The Business Part Duex

Big Tasty~ C$$$, you have a great point; rap lyrics have long degraded women as a group, and have used stereotypes in a very negative way. However, Don Imus is not a black man spitting hot fire. He is not even making a statement about women basketball players, which would be wrong as well, but it wouldn’t cost him his job. No Don, crossed the line because he made the comments about an African American woman basketball player, and it proves one giant point. Racism is not dead in this country and probably is more prevalent than ever. His remarks affirm this, and for that he should lose his job. There is nothing creative about his remarks, and to say that a shock jock should have a free pass because he was making a joke, is an opinion I have to reject. Howard Stern and Jim Rome, both have made names for themselves by being very controversial. However they will touch just about every controversy accept this big one, RACE! It is obvious why this is such a sensitive topic, from slavery to affirmative action; race has been deeply routed in the foundation of this country. It is ok for one to poke fun at its own stereotypes. Reason why Borat, can win an Academy Award, for best comedy, when it just bashes Jews from start to finish. However, don’t think for one second, Don Imus should be able to use radio, as a platform to spew stereotypes of the African American race.

I will agree with you that Don Imus was trying to be funny, and on the radio I can only imagine this is very difficult to always be doing. In fact there probably isn’t one radio personality, that hasn’t slipped up in a way. I will also agree that there is a double standard by NBC by tolerating hate filled lyrics in songs put out by there record companies. There is a definite difference in my opinion, however. CD’s in which they degrade women or stereotype white males, or even talk about killing police, are not something you can stop. Artists have the right to freedom of speech; they have the right to say anything they want. The reason NBC allows this is two fold. First we as consumers have the right to buy whatever we want, if I want to purchase footage of a Klan rally from the early 60’s I am sure with the internet I can do so. There is nothing anyone can do to tell me different. However it would be against the law for them to broadcast that same Klan rally over network television. Don Imus was a nationally syndicated radio personality, and is piped in for free over millions of radios across the country. There is a much different standard you need to follow when broadcasting free content, one in which the FCC regulates. Don Imus has the right to say what he wants, however he has to realize that he doesn’t have an audience that can choose what they hear and what they don’t hear. He has to make sure his statements are ok with everyone and anyone that may be listening and not just his target audience. The other argument I have supporting NBC, and the reasoning why they can support rap music but in turn fire somebody for saying something much tamer is the money behind it. There is a definite demand for rappers like 50 cent, or eminem, rappers that as you say use lyrics that make Don’s statement look like sentiments from the pope. However these guys sell millions of records and make NBC a lot of money. If Don Imus’ show would have tripled the audience the next day, because of his stereotyping, he may have kept his job. However nobody wants to listen to this bigot and his ratings did not approve after his comments, therefore NBC had no reason to keep him on. The bottom line is NBC did the right thing, in firing Don Imus, America as a whole, has no place for his hate filled stereotyping, even if all he was trying to do was make a joke. If he wanted to make those comments on some comedic CD, I would have been fine with them, but he said that on a national radio broadcast and needed to suffer the consequences for his actions.
C-Weed – Tasty, you might have a point Dimus Ion was fired because he looks like king tut if you exhumed him and slapped a ten-gallon hat on his dusty ass head. I think NBC was waiting for some reason to terminate his contract. His little remarks sparked a hard on at NBC because they could fire him with out diving into an age discrimination lawsuit.
I give up, you are right racism is still an issue in the U.S. I feel like you should quite Lakes City Glass and begin your super secretive and daring career with the CIA. Your investigative instincts and your cunning ability to see straight through the bullshit is unprecedented. You could spend lonely nights sitting in a un-marked white Ford Econoline van full of computers and high powered spying devices. You will probably almost always notice the smallest detail that would of gone un-noticed to the novice and spoil one of the biggest cocaine bust the force has ever seen. You could be hero, glass is for pussies. Busting cocaine drug lords is for hard asses guys who slay the pussy.
On a lighter note, I watch a lot of King of Queens on TBS. I mean it is on like 16 different times a day, kind of hard to miss one. I just recently realized something, in all the years I have been watching the show I never am actually watching the show. I am hearing it loud and hysterically clear, but I am starring at Leah Remini’s tits the entire time. She has and amazing rack. I have had a giant boner over her since her days on Saved by the Bell as one hard-core hotel manager Stacy Corosi. I oogled at her ta-tahs then too.