Another Asshole Gone

Well, this week we saw Don Imus end his career in about thirty seconds. I can't say that I'll miss him because what he said about the Rutger's Women's Basketball team was racist, sexist and just plain dumb. And, I never liked him. But, you know what? He was verbalizing what countless others think and we (African Americans) have only ourselves to blame. Many of my peers and people in the political world voiced that he got what he deserved. In all honesty, I don't feel that he should have been fired for it. What would it change? Suspend him for a few months, make him give out his ass but would that really take away what he said or how he feels? He stated publicly that he felt that he was going to be fired because of it and that he has a lot of money so he won't suffer. So to me, it's just another dumbass off of our airwaves while countless others remain. Besides, down the road he's gonna end up on satellite radio being paid a zillion dollars to make even cruder remarks as he's done for the past few decades.

If we really want something to come from this, we need to strong-arm the executives who allow our hip-hop artists to continue to denigrate our women everyday via the radio, videos and concerts to satisfy the communities who support this garbage (y'all know who I'm referring to). As long as we continue so say these things to each other, people will feel that it's okay if they say them to us. Millions of dollars are being made each day at the expense of minorities who use and are called the b-word, n-word and worse. Unfortunately, it's African-American artists who are being used as the catalysts to promote this garbage. So, while we snap our fingers, dance to the beat and run to buy or download this crap, think about this latest incident and who really was affected by it because it sure wasn't Don Imus.