We have a choice to change the channel or turn it off... It's our right!Protect our Liberities and long live Free Speech!or is that free speech till someone doesn't like what you say? I found this article on "Imus in the Morning" his attack on women and what is considered a
racial slur. We here at
Paulism believe in free speech and so I am not here to take sides or offend anyone but as always speak the truth and support men when it comes to
free speech.. This is not about right and wrong. My question goes out to the
music industry that has supported the African American Community over the last several years. So here goes
Dear Music Industry have you listened to the words of some
Rap Music? I would never promote such language here at
Paulism nor degrade a woman or a group of people in such a racial or sexual way. This music is
broad casted publicly on numerous radio stations.
If we are going to attack one man then
I say scrap derogatory rap music from the history of music nothing has degraded a woman and the equality of minorities then many of the rap music placed out in the public. Yet it is almost
solely supported in sales by young women of every color. Where do I get my facts, we have polled over 500 women in the
metropolitan area and asked them if they were insulted?
The end result was " are we going to let the few radicals speak for the majority? I say not...
I want to know if the radio stations are going to remove Imus then they should be removing some of derogatory rap music as well. What does this do, it
constitutes censorship. In retrospect any radio show or television show that has ever played derogatory rap music is as
guilty as Imus. If we are going to run our country based on a personal hurt feelings, then we will have to eliminate all the comedians and musicians that have ever attacked a Irishman , Italian, Polish man and so on. The female basketball team has the same rights as anyone else to speak out and say what they like or don't. That's what makes our country so wonderful.But they don't have the right to dictate what they don't like, change the channel babe!!!
Go to
http://www.urbandictionary.com/ and ask your self what do the words actually mean and what do they mean to you.. well I know a few wives who get off on being a hoe for their man.
Let's review the comment Nappy defined in the dictionary a
1.
nap·
py 1
(
nāp'ē)
Pronunciation Key adj. nap·pi·er, nap·pi·est
Having a nap; fuzzy.
Kinky; frizzy.
2. hos as referenced from the urban dictionary which is our reference guide for American slang.
1.
hos -slang for hoes!
dem bitches are hos....they calling for some
bootie2.hos -A word used as greeting: to greet people such as your friends especially when entering a
chatroom or greeting a group of people
He logged on to
IRC and typed, "hos hos everyone"
3.Hos -the hottest, sweetest, most perfect
So I ask what are they insulted over that they had a bad hair day or that they were referenced as a hoe? This article can be read on how degrading rap music has been with singers such as Snoop Doggy dog
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/htdocs/divinity/kmsi/michelle_jackson.htmAs we say in the
paulism court of ball _ " People in Glass houses Don't throw stones"
This is not about racial or sexual profiling, "this attack on Imus" because derogatory Rap music has done more for racial and sexual profiling then any one humorous radio talk show host could. Just ask the Duke lacrosse players what one lie can do to a life, I am tired of our country bending to kiss the ..... a** of every offended woman and group. Support Democracy
Defends your rights and keep those letters coming. www.paulism_award@yahoo.com
Here is the article in its context....
MSNBC drops Don Imus simulcast
By DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer 41 minutes ago
NEW YORK - MSNBC said Wednesday it will drop its simulcast of the "Imus in the Morning" radio program, responding to growing outrage about the radio host's racial slur against the Rutgers women's basketball team.
if("This decision comes as a result of an ongoing review process, which initially included the announcement of a suspension. It also takes into account many conversations with our own employees," NBC news said in a statement.
Talk-show host Don Imus triggered the uproar on his April 4 show, when he referred to the mostly black Rutgers women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos." His comments have been widely denounced by civil rights and women's groups.
The decision does not affect Imus' nationally syndicated radio show, and the ultimate decision on the fate of that program will rest with executives at CBS Corp. In a statement, CBS reiterated that Imus will be suspended without pay for two weeks beginning on Monday, and that CBS Radio "will continue to speak with all concerned parties and monitor the situation closely."
MSNBC's action came after a growing list of sponsors — including American Express Co., Sprint Nextel Corp., Staples Inc., Procter & Gamble Co., and General Motors Corp. — said they were pulling ads from Imus' show for the indefinite future.
NBC News President Steve Capus said he made the decision after reading thousands of e-mails and having countless discussions with NBC workers and the public, but he denied the potential loss of advertising dollars had anything to do with it.
"I take no joy in this. It's not a particularly happy moment, but it needed to happen," he said. "I can't ignore the fact that there is a very long list of inappropriate comments, of inappropriate banter, and it has to stop."
NBC's decision came at a time when Imus' program on MSNBC was doing better competitively than it ever has been. For the first three months of the year, its audience was nearly identical to CNN's, leading CNN to replace its morning news team last week.
Calls for Imus' firing from the radio portion of the program have intensified during the past week, and remained strong even after MSNBC's announcment. The show originates from WFAN-AM in New York City and is syndicated nationally by Westwood One, both of which are managed by CBS Corp. MSNBC, which had been simulcasting the show, is a unit of General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal.
Bruce Gordon, former head of the NAACP and a director of CBS Corp., said before MSNBC's decision Wednesday he hoped the broadcasting company would "make the smart decision" by firing Imus.
"He's crossed the line, he's violated our community," Gordon said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "He needs to face the consequence of that violation."
Gordon, a longtime telecommunications executive, stepped down in March after 19 months as head of the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored one of the foremost U.S. civil rights organizations.
He said he had spoken with CBS chief executive Leslie Moonves and hoped the company, after reviewing the situation, would fire Imus rather than let him return to the air at the end of his suspension.
"We should have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to what I see as irresponsible, racist behavior," Gordon said. "The Imus comments go beyond humor. Maybe he thought it was funny, but that's not what occurred."
A CBS spokesman, Dana McClintock, declined comment on the remarks by Gordon, who is one of at least two minorities on the 13-member board.
The 10 members of the Rutgers team spoke publicly for the first time Tuesday about the on-air comments, made the day after the team lost the
championship game to Tennessee. Some of them wiped away tears as their coach, C. Vivian Stringer, criticized Imus for "racist and sexist remarks that are deplorable, despicable, abominable and unconscionable."
The women, eight of whom are black, agreed to meet with Imus privately and hear his explanation. They held back from saying whether they'd accept Imus' apologies or passing judgment on whether a two-week suspension imposed by CBS Radio and MSNBC was sufficient.
Stringer said late Wednesday that she did not call for Imus' firing, but was pleased with the decision by NBC executives.
She said the meeting with Imus was never designed to call for his removal but to give the women on the team the opportunity to meet with him and for him to see the people he had so publicly hurt.
"The young ladies and I needed to put a face behind the remarks... He needs to know who these young ladies were that he hurt," Stringer said.
Imus has apologized repeatedly for his comments. He said Tuesday he hadn't been thinking when making a joke that went "way too far." He also said that those who called for his firing without knowing him, his philanthropic work or what his show was about would be making an "ill-informed" choice.
The Rev.
said in New York that he would put pressure on CBS but that the issue was larger than Imus.
"I think we also have to have now a broad discussion on how the music industry allows this to be used," Sharpton said. "I don't think that we should stop at NBC, and I don't think we should stop at Imus."
The Rev.
said he planned to meet with CBS and NBC executives on Thursday with a delegation of other civil rights activists and lawmakers to discuss the Imus situation and diversity in broadcasting.
"Imus is on 1,040 hours a week and yet they have virtually no black show hosts. That is true for other networks as well," Jackson said. "We must raise the ethical standard for all of them."
At the Rutgers campus in New Brunswick, N.J., about 300 students and faculty rallied earlier in the day to cheer for their team, which lost in the national championship game, and add their voices to the crescendo of calls for Imus' ouster. One of the speakers was Chidimma Acholonu, president of the campus chapter of the NAACP.
"This is not a battle against one man. This is a battle against a way of thought," she said. "Don Imus does not understand the power of his words, so it is our responsibility to remind him."
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Associated Press writers David Bauder, Samantha Gross and Seth Sutel in New York and Rebecca Santana in New Brunswick, N.J., contributed to this report.
(A previous version of this story had the word 'are' in a quote from Rutgers' basketball coach. It should have been 'were.')