Fire Imus?

[skcin]

Originally Posted by skcin

Of course, even if they don't fire him, I'm sure many sponsers would flee.

Originally Posted by LukeA

Let him serve his two week suspension, and let that be it. He has apologized. No sponsor is going to "flee".

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

I know.

I read today where Imus lost s few large sponsors like Staples.

Hopefully, he learned his lesson and will watch what he says from now on.

Just had to point this out.

Originally Posted by sara1998

I guess what gets me about the whole thing is that Imus didn't say anything worse than 90% of the rappers out there... and no one's calling for the rappers to be fired....

It's all entertainment, right?

The way I see it is that those rappers are referring to actual bitches & ho's. I mean, it sounds silly, but when they're rapping, you know damn well they're not referring to teachers or nurses or lawyers or whoever. They're referring to party girls, groupies, the easy girl from the neighborhood,etc.

Now. Imus said what he did about smart, well educated successful female athletes. They are beautiful & poised & well spoken (from what I saw of the news conference.) Referring to them as "nappy headed ho's" implies that no matter what they do, how much education they get, how well dressed they are, how successful they are, they're still nothing because they're black, or poor, or whatever. I'm not saying that's what he meant, but I can easily see that it was construed that way.

If it were me, and I were busting my ass to make something of myself and break down stereotypes and be a great role model for young girls, I'm be hurt & upset & pissed off if I felt that my accomplishments were being overlooked & I was being stereotyped because of my race.