White Man's Pilgrimage
I don't get it.
A white man makes a racial slur and then goes groveling to one of this country's most well-known racist? First it was Michael Richards, now it's Don Imus.
Will an apology no longer be accepted unless you prostrate yourself to the king of racism...Mr. Al Sharpton?
Don't get me wrong, Don Imus is a jerk and his statement in reference to the Rutgers women's basketball team was reprehensible and racist. He needs to apologize...but not to Al Sharpton.
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Let's take a look at the black version of David Duke. His history is filled with race baiting and polarizing events. He has turned racism into a career path.
Did Imus ever go out of his way to share a stage with the likes of Khalid Muhammad -- a gay-bashing, Jew-hating, anti-Catholic racist -- or praise him as "an articulate and courageous brother?" Of course not. But Sharpton did.
Nor did Imus ever go on the radio to demand that a "white interloper" -- the Jewish owner of a Harlem clothing store -- be forced out of business, or whip up a racial protest that ended with seven people dead in a horrific arson attack. But Sharpton did.(1995)
Did Imus lead a vitriolic campaign to vilify the young white woman raped and viciously beaten in the Central Park "wilding" case in 1989 -- a campaign in which demonstrators chanted her name in public when most of the media refused to print it and accused her boyfriend of being the real assailant? Sharpton did.
Other key Sharpton missteps:
1987 Tawana Brawley hoax.
1991 Yankel Rosenbaum stabbed to death.
If Sharpton were a white skinhead, he would be a political leper, spurned everywhere but the fringe. But far from being spurned, he is shown much deference. Democrats embrace him. Politicians court him. And journalists report on his comings and goings while politely sidestepping his career as a hatemongering racial hustler.
I don't get it.
17 Comments:
I totally agree. We've become so politically correct we have to say the "N word" instead of just saying Nigger, and we have to sidestep around it. Meanwhile, blacks call each other niggers.
I don't get it.
Reverse prejudice could almost be understandable in the 60s, but times have changed.
Still waiting for Jesse Jackson to apologize for his 'hymie town' comment.....
It's a double standard that's getting old. I'm tired of these so-called "Reverends" getting away with it.
I'm still waiting for the apology to the Duke players!
Exactly, AC.
Nothing but us 'white intelopers' messing things up, right "Rev. Al"?
AC
Freddy's Fashion Mart and White Interlopers.
I want to point out nobody said a word about Rosie O'Donnel talking about 9-11 conspiracy theories. Her comments were not made in jest either.
I find what Imus said despicable, but I agree he should not be apologizing to the king of bigotry! The fact that he did is nearly as despicable as what he said.
I only hope that something good will come out of all of this. If the rapp industry is taken to task, and others such as O'Donnell, perhaps we will have Imus to thank for it.
Brilliant minds think alike...I posted on the same topic.
Yup! PC gone mad!
Imus is a twit, as is Howard Stern. But you don't listen to them to get insight. You listen to giggle guiltily.
Sharpton is a pig. CBS and MSNBC are simply Leftist shills anymore. *sigh*
Did anyone else catch Jackson on Fox calling Imus a "political figure?"
LOL!
As I say over and over, we expect our media to take a real stand on something rather than attack "soft" targets. Taking out Imus gives the quiet reconcilation of not attacking the racist policies that existed for years past. In fact, they can use the Imus affair to deflect attention from the shaprtons and jacksons who deserve their "unrelentless" attacks. As log as they dare not offend
Not much difference between Sharpton and the Klan except color.
God Bless America, God Save The Republic.
ttueoop said...
I suggest they be truly exposed for what they are! But how???
They have been exposed...nobody cares!
Well AC, we conservatives care, but no one cares about what conservatives care about anymore. That's what's wrong with this country. :(
It makes me feel so good to agree so completely with you on this post. It almost proves that any two people can share at least one opinion despite their differences on others. If Imus is out, Sharpton should be outer.
life hiker...I think that's twice we've agreed.
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