to be conflict?
3 months ago
war continues, americans black and white are dying....gas high, jobs lost, floods happening and we should be concerned about this piece of lint on humanity? if you listen to imus you know what you're going to hear...it's called freedom of speach. his mouth has not stopped a worthy black man from running for president...let's move on to the important things in life...imus isn't worth it
from 3 months ago
you are correct....and everyone who tunes into the imus radio show daily know exactly what they will hear. So let's call it just what is is...these people feel if they don't say any racist remarks themselves , but let imus say it for them then their hands are clean. Also the radio higherups and any advertisers who support the station are also spreading racism. It's time for Imus to let it go , he's made a ton of money it's time to cut the rope.
3 months ago
I don't get it. What's the problem? If anybody else said this none of us would even know about it. This is a total non-story, non-issue.
3 months ago
As I'm sure that most of these remarks posted are coming from people who have never been on the receiving end of a racial derogatory remark. Yea go free speech! But just because you have the right to say it, doesn't mean I don't have the right to react. Don Imus is an ignorant racist bastard who intentionally made that remark. And I don't see how any person can legitimize his actions with a straight face.
3 months ago
I thought comment was in reference to cops often 'profiling'. Either way, who really cares. Stop being so sensitive!
3 months ago
I am a white woman. I live with a black man. When he comes home and tells me stories about people often times I ask the same question. The reason I ask it is because I can't picture the story in my head unless I can "see" the people. It is a very innocent question. Until people stop blowing everything out of proportion, wasting valuable time that the news could be reporting, things won't change. I don't believe I am a racist. Oh, maybe everyone of EVERY race is tiny bit racist but blowing everything out of proportion wastes people's time. I, personally, couldn't CARE LESS if Imus is a racist. Last time I looked it still wasn't a crime.
3 months ago
Who gives a crap what the statistics are. You committ a crime you do the time, race does not matter in the least. Imus is a stupid old racist that is obviously becoming or has become senile or he would know enough to keep his racist crap to himself. Pull the plug and send him back to his ranch.
3 months ago
Amen Elaine. People will always be ignorant when it comes to race because they never take the time to learn and that goes for black, white and any other race. We let society feed us stereotypes and then we treat each other as such and look at the world we have created. Don Imus actions aren't worth my time or attention. His actions are between him and God.
3 months ago
Not do defend racists, or Don Imus ( I don't even waste my time listening to him ); but honestly, how many of you when walking down a dark, deserted alley did NOT have a certain feeling in the gutt when you saw 3 'black' kids coming your way ? Crime statistics are unfortunately difficult to just push aside the facts are the facts and have nothing to do with racism.
from 3 months ago
Peter, Peter, Peter....this is soooo sad the reason you feel this way about that gut feeling with the 3 black kids is because of ignorant stereotypes..they have caused fear just like when I see 3 white skinhead guys dressed in trench coats walking down a dark alley..I get that exact strange feeling in my gut Peter Please go see the Movie CRASH and see ourselves...not all blacks are drug dealing thugs that have murder on their minds and not all white kids that have on a long trench black coats are going to shoot up all the kids in a school...
God Bless!
3 months ago
Quoted from CNN "The criminal economy is one of the only alternatives in some of these places," Orfield said. "You basically have the criminalization of a whole community, particularly in some inner cities." Blacks made up 41 percent of the nation's 2 million prison and jail inmates in 2006. Non-Hispanic whites made up 37 percent and Hispanics made up 19 percent. Morial, who is a former mayor of New Orleans, said the political debate over high incarceration rates for minorities hasn't yielded results. He said conservatives blame a lack of family values while liberals blame a lack of government programs, with neither side seeing the whole picture. "We do, in the African-American community, need to instill a stronger value on education," Morial said. I think if you are depending on the government and everyone else to help you our regardless of your color you're bound to be disappointed with the results.
3 months ago
Well Imus has always said racist comments and finally NBC had to get rid of him because of the viewer uproar, then he turns around and sues NBC. how did that happen. I just find Imus to be slimy yet very smart. Look at the way he bought himself a several thousand acre ranch. He said he was starting a camp for kids with Cancer, so he asks all these politicians to contribute to this supposedly good cause so he can buy this camp for sick kids. Well he bought himself a first class herd of cows, the best horses money can buy, the best of everything. Of course it had to be the best ranch, because it's his and his families getaway. He probably scammed the government to help pay the balance under the guise of a non-profit for kids. I think he only has 12 kids for 2 weeks a year, the other 52 weeks it's all his. Somebody needs to do an expose on this guy. He is a pompous arrogant slim bucket junkie, and only this crazy country rewards people like him. I remember him talking to Brian Williams ( a nice guy) and alluding to his daughter being a coke head. I remember thinking what an asshole. What father wants to hear that kind of comment about his daughter on the air. Brian took it well because he is a gentleman but I was hoping he'd defend that comment, and he let it go. It was rude and insensitive and that is Imus an arrogant racist base ex junkie that happens to know how to read. He should be monitored on the use of that camp and he should have kids with cancer ALL-YEAR ROUND.
3 months ago
To Peter's comment, and just exactly was that gut feeling hmm? That you were going to get "jacked for your goods"? And what facts pertaining to black youth are you speaking of? These should be good..
3 months ago
Excuse me people...but rappers are saying nappy-headed hoes and slang like that all the time in music. Why is it only "racist" when a white guy does it ???
Oh yeah...I know plenty of racist & they are not all white!!!
from 3 months ago
Conversely, there are women that use the B word all the time in regards to themselves, however any man that does the same would be immediately villianized (See the parallel). We need to stop placing labels on people and grouping them (i.e. rappers, sports stars, etc.) because it creates gray areas in judgement. If an individual that happens to be an athlete is accused of rape, he will have a stigma placed on him for the duration of his career. He will be lumped with a label instead of people looking him as a person that (get this) may be innocent. Female rappers also say derogatory things regarding men; does this bother you as well. The point being, it's difficult for people to see beyong their own biases because we seem to be inherently afraid of what we don't entirely know. This problem can be resolved by stepping out of our comfort zones and learning more about others to defeat ignorance. It's too easy to rant and call names via computer but at some point we need to realize we're all the same!
3 months ago
Imus has always been a racists... how many people complained about his comments a couple years ago about parking our camels behind the 711 instead of in front! I'm sick of this man and will not watch him anymore, but he is allowed an opinion which is what makes our country great. I can't stand his biggotry anymore, but he has the right to voice his opinion even if it is just preaching ignorance.
I spent my childhood being ashamed of the fact that I was half Iranian because of people like Don Imus, but it doesn't matter anymore. His attitude no longer affects me. And all of the other racists out there are in the same boat as Mr. Imus, if you are filled with this much hate over a persons heritage, then you are consumed by something that no one can help. I actually pitty you!
If you don't like Imus, turn him off... I have. He has proven that anything coming out of his mouth is not worth listening to, and it was actually a blessing to have him bash my Middle Eastern heritage, it made me realize that I was actually listening to the opinions of a man who was full of hot air.
3 months ago
I think everyone has a point. I mean if it was a black guy making comments like that he would be unemployed by now. Imus is on a roll because there were no real consequences for his actions. So what Al Sharpton reamed him a new one big whoop! But He needs to feel the sting of unemployment. Quickly. He only does it so he can get more listeners . Racists , bigots, and all-around ass-holes have radios also. Screw Imus man! he is a spotlight seeking has been that is now in his old age trying to be a shock jock.
3 months ago
Why is it that Howard Stern can say what ever he wants and no one makes a stink, but the second Don Imus opens his mouth its a media frenzey??
For the record I do not listen to either on a regular basis.
3 months ago
Well, statistically, a black person is more likely to be ARRESTED (such as the individual they were discussing) for a crime, than a white person who commits the same crime. I'm sure that's probably not what Imus meant by his comment, but I'm choosing to remember that fact in order to not let myself get too upset by what he said. Besides, who cares? He's some idiot noisebox. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. It just floors me that some people, like Don Imus, get an audience and a salary for voicing theirs.
3 months ago
It needs to be put the side, and focus on the real issues our country is facing. I am a black Hispanic married to a white Hispanic and many times in the streets when walking with my wife, I hear the racist comments made by blacks, so it makes you wonder.
3 months ago
Response to Tonja
I'm sorry if your not Indian Blackfoot, Cherokee, Siminole or even half you have no right to say this is your Country. Remember that just because you were born here and your parents told you something crazy like this is our country means nothing. Show some respect to those who have been here way before your ancesters.
from 3 months ago
L, I am 3/4 Cherokee so my ancestor have been here awhile
from 3 months ago
u r so up in arms that u just assume otherwise and have therefore just attacked what u were trying to defend
3 months ago
I don't listen to Imus or Stern or to rap music. I don't care for them is all. Racism is a disease suffered by all races. It is brought on by foolish pride in some cases, by poverty, by just plain stupidity, it will always be a disease for the world to deal with. Plain and simple.
3 months ago
When it get right down to it.It don't matter what is said about Imus and his comments.Black comedians make joke's about white people on their stand up acts everyday. I don't see anybody
conplaining about Chis Rock attics and how he projects whites in america.I guess one the reason is
because White's are too busy buying front row ticket's to see him perform.Hmmmmm....That's entertainment!!!??????
Terry
3 months ago
I just read every-one's comments and it saddens me. This small forum represents some of the voices of our world and it shows that we all still have a very very long way to go. Can we realize that there are crimes committed by all races...(most serial killers& sex offenders happen to be WHITE MEN...most drug related crimes /burglary/violent are African American/Hispanic) I have worked in prisons and Jails as a Nurse for 3yrs and wake up guys I see a rainbow of races incarcerated.(NOT ONJLY BLACK MEN ARE LOCKED UP TRUST ME!)...Now we can't overlook the facts RACISM IS REAL IT STILL LIVES IN ALOT OF HEARTS...Black racist, White racist, Hispanic, &Asian among others. The fact is that people are not just imagining Racism using it to throw a pity party of Offense..it's really still happening and we as a people should never support IGNORENCE AND HATE because that's what it is...We can't make General statements about any one group There are Very Successful people of all races and there are very embarrassing individuals that make the wrong decisions IN ALL RACES. So why attack each other in a forum such as this? It just separates us all. We are living through a very hard time right now and it is affecting us ALL...gas prices, our troops losing their lives, violent crimes..it affects us ALL! so please people don't loose sight of what we need to focus on. Just know there at least one person praying for us all.
GOD HELP US TO UNITE...AND GOD BLESS!
3 months ago
Maria, you're dead wrong on that comment. If it was a black man making those comments, it wouldn't even be news. Black entertainers (that's what radio talk shows are) constantly make jokes about white people with no repercussions whatsoever, in fact it's part of most all their acts.
Let a white comedian make any statement and see what happens to him.
3 months ago
I dont know, Areta, how many?
even if the number is off by 20%, which is absurd, that is still 3x the rate of everyone else.
The white man doesnt like Hispanics either, but hispanics aren't getting busted for 60% of the murders.
It is also absurd to think that white people and cops do not mind letting white killers free just because they are white. Yeah sure.. they would rather pin it on a black man that was just walking to church than some while guy that likes to kill for fun. That will surely keep their kids safer.
Fail.
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by areta
from about 1 hour ago
Just how many blacks have been released from prison, after serving years, because they were
falsely accused and prosecuted? Statistics are not factual.
3 months ago
I dont know, Areta, how many?
even if the number is off by 20%, which is absurd, that is still 3x the rate of everyone else.
The white man doesnt like Hispanics either, but hispanics aren't getting busted for 60% of the murders.
It is also absurd to think that white people and cops do not mind letting white killers free just because they are white. Yeah sure.. they would rather pin it on a black man that was just walking to church than some while guy that likes to kill for fun. That will surely keep their kids safer.
Fail.
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by areta
from about 1 hour ago
Just how many blacks have been released from prison, after serving years, because they were
falsely accused and prosecuted? Statistics are not factual.
3 months ago
Imus just happens to represent Everyman (albeit evey white man...). These are the people he speaks to; they are his audience. Don't demonize the guy unless you're willing to take the same stance with his audience... your neighbors. Let Imus be their voice. If you aren't part of this audience, simply don't tune in. I believe racial bias is part of everyone's brain wiring as an evolutionary defensive mechanism; it's natural--you know, like the instinct for rape & murder (jk). The one thing about free speach, I think, is that it forces all of us to have a thick skin. So... NO WHINING!
(p.s., I'm mixed-race myself)...
3 months ago
HERE WE ALL ARE ONCE AGAIN DEBATING ON RACISM, AS IF ITS A GAME OF TAG...WHO IS IT?...WE ALL ARE, IN SOME WAY SHAPE OR FORM WE ALL SAY RACIST THINGS, THINK RACIST THINGS, AND JOKE AROUND ABOUT RACIST THINGS...ITS APART OF HUMAN BEINGS THAT IS UNSHAKEABLE, IM SURE WHEN WHITE PEOPLE READ STATS ABOUT HOMICIDE AND OTHER BS IT ADDS TO THE FUEL TO THE FIRE..."LETS FORGET ABOUT HOW MANY TIMES AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE BEEN FRAMED FOR MURDERS, POSSESION OF NARCOTICS, OR JUST BREATHING WHILE BEING BLACK" THE WORLD IS CROOKED...AND IM SURE WHEN BLACKS READ ABOUT SLAVERY AND THE HOLOCAUST ALONG WITH A FEW HUNDRED YEARS OF OPPRESSION AND DEMEANING BEHAVIOR STILL GOING ON IN THERE COMMUNITY TODAY BY INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS POLICE OFFICERS, AND OTHER POLITICAL FIGURES THAT ARE SECRETLY TRYING TO FUEL A RACE WAR THAT IT ALSO PUTS A DAMPER ON THERE VIEWS OF WHITES......
BUT LETS FACE IT...IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP LITTLE CINDY FROM DATING MARCUS...DETOUR TREY FROM ENTERING HARVARD OR ANYTHING ELSE OF THAT NATURE...IT'S 2008 GENERATION X IS MUCH MORE OPEN EYED TO THE BS, MUCH MORE UNITED...ITS THE OLDER PIECE OF THE POPULATION STILL TRYING TO CLOUD THE MINDS OF THE YOUTH..BUT WE ARENT HAVING IT...SAVE YOUR STATS AND OTHER JUDGEMENTAL COMMENTS FOR A BASEBALL GAME...BECAUSE YOUNG BLACK, WHITE, ASIAN, LATINO AMERICA AIN'T BUYING IT AS MUCH AS WE USE TO...TRUTH COMES TO LIGHT..EVERYTIME...
3 months ago
Wow, it's clear racicsm is alive and well on both sides and that makes me sad. Reading all these posts makes it clear to me that deep prejudices still exist. When I think about race, I try to remember that just 60 years ago, not even one lifetime, black people were forced to use separate bathrooms, water fountains and sit in the back of the bus. Today a black man is a real contender for the most powerful position in the world, President of the United States. Whether he wins or not it gives me great hope to think it's possible. I am a white man. I think about my grandparents and how terribly prejudiced they were, my parents while less so still quite prejudiced. I myself have had and on some level still have certain gut prejuduces. Then I look at my children, and I have hope that color won't be part of their lives and I can see that today it is not. I think black people today should try to have that same hope, that their children and grandchildren will live in so different a country than the not so recent past. Let's face it, change is slow but we can begin with ourselves. I don't know the truth behind what Imus says. He has been claiming his comments actually were meant to be a condemnation of racial profiling, i.e. Pacman did not get a fair deal due to profiling. The truth doesn't really matter, what matters is we focus on ourselves and not the offhand comments of someone like Imus.
3 months ago
I am all for freedom of speech and everything, but why are we sitting on this? There are more important things going all around the world. ALL RACES vote. ALL RACES are in the recession. ALL RACES are losing their jobs. It doesn't matter what a white man says about an african american man. I'm sure that we'll all have someone talk about us that is from a different race!
3 months ago
Why is everyone so up in arms about what this man is saying? I've heard much worse right here in the streets!
Get a life! This is how most of these types see us anyway.
3 months ago
Who cares....the people we are complaining about can afford the high gas prices....can you (from a black woman)
3 months ago
OMG everyone he was just asking a question get over it. Not like he said the n word or i knew he had to be african american thats why hes in jail. He is not racist because of that statement. He was just simply talking. If that was a racist comment everyone is racist.So how about everyone just get over it.imus is going to do him regardless.....and that nappy headed hoe thing well to me was halarious
3 months ago
Hey Shannon - I think every person on the face of the earth has been the recipient of some racially motivated comment or slur. I have heard the words whitey and cracker more times than I care to think about. I have been blamed for slavery by a few African-Americans - I to took great delight in telling them that my ancestors came to the United States after World War I so I had no reason to feel guilty about slavery in the USA!!!
Racism will be here forever - both sides will not forgive the other for past transgressions so it is a never ending merry-go-round that we all ride (unfortunately).
3 months ago
I am a white 55 year old male that lives in a mostly white community in southern Minnesota. I dont give a crap about Don Imus or what he says...never liked the jerk! In this community we care about each other no matter what race you are. When recent tornadoes damaged many homes we all pitched in to help clean up and find alternate food and shelter for the displaced. We are all in the same boat when you live here. After the tornados we had flooding and that caused a whole lot of other problems and all of us whites, blacks, indians, chinese helped each other to get their lives in order again. FEMA..get lost..we dont need you....shut it down and save the taxpayers some bucks! I am getting off track. Just treat others as you would like others to treat you and we will all live happily ever after.
3 months ago
So, by Imus' logic should we ASSume white male, every time we hear about a crime like rape then murder of an old woman (or murder then rape for that matter), murder then eating of a family, molestation then kidnapping of a child, or serial: rape, murder, or molestation of any person?
3 months ago
Last I checked freedom of speech is a right guaranteed by a little thing called the Bill of Rights. Although I personally find his comments to be irresponsible and downright ignorant I dont believe he should be penalized for making said comments. If we as a society start to regulate what can and can't be said next thing you know YOU might be fired from your job for an illicite comment, or worse if we continue on this path put in jail.
3 months ago
I noted something interesting in John's comment.
Myth 3: Half of all black men do not graduate high school. Morton's research revealed that 78 percent of black-male high-school students have graduated or got their GED.
There is a difference between graduating from high school and obtaining a GED. To compare just graduating from high school to graduating from high school or obtaining a GED would be comparing two unlike figures.
--- Now to anyone that buys into anti- stats
Now to be honest I've never heard of any of these myths and consider most of them to be absurd. The only "statistic" that I've heard of regularly claims by some margin that African Americans are responsible for a disproportionate amount of homicides and various crimes.
Now I don't know whether those statistics are accurate or not, but quite frankly I don't see why it's relevant. I know some people will get all sorts of upset about that statement, but if they take a moment to reflect perhaps they can follow... What does the statistic mean really? I know everyone jumps to a conclusion about what it should mean, but the reality is it had a purpose. More than likely it was to shock you and capture your attention regardless of whether it's true or not. So I guess if it were true you could easily think of African Americans as something less than human or something less than an ethical law abiding citizens. You'd also know in the back of your mind that more than likely any new African American you met would behave in this pre-determined statistical way. I suppose you'd then assure that you distanced yourself and took all possible precautions to avoid becoming a victim of these dangerous people...
It's strange, because this reminds me of some other statistics I once heard. They were mainly distributed in the 40s. Some time after an event happened that changed the definition of a word.
I guess if you're ok with the Holocaust then you should have no problem believing the statistics you hear without question.
I tell you one interesting thing I've learned is that ignorant people will find a reason to commit hateful actions upon other people. Whether it is theft, murder, or just hateful thinking, this seems to be a game that all ignorant people regardless of race play.
In case anyone asks, I'm a white male and I will probably never vote democrat. (so you know what statistical category to put me in)
3 months ago
There is a difference between graduating from high school and receiving a GED!
from 3 months ago
Yes. One involves graduating from a High School and one involves a standardized test.
However, if you read what I wrote that wasn't what was talking about.
It was that if you include the number of people who obtain a GED with the number of people that graduate from High School normally you will get a different number than just those that graduate from High School.. It's a pretty simple concept.
from 3 months ago
by don, all of you people have a head full of turds. racism is still here today because folks like sharpton and jackson want it to be. thats how they make all there $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ off the black race. i dont look at a mans skin color. i probably have more black friends than white. and we have been working together since i was a child. racism is where you want it when you want it. just look at sharpton and jackson.
3 months ago
Does anyone remember when Imus called for college football coach Nick Saban to be fired for refering to LSU football fans as "coonass"? He thought that was a terrible thing to say about a black man until he found out that "coonass" refers to backwoods country white guys. We never heard another word about it. Was that a racist comment from a white guy about a white guy?OOOHHHHH thats OK!!!!!
3 months ago
Honestly, this is just America wasting it's time again. Who cares what he has to say, really? Isn't there a little something in this country called free speech? Let the man say what he has to say. If you don't like it, ignore it! Jesus, this country has gone so soft it's ridiculous.
from 3 months ago
Freedom of speech doesn't include freedom from ridicule. He hasn't been thrown in jail. That's essentially his freedom of speech.
3 months ago
If Imus is a sports commentator, shouldn't he already know what race Pacman is? He's pretty famous.
from 3 months ago
What is he most famous for? His athletic prowess? His college studies? He's a Dallas Cowboy? NO!!
He is MOST famous amongst the (misguided) youth of this country because of his criminal record!
We as a whole nation need to teach our children to have 'heroes' that are WORTH looking up to... sadly, mr. pacman is NOT worth it, regardless of color.
3 months ago
What I don`t understand is knowing how people feel about Imus,why on earth do they bother listening to him?It`s as if everyone hangs onto his every word for just this kind of thing.He reminds me of the muddled headed old uncle grandma always put in the corner at family gatherings and we all just smiled and nodded when he would say something shocking.You know he is going to say something really stupid sooner or later but you just don`t let him know it gets to you and pretty soon his chin is on his chest and we get on with the reason we all came together.
3 months ago
It always tickles me when white people always throw out the "I've been blamed for slavery" bit? As I black person I laugh @ it ,why entertain something so far fetched? yes I'm sure you've been called whitey or cracker a few times, compared to the numerous times i've heard the N-word fly off of lips in my direction. Maybe we should swap stories over coffee sometime.
from 3 months ago
Is this like how black people use the N-word frequently? What a hypocrisy.
3 months ago
“There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance; that principle is contempt prior to investigation.” Herbert Spencer (early 1900’s)
3 months ago
I am so sick and tired of seeing caucasian americans getting into trouble for saying anything about any other nationality. It is so childish. This use to be the united states of white caucasians. It is not our fault that somebody came up with the idea of bringing another nationality over here. Why are we being punished? This is ridiculous. It is ok for the white caucasians to get called honkies, crackers, and so on. Whatever! I say if you are not a white causcasian and you dont like how you are being treated then go back to your homeland and quit whining. I am so sick of all true white caucasians not getting a job they deserve because you non caucasians whine and call it racism even if you are not the least bit qualified for the job. It is not right that you get the job you dont deserve just because a company is scared of getting sued because they didnt hire you whiny cry babies. Get a life and go back to your homeland! Geez! It is these type of people that are hurting your race. If you all would just stop whining there would be peace and harmony and we could all get along with each other. But it is all this whining about racism that is coming between us all living together peacefully. Think about it people. Oh by the way please dont call me a racist! Im just giving the facts. And i have discussed this with my non white caucasian buddies and they agree! They wish people would quit hollering racism also. So see what you are doing to your own!
from 3 months ago
Buddy I'm white, I'm not a liberal, and I don't hate Caucasians, but you're not giving anything close to the facts.
I know where your argument comes from and I've heard it many times before. I can't do much for you other than to say seek out more education, because there are few things that you can learn that may change your perspective a bit.
Take a look at what they actual law is regarding "Affirmative Action". You'll probably find that the laws are actually quite different than what you believe them to be.
from 3 months ago
It is truly painfully obvious what "race" most of the commenter's are in this post... To never have walked a day in a black, Hispanic, Asian, native American, etc's shoes does not mean that one should turn a blind eye to the truth of racism in this country... Its evident by most of these insensitive comments I've had the unfortunate pleasure of reading this morning.
Let me start by saying for those of the white community who may not be aware of a major fact: Al Sharpton & Jesse Jackson DO NOT in anyway, shape, form, nor fashion represent the black community. So enough pls with your uses of them as examples, most in the African American community have tuned them both out years ago. Their prime examples of caricatures whites love, gives them a false sense of hope and comfort. Nuff said.
If Imus comments were not a carry over from his previous comments, perhaps it may not have gotten as much attention, but let me ask you this, if the situation was different lets say a high profile Math test for the brightest minds in the world, and one of the individuals that took that test scored a perfect score, and Imus asked what race is he, and the reply was Asian, and he replied with “There you go. Now we know.” or There was a bean eating contest in San Diego, CA and the winner received 25k for winning, he asked "what color was he?" and the reply was "Mexican-American" and his reply was “There you go. Now we know.”
It's truly amazing to me how Anti-Semitic remarks will cause a major uproar from the white community yet this obvious RACIST can continue to spew his hatred for people of African descend and has a wide open forum to do so. I say if he is allowed to remain on radio or TV than give Louis Farrakhan the same forum to say what-ever it is he wants over the air waves........ hmmm... Or Rev Jeremiah Wright..... hmmm...... amazing how you give people of your own soooo much pass and leeway yet you've criticized and tried everything you can to discredit and kill the dreams and aspirations of a great potential leader in Sen. Obama. YOU PEOPLE ARE INCREDIBLE!! KEEP IN MIND WE ALL REAP WHAT WE SOW!! HOW CAN YOU CALL YOURSELVES CHRISTIAN YET HATE YOUR NEIGHBOR BECAUSE HIS TONE OF SKIN IS SLIGHTLY OF A DIFFERENT SHADE THAN YOURS. WHERE'S THE LOGIC IN THAT HYPOCRITES!!!!!! GOD BLESS YOU ALL!