[Rhodes22-list] Don Imus

[elle]

How else am I gonna get rid of it!


elle


--- Joseph Hadzima <josef508 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Don't tell use you're gonna give away a Marine Head
> to the
> winner!
> 
> 
> --- elle <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Interesting column...now someone will toss the
> > match...
> > 
> > On a lighter note:
> > 
> > Did anyone recognize the poem he parodied in the 
> > title?:(Imus go down to the idiocy again...)  It
> is a
> > famous nautical ode...
> > 
> > (Prize to the first one who gets it....!)
> > 
> > elle
> > 
> > 
> > --- Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Thanks Elle, here's another gallon of gasoline. 
> > > Brad
> > > 
> > >
> >
>
http://www.suntimes.com/news/steyn/341037,CST-EDT-steyn15.article
> > > 
> > > On 4/15/07, elle <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Three columns in the Washington Post Outlook
> > > section
> > > > today provide interesting reading...
> > > >
> > > > One by Joe R. Hicks:
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/13/AR2007041302089.html
> > > >
> > > > By Johnetta Rose Barras:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/13/AR2007041302054.html
> > > >
> > > > and karen Henretty
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/13/AR2007041301856.html
> > > >
> > > > (these are all linked from the Hicks page.
> > > >
> > > > They'll either add enlightenment or fuel to
> this
> > > > discussion.
> > > >
> > > > elle
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- Todd Tavares <sprocket80 at mail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > By going after Imus, all Al Sharpton and
> Jessie
> > > > > Jackson did was cause
> > > > > people to have to choose sides.  They are
> took
> > > an
> > > > > ignorant, insignificant
> > > > > comment made by a foolish white shock jock
> and
> > > > > turned it into fighting
> > > > > words. How can a white person defend what
> Imus
> > > said?
> > > > >  He can't!  But
> > > > > after all of the trouble Sharpton and
> Jackson
> > > > > whipped up, he won't risk
> > > > > commenting.  But now there is a sense of
> need to
> > > > > circle the wagons and
> > > > > fight the battle those two so-called
> Reverends
> > > have
> > > > > started.   This is
> > > > > how Jackson and Sharpton justify their own
> > > > > existence....cause a frenzy,
> > > > > then publicly calm the storm and/or mediate
> to
> > > make
> > > > > it appear as Blacks
> > > > > have won another battle.  The only Blacks
> > > winning
> > > > > are those two by lining
> > > > > their pockets from the false support they
> stir
> > > up in
> > > > > the Black
> > > > > community.  If a tree falls in the woods,
> does
> > > it
> > > > > make a noise? No, and
> > > > > nobody profits from it either.  Jackson and
> > > Sharpton
> > > > > do not jump onto
> > > > > bandwagons...they ARE the bandwagons.
> > > > >
> > > > > Jason Whitlock may be playing to a white
> > > audience,
> > > > > but his argument makes
> > > > > a lot more sense than Al Sharpton's.  Al and
> > > Jessie
> > > > > trump this, and any
> > > > > other issue they can, up into a national
> media
> > > witch
> > > > > hunt for their own
> > > > > gain and fame.  They make their money by
> > > claiming to
> > > > > be helping the Black
> > > > > community and Black causes and empowering
> Blacks
> > > but
> > > > > they do so by
> > > > > putting them into the roles of victims. 
> They
> > > take
> > > > > their pride and self
> > > > > worth and turn it into anger.    There is no
> > > > > possible positive outcome
> > > > > from the trouble Al Sharpton
> started....unless
> > > you
> > > > > consider Don Imus
> > > > > getting fired a plus. What about the female
> > > > > basketball players?  Dom Imus
> > > > > didn't steal their thunder--Al Sharpton did!
> > > > > Jason Whitlock makes
> > > > > much more sense. Regardless of who is too
> young
> > > to
> > > > > not remember the civil
> > > > > right movement and marches of the sixties,
> it
> > > makes
> > > > > alot more sense to
> > > > > ignor what someone else says about you. 
> When it
> > > > > comes right down to it,
> > > > > what Imus said doesn't matter and these
> female
> > > > > basketball players
> > > > > shouldn't let Imus define who they are. 
> They
> > > went
> > > > > from educated,
> > > > > championship contenders to "nappy headed
> hos"
> > > not
> > > > > because Imus said it,
> > > > > but because Al Sharpton turned them into
> > > victims.
> > > > > Al Sharpton and Jessis
> > > > > Jackson are racists and do more to fuel
> racism
> > > and
> > > > > discrimination than
> > > > > they do to solve these problems.
> > > > >
> > > > > Todd T
> > > > >
> > > > >   ----- Original Message -----
> > > > >   From: "Joseph Hadzima"
> > > > >   To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
> > > > >   Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Don Imus
> > > > >   Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 07:46:51 -0700
> (PDT)
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >   Regarding the double standard ...
> > > > >
> > > > >   yes and no!
> > > > >
> > > > >   THESE specific women basketball team
> members
> > > were
> > > > > singled
> > > > >   out. There is no information on what music
> > > these
> > > > > women
> > > > >   like. So we can't say they deserve to be
> > > called
> > > > > anything.
> > > > >   In fact THEY were offended, the rest of
> the
> > > noise
> > > > > (e.g.
> > > > >   Rev. Jackson, et al) just wanted to hop on
> to
> > > the
> > > > > band
> > > > >   wagon, and be heard (after the Imus was
> fired,
> > > > > Jackson
> > > > >   still wants to hold his march to CBS).
> > > > >
> > > > >   I also believe there is a tad more to the
> > > story ..
> > > > > the
> > > > >   conversation (not just the single sentence
> > > from
> > > > > Imus) said
> > > > >   things like the TN team were "cute", and
> other
> > > > > remarks
> > > > >   which were unflatering to the NJ team.
> Those
> > > > > remarks I'm
> > > > >   sure did even more to hurt their feelings.
> > > > >
> > > > >   It was NOT a GENERAL remark, it was
> directed
> > > to a
> > > > > specific
> > > > >   team. When the MC at a MTV Spring Break
> show
> > > > > welcomes the
> > > > >   "bitches" to Spring Break Mexico, they are
> not
> > > > > specifically
> > > > >   refering to "all the girls from
> "WhatsAmatter
> > > U",
> > > > > but any
> > > > >   in the croud that wish to identify
> themselfs
> > > with
> > > > > the
> > 
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