Where are the calls for firings? Where are the public cries of outrage? Where are the protest marches?
All I read was _recent_ (as in post Imus blowup) peace march and meetings with rappers. To me, that smacks _exactly_ of a double standard. (Of course, I never expected anything more from Sharpton or Jackson). My favorite statements to date on the whole thing have been Deidra Imus's and Halle Berry's (of course, most anything she says is *nice*, but this was smart, too). On 4/16/07, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Gel wrote: > >> The only comparable situation would be if a black, nationally syndicated > >> talk show host did the same thing to a white women's basketball team. > >> Has this occurred? > >> I raised this point before and received no response. > >> > > > >Because the point is moot. Imus is an entertainer and so should be > >compared against all other entertainers. Imus can be heard on the > >radio as can many other entertainers. > > > >The double standard is Sharpton criticizing someone for an apologized > >joke while overlooking the statements of others who not only haven't > >apologized but stand by their statements. > > Actually both Sharpton and Jackson have been taking the black community and > record labels to task over their use of the same words in their videos and > records. For instance this little news piece that never got beyond genre: > http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=6931 > > So where is the double standard again? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232673 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
