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Originally Posted by Vanilla Thunder
I didn't even know who he was until this.
And I really don't know which is less newsworthy between Smith and this.
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To sum it up... Imus said something completely moronic and racially charged, in a public forum, about a specific group of young women who are mostly black.
In my opinion, it was more sexist than racist, but either way it was stupid. He was suspended which was fitting (again, in my opinion) Then Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton started a crusade, and he lost his show.
The issue (for most) is how these two men who seem want to represent black America can be so outraged by what Imus said, while ignoring similar slurs and insults in hip-hop music.
Personally, I don't have a problem with Imus being fired. He worked for a company, and he cost that company money when sponsors like GM pulled out. That's economics. It's the way our world works.
But... don't do it because tools like Sharpton and Jackson threw a bitch fit.