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Post by dolphinfan on Apr 11, 2007 20:19:47 GMT -5
The buying power of women, is what killed this beast.
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Post by pelicanguy on Apr 11, 2007 22:03:51 GMT -5
I don't care for his radio show.
Then again, I can see Sharpton getting involved, since Rutgers and WFAN is right there in his back yard, but Jesse should have stayed out of it. I'm sorry, but I do feel that they do make things worse than they should be at times.
Black folks' problem is that we want someone else to do the speaking for us instead of going ahead and handling things ourselves.
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sweetpie
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Post by sweetpie on Apr 12, 2007 7:00:47 GMT -5
Yes, we should be handling it ourselves but we are gonna need to go to them to expand it, it has gone nowhere in the black community Who of us actually steps into the light? Jackson and Sharpton, people go to them also. This has opened the situation in the forum that was needed... Large. This is nothing new to us, we have not been taken seriously about it until now. As far as entertainers are concerned the problem seems to stem from that and there needs to be dialogue with these individuals that turn degradation of women or anyone for a dollar.
Jackson proposed that the media should be desegregated, that suggestion will make one of the most important changes that will ever come out of this situation. We need to stop shooting our messengers, no one is perfect. I think blacks listen too much to what white people say about Jackson and Sharpton yes, they want to throw the Tawana Brawley incident in the air and Jackson's utterance of "Hymietown" we are an infalliable people but we must make a change and it's gotta begin somewhere. The sitting back saying "whatever" is not gonna change anything.
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cinnaroll32
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Post by cinnaroll32 on Apr 12, 2007 14:57:52 GMT -5
After watching events unfold over the last few days I have changed my mind. In my little insignificant opinion, I believe this guy when he says he is sorry. I’m normally the first person to dismiss an empty apology from a celebrity but for some reason, his apologies seems sincere to me. He’s being punished for his actions. Let’s see if his behavior changes in the years to come. . We also need to examine how we use these words also he isn't the first and won't be the last.
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Post by pelicanguy on Apr 12, 2007 16:10:55 GMT -5
CBS Radio has just fired Mr. Imus.
The question to everyone is: Now what?
I know Negroes across the country are doing their happy dances.
What happens now? Do we go back to normal...or do we as society take what happened and move forward and work to cut down on this language and behavior?[td][/td][tr][/tr]
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drok9
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Post by drok9 on Apr 12, 2007 17:47:41 GMT -5
Whatever will happen won't happen over night. Not every black person talk negative and I'm glad to see that MSNBC and CBS has zero tolerance for this degration and racist talk. I was also happy to see that both MSNBC and CBS had meeting with their staff about this. I applaud them for taking their staffs' feelings into consideration as well because those words affected alot of people, not just the Rudger girls.
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Post by pelicanguy on Apr 12, 2007 22:01:21 GMT -5
I know it won't happen overnight, but I want to know if we have to drive and guts to keep the momentum going.
If not, we're just frontin', better yet, we're perpetrating.
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