Re: Don Imus and Nappy Headed Hos

This was a video I posted shortly after Don Imus' comments. I disabled comments for a while, but have since decided to turn them back on since it has been so long since the incident occurred.

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[RaptorQueen]

BOTTOM LINE just because you here someone disrespect women doesn't make it alright. So there is actually no excuse, and if Don isn't mature enough to know the difference from right or wrong perhaps he isn't responsible enough to be on radio.

[TVcru]

@RaptorQueen The problem is, he was doing what NBC and CBS was paying him to do...be shocking. If there should of been any outrage, it should of been towards them and not Don Imus.

[RaptorQueen]

Even if it was true for all of us that doesn' mean Imus should have done that. I bet if the rappers in the "black community" talked about caucasian women you and Imus would get all pissy.

[TVcru]

@RaptorQueen I'm sure they do talk about caucasian women but I choose not to listen to it. Free speech. Say whatever you want. What do you do when you hear or see something you don't like, you turn it off. Don't like what Imus or anyone like him says, don't listen.

[RaptorQueen]

Just because the rappers said it doesn't mean every black person has agree with it. They're not a represetative towards all blacks. We don't all like that. We don't all listen to rap,we don't all live in the ghetto, we are not all gold diggers, and we don't all shake our asses. Some of us are too sophisticated to listen to that gangsta rap "yo yo" smack those hoes and bitches kill people do drugs bullshit.

[TVcru]

@RaptorQueen I brought it up in the video and I'll say it again. If not every black person agrees with it, where is the outrage towards rappers with those types of lyrics?

[JonJury]

But in conclusion...

I find myself very often expressing some of the same sentiments that you did in this video..in pure disgust of the level of ignorance that has become acceptable in society today. A few bad apples in positions of influence ruin it for the rest, and it needs to stop, whether it be Imus, 50 Cent, or a young highschool parrotting off song lyrics mindlessly. Thank you for speaking you mind. I felt the need to do the same.

[JonJury]

You only hear the music that the record company decides should be on the shelves, which unfortunately is this n-word/sexism- heavy nonsense. Other artists foolishly feel pressured to follow the same path in order to make money. Stupid? Yes. But I dont believe that with this in mind, anyone could truly consider rap-music an accurate reflection of the Black community as a whole. (It is also worth noting that the industry is not run by african-americans as well.)

[JonJury]

I just hope you realize that there are a vast number of Black people who share my opinion on this...secondly, if you are going to consider rap music as a factor (which it undoubtedly is) you must also consider the business issues involved with that: the popular music is not truely a reflection of the community OR even the artist himself; commercial rap is a product of the quantity-over-quality mentality.

[JonJury]

Hey I just wanted to let you know that you spoke the truth in your video about imus. I think you generalized just a bit though. I am a Black person who is continually outraged by sexism and the use of the N word by EVERYONE, not just one specific demographic. Its ugly and wrong, it is no different with an "a" instead of an "er"...its just plain disgusting.

[JonJury]

@TVcru Perhaps you are not plugged in to that "community" or "scene" enough to observe such a thing. But even within the genre of hiphop, there are many artists and listeners who speak out against that type of behavior. Unfortunately, that collective voice gets drowned out more often than not, in favor of the more marketable misogynist/barbaric image.

Is your question to @RaptorQueen a rhetorical one, or are you truly requesting this information?

[nrwilliams015]

I feel ya!  We're all human beings! That's what matters!

[RaptorQueen]

@TVcru oh. Well I understand that I could always turn it off and sorry what i said about your friend, but i was proving point