The firestorm that is racism in America has consumed Don Imus. Forget the truth about his mistake, forget the facts, forget his sincere apology about a quote that was stupid and repulsive. This is a set back for healthy race relations, much like the OJ acquittal was. OJ killed his wife. He was acquitted because of his race. It was wrong 100 years ago and is wrong now.
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Two wrongs don't make a right. Jackson and Sharpton are racists and their actions perpetuate racism. They have drawn blood, and are sustaining the hysteria of hate.
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Imus was fired by CBS and MSNBC for making a stupid remark. He was punished for using his freedom of speech. Freedom isn't free - we have to tolerate stupid stuff so that people are free to grow for the greater good. Stifling speech is wrong - we must all take the responsibility to determine what is right or wrong - and not be consumed by those who would police and tell us what to think.
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Maintaining freedom of speech in the face of thoughtless racial slurs has to be particularly taxing for African Americans who have endured a legacy of bigotry and predudice. But do they get a pass? Unfortunately, no - otherwise this society is not free. Which is the case here.
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Judge for yourself.
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1 comment:
J I agree with you fully on this Imus thing. I don't like his radio show and I think what he said was just stupid. He did apologize though and I think it should have been left at that and I would have loved to not hear about it after. His comments have taken over everything though. The one that really got to me I saw this morning on Sports Center when Stephen A. Smith said that the thing that really pissed him off was that in Imus's apology he said it was a comedy show and people shouldn't take it seriously. That's why he felt that Imus should be fired. Maybe there needs to be a couple annoying white versions of Sharpton and Jackson to go after Chris Rock, Dave Chapelle, and any other african american comedians out there. After all 90% of their humor is from making fun of white people. Maybe racist comedy is ok against some groups of people and not others though.
I would be real cusious to see what Howard Stern has to say about all this because of his known hatred to Don Imus but his strong support for our freedom of speech.
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