Finally, something worth writing about... I'm not just going to write some shit, just to be writing some shit... I try to wait until I really have something to say!!! so sorry for the lack of posts lately..
So Imus just got fired... Yeah... we won.... again!!!!!
Amidst all this celebration by the mob I ask myself..what are folk celebrating?
Answer: The same reason we watch the first week of American Idol... The same reason the Romans had slaves fighting against lions... we love to see a mother fucker freefall to their impending doom. We love watching it happen to Britney, we couldn't want to see those boys from Duke go to jail. It is just in our media dominated short attention span shock personality culture to do so...
Face it.. the majority of folks aint political, intellectual or involved in anything except for themselves.... motherfuckers are just spectators at a car wreck wishing and waiting for the sight of the gore soaked, broken and mangled body. A few weeks ago me and the lady were leaving the club and we stood on the corner with about a dozen other people as we watched this drunk girl drive into a parked car, then back up and do it again, then back up and drive into the next car, then back up and drive into a third parked car. We all just sat there and watched and said, 'DAMN, she's fucked up!!!" finally someone flagged a passing cop car. and when it all should've been over, that is when the show just began..
The crowd grew as she had to take a sobriety test, walking the line (barely), finally with the spectacle too much to bear, she just pointed at all the people and said, just make me blow.... who knows what she blew, but she had the handcuffs on her and it was over.. the mob scene disappeared and the poor girl's life is ruined for the next couple of years. No longer entertaining, everyone scattered and we all left, had our entertainment fill for the night, only she will have to deal with the consequences of her actions for the rest of her life.... the rest of us could give two shits...
so what I'm getting to is, nobody gives two shits about Imus or what Imus said. He's just the rallying point of the moment, and his career is over now.
If we look at all of the other topics Sharpton and them could be discussing that would have a more direct impact on black america and how such a lack of concern has been shown. Let a mother fucker bring up a conversation about the world bank, mortgage rates, Darfur, Job Opportunities, Obama, joining book club or getting registerred to vote.... ... you know the deal......... crickets
Then along comes Imus and black folk think its hip to be aware and declare how grave of an injustice it has been... white folks take this as an opportunity to remind everyone just how culturally conscious they are and how many black friends they have... like somehow that makes it all ok.
But what white folks don't understand is WHY black folks get so upset about this shit... it's because it never stops man... everytime it happens, it affects us... they've been firing folks for saying ignorant shit since Jimmy the Greek as far as I can remember... to us, we would think, obviously white folks know if they say ignorant shit, they're going to get fired!! so either they don't care, don't think they're wrong, or just don't think they'll get into trouble... or the way we see it is, probably, it's they way they talk when they're not around us... hell, it's the way I talk when I'm not around nappy headed hoes... but I know better then to say it when I'm around them!!
AND, BLACK FOLKS been saying all kindsa bitch, hoe, nappy dugout, chickenhead comments in our music without one OUNCE of protest, so some 70 year old white guy that nobody gives a shit about says some ignorant shit and NOW we wanna get some religion?? GTFOH with that bullshit...
This shit will last a week tops.. then, pass the titties, the malt liquor, the cocaine and everyone will get back to the business of being full time trifling...
sad ain't it...
~C
2 comments:
Yep...it never ends...
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It is absolutely ridiculous that the black community is up in arms over the comments made by Don Imus on his radio show. His comments are benign in comparison to the way Rappers describe and characterize Black women in their music. At least with Imus we have the ability to change the radio station and stop listening. But with rap music, not only do we continue to listen we endorse the rapper's statements by purchasing the music. Imus' comments are awful and insensitive. But I do not believe he should have been fired. Let the market decide whether he would have been able to recover from his comments. If people were truly outraged they would have stopped listening to his show. However, I doubt that would have happen. His ratings would have dipped for a month or two and then they would have promptly shot back up. Consequently, we will never know how America truly feels. But one thing I am sure of...is the members of the Rutgers Women's basketball team and millions of other African-Americans will still be "leaning and Rocking" to music that consistently degrades our women more than any comments made by one elderly white man.
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