drok9
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Post by drok9 on Apr 11, 2007 18:09:09 GMT -5
It was people like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson who faned the flames not so long ago that helped get us black folks out of slavery and dicrimination in this country.
To do nothing and let people like Imus get away with using public airwaves to voice their racist beliefs about black people would eventually just send us back to that aspect of this country's ugly history.
I'm not a fan of Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson and I don't necessarily see this as them "fanning the flames" as much as them holding a powerful person with great influence accountable for careless attacks on innocent female student-athletes. They are also holding him accountable for his abuse of the public airwaves.
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sweetpie
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Post by sweetpie on Apr 11, 2007 18:35:07 GMT -5
That is my point Drok also, we gotta start somewhere. But from what I have been seeing there has been an effort to eradicate the "N" word and to tell rappers that their minstrel show isn't working anymore and it does more harm than good. But you know black folx ain't hearing it. They see that dollar that the white boy is contributing to the units he sells. What about the Cosby's and the preachers that are preaching self awareness? Too many times we shoot the messenger for saying what he says is too harsh. Do we not think that our own attitudes towards ourselves is harsh in some ways? We cannot continue on this road to ruin, we will be left behind. Back in the day black folx were in various classes of life and we worked together because we HAD to, now that we don't we absolutely won't. What happened to the cohesiveness? The white man reluctantly took SOME of the stumbling blocks away and guess what? We got worse we have the ability, we have the capacity what we don't have is cohesiveness, respect, responsibility and accountability to our own. The youth don't want to work a real job they want to play basketball or try to be rap stars or knock somebody in the head and take theirs and the latter is not even limited to the youth. Check it out, what we do have is an abundance of selfishness.
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Post by Blaque on Apr 11, 2007 18:46:57 GMT -5
No one suggested that nothing should be done or that Imus should "get away" with his remarks.
But in my opinion, Black people have used derogatory remarks about ourselves for so long (loud and proud in most cases) White America has begun to believe that it's OK to use the same language.
I'm not excusing Imus, I'm not saying his words were OK, I'm just saying that there is a bigger issue here. We need to be just as outraged at the so called comedians, rappers, actors and other Black people who portray negative images of the Black community.
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sweetpie
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Post by sweetpie on Apr 11, 2007 19:00:36 GMT -5
I agree we gotta do what we gotta do but unfortunately most of us aren't on the bandwagon. THAT'S the problem. What gets me is that they (white people) look to the youth to speak for us with that bullshyt instead of looking towards the more mature and articulate of us. We do not judge them by their young acid rockers do we? No. So in other words they make excuses to stay in their denial. They truly believe that the things they do to blacks is magnified and the black man is looked on as "oh poor me," when it was THEY who started this whole mess. They don't remember that so they have to come up with their own so-called anger to keep it going. In my opinion you don't ever have to feel sorry for them they will come out clean no matter what. As far as that Duke mess is concerned those boys will have acceptable lives and live on. They will rise because we all know the system is made for them. I don't feel sorry for them one bit. But I do regret that a sister pulled that shyt.
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Post by Blaque on Apr 11, 2007 19:33:05 GMT -5
You're right Brother B, firing Imus will accomplish absolutely nothing. What is important here is that people like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson stop fanning the flames. Now is the time for Black America to do some self evaluation. We need to have honest discussions about the images we are showing the rest of the world. There is a quote by Mahatma Gandhi that reads: "Be the change you want to. see in the. world." Now is the time for Black America to make some serious changes. I could kiss you. Oh what the hell. ;D
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