May 2, 2007
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More worthy-to-talk about fallout from Imus …
I found the most interesting parts were the quotes. I always wondered about the double standard in use of the N-word. Even if it’s said ending with an ‘er’ or an ‘a’ I’ve heard it said by all race groups and react differently – heck I’ve heard people get upset when it ends in ‘ardly‘. It’s not like I call my friends Chinaman, chink, slant-eyed or oriental. (Baby you can’t taste racism. - Note: Only view that link if you’re not sensitive to racism, curse words, crude remarks, satire or have any desire to hear the sad truth.) There are no terms of endearment for saying such things. No cultural gap between the ages. The double standard just seems profoundly stupid. Not that I’m dealing with absolutes, it’s just one persons opinion. I’m more than happy to be enlightened by an opposing view point but unfortunately, the Post article does not dispel my opinion on the double standard we live in. It’s not like today where kids are learning that everyone can have an opinion and even if it’s factually wrong it’s fine to maintain that all opinions are never wrong.
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Other interesting tests are let us apply the rule to every on the air performer and see if the outcome is acceptable. If we cannot, then whoever asked for the rule to be applied in the Imus case looks somewhat foolish as it looks the rule appears like it has to be used in a race-discriminating fashion which seems very wrong in my view.