Should Imus be fired?
 

Don Imus, the syndicated radio personality...

A week or so ago, he made "racially charged" remarks about the Rutger's girl's basketball team. While on the air, Imus said of the mostly black team, "those are some nappy headed hos." Now, Jesse Jackson and Rev. Sharpton are calling for his resignation. And, Jesse Jackson will lead a picket outside of NBC's studios.


What do you all think?





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well people say outlandish shit all the time. look at tim hardaway, and all he got was a slap and not able to go to allstar weekend, people still hate him, but its not that big. i think that imus should be fired, only because i think he is annoying. but this gives reason, jessy jackson will make that shit possible.

Aight....now, not defending him in any way, shape, form.....he was speaking in a joking manner. If it was a black man who said the same comment it would have been funny. He's issued all kinds of appologies, he agreed to be on Al Sharpton's show today or tommorow, he's planning on speaking with the women he offended personally. This is not a bad man. He's actually in the radio broadcaster's hall of fame. Should he be fired? I don't think so. Should he be stupid enough to make a comment even remotely the same? I don't think so either. Basically, he's showing remorse for his mistake and I think he's paying for it already.

LMAO @ what he said

If he would have said anything about them being black, then it's bad, but he was just fucking joking.

why are people such bitches.....

nigger nigger nigger.....
spic spic spic.....chink chink chink.....cracka honkey whatever......

why do words hurt people? we are all one of them

Because when you judge someone because of what race they are, you hurt more than yourself.

The first time I heard that shit I started laughing my ass off, bruh.

Fired? Hell no. If anything, someone should make him a cake.

Well, at some point, people have to be held responsible for the things they say and do. When is it okay to make racially insensitive remarks as a person of influence? Imus reaches millions. And, that's the message he feels is appropriate to send out?


Hell nah


I dunno about fired...But, people have to realize you can't just go around sayin and doin what you want without repercussions.

what happened to the freedom of speech?

no u dont.....

u just say a word that categorizes the skin tone of the person you are referin too.....

only fags with feelings and dumb ass's who are just lookin for a fight would get upset

no ones a person of influence unless you let them. do u really take his word just because he's on the radio? all that means is he took the proper courses in college and is qualified to speak on behalf of his affiliation according to his affiliation.

There are limits to everything man...You know that...I think people get carried away with this "1st amendment" thing...

You also have the right to walk down the street, but you can't walk down the street and slap people legally.

ur comparing freedom of speech to assualt. smart.

And speech has never caused problems before?

"FIRE"...<--- speech that can cause serious problems if it's said at the wrong time.


Let's stop pretending words don't have power. They do. That's why we use them.



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its illegal to say yell out fire in a crowded place- (thats the restriction of the freedom of speech). its illegal to walk down the street and slap someone , but its not illegal to say racially geared words on t.v. as a joke.
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its easy to tell if someone is racist or not, and just cuz u laugh at certain racial situation or point them out doesn't make u racist. it makes u aware of your surrounding, no matter what race u are.
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shouldn't take being politically incorrect or stereo types too far. b/c its obvious and ignorant to do either. and not funny.

I'm sure members of the KKK laugh and make jokes about blacks as they spew their hate. Just because he's famous doesn't make him exempt from being a racist.

yeah, but being that he's famous and on the radio makes him less racist because he's made it as far as he has with out sayin racist things. if i were on the radio im sure i'd slip up a lot more than dude and im not racist at all.

Less racist? But what account? Dude, racist people today aren't the raging rednecks they once were. This is the 21st century. Except for a few (e.g., Michael Richards), most racists and racism is covert and perpetuated through policies, beliefs, and ingrained hatred toward people of color.


And, what makes him NOT a racist? He's white. He's in a position of power/influence. He made racist remarks.


Case closed.

I'm so sick of white people thinking racism is a figment of people's imagination. If these people aren't racist, then who fuckin is? Tell me that.

oh god, grow a pair of balls and stop crying, bitching, moaning etc. i didnt see dave chappelle or carlos mencia get fired for being "racist" about white people

its a fucking joke, now everyone likes to laugh at other shit until it hits their own race, deal with it

Well, NBC and CBS have both suspended Imus' show for 2 weeks.


I say good. It's about time people realize you can't be wreckless and irresponsible.

Is he getting a medal or something?

What the fuck? He said they had nappy heads. People have to take offense to everything and are obsessed over going all Salem Witch Trials on every single person who makes a comment pertaining to black people. Nappy headed hoes? Give me a fucking break. Do you think anyone would care if, say, there was something on BET where they posted up some white people and said 'look at that greasy hair'?

is it really illegal to say "bomb" on an plane?

this has nothing to do with him personally being a racist... he said it on a ntional broadcast, and what he said was wrong... he should be fired based on that, not based on who he is as a person, or whether or not he thinks he's funny

He shouldn't be fired. It's impossible for a celebrity to be racist biologically. Fame introduces a hormonal chemical called Tolerncial B, when this chemical enters the brain it tends to leave the mind open to different signals of the brain. Therefore him having any behind doors racist beliefs,or his words influencing people in a negative way is out of the question. For real though he shouldn't be fired. Al sharpton should realise everytime you tell people to not to say anything racist it makes people mad and someone purpously says it. On the other hand during 9/11 if anyone said anything about terrorism they got pulled off the air and everyone applauded. And if anyone says anything pro al quida then they'd want that pulled off the air. But race? Nooooo, freedom of speech man, we got our rights. THEY DOOK OUR DURR

if SOC says this..........

it should be so.............

And I'm sick of people saying "if a black person said" bla bla then people wouldn't get mad that shit is retarded. Just as black people have said racial comments without any reaction white people have said it without reaction too. Kanye says racist shit and people get mad about it too. It's like hella people fuel their own fire. You can't use your own expectations of how situations MIGHT pan out as an excuse. I notice everytime some racist shit is said about black people so many white ppl have 1000792472398472384 insults for black people handy to use as an example. Wtf does this tell you? And as south park THANKFULLY put it, jesse jackson or any of these rainbow coalition ppl DO NOT REPRESENT THE ENTIRE RACE. So please people stop using this shit as an excuse to post racist bullshit. It may be so fuckin hilarious/brave of you to do this, but seriously shut the fuck up.

^^ i agree w this too

Case closed. He's working for someone and using their medium to broadcast racist views. Now, he can be an ignorant ass alone on his donkey ranch all he wants.


I say yank his ass off the air.

Its funny though white people have to beg for forgivness but when a black dude says somthing racist its "okay"

^ yeh right? fuck them niggers

so what . there are so many other things in this world that deserve more attention ... News media should be ashamed of this for making such a fuss about it

like i keep saying

2 words

dave chappelle

i'd really like to see how you respond, but i know you wont cuz you're biased as fuck

Damn you whine a lot. Kanye said something completely retarded, not just racist. Everyone knew he was retarded in the first place, so people overlook that. Did I say anything about the entire black race? Even if you aren't talking to me, shut the hell up and go cut your wrists already.

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It's not even CLOSE to worth it.

NEVERMIND

LMFAOOOO

Ya, cuz that has everything to do with Imus

carlos mencia is worse

You're silly, Indeph.

i didnt wanna mention him cuz i only seen 1 episode of his, but yea i heard he's a lot worse

and im a BIG fan of chappelle so im not saying it like chappelle is bad or w/e, but Q acts like white people are the only people saying "offensive" shit