Imus used a term that has a very specific meaning and used it inappropriately, perhaps because he is not familiar with the culture that made it. See what Snoop Dogg said about his use of the term -- something about it is not about no college girls it's about hos that lie to a nigger and take his money. I am not using quotes because I don't have the exact quote in front of me, but that's him saying ho and nigger, not me. It matters.
This video uses a term that has a very specific meaning (see the wiki) and in my opinion uses it inappropriately. It seems to have been made primarily to use the term Magic Negro. The word Negro raises a question of racism, like it or not, because it was widely used before the civil rights era. Spike Lee deliberately uses it because he feels that this stereotype of the wise old black sidekick is racist. Perhaps he is right, perhaps not, but I think he has a better basis for judging whether something is racist than Limbaugh. Just as nigger has a different sound in my mouth than it does in Snoop's, Negro sounds different on the Rush Limbaugh show than it does in a talk by Spike Lee. Your columnist, well, he is also using the term wrong, I think, but he isn't wallowing in it the way the video does. And if you look him up on wikipedia, it says he is often cited by Rsh with approval, so that makes me question his "liberalism." >Imus used a term on his own that was questionable. Rush did a parody >of an op-ed nobody cared about. Rush didn't use any of his own words, >he used the article. To be mad at him you have to be mad at the >original author. Why don't you get that? > > >> One was abandoned by his broadcaster and his advertisers, the other was not. >> >> So my question is, what, as a society, should we be saying: the Imus' >> treatment was correct or that Rush's treatment was correct? > >We as a society should be smart enough to see the difference. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:235567 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
