Imus fill-in Barnicle has his own troubled past with race

We all have our troubles with it. We would love for it to go away.. White people are sad and ashamed of how the black race and other races have been treated..I am sad about it. But.. accusing a man you dont know anything about or very little about or alot about for that matter of speaking racism and sexism, when that person is not a racist or a sexist isn’t helping matters and it never will. It doesnt need to be pushed!.. Understand?.. stop pushing the envelope.. Stop jumping the gun.. The trouble with our society as well as our living arrangements. ( meaning we all have to live on this big huge peice of land floating in space ) is its in our faces… its thrown at us almost at every intersection.. If you listined to Sharptons show the day Imus was on, you would have heard a spot where Don Imus was explaining something and he said something to the affect of you people in which he was referring to a couple people in the studio at the time.. Everyone knows that.. Rev Al Sharpton knew that.. He is a smart man yes?… ok. yet.. as soon as it was said.. He jumped.. he pushed.. its like a rage inside of so many not just Sharpton that drives you to automatically assume the bad and to want to confront racism when its not even there.. Tell ya what.. pretend Don Imus was black and I would bet my last nickle all this would go away.. Keepin it Really Real

It would be a wonderful world if we were all the same but we’re not! It’s the difference in every individual the makes the world a beautiful place and reveals God’s work. That said we cannot put everyone in a head lock and make them cry uncle until we are satisfied. Don Imus made a mistake but was it just Don? Ok, Jesse, Al, Malcolm, Abe, Bobby, John, You, Bill, Richard, Saddam, Osama, Fidel, Deathrow, Me, Bad Boy, Def Jam, MTV, BET etc. have all erred. Make no mistake in what I am saying Don’s comments were wrong and it’s a fresh wound.

I have read and heard a lot of comments that include reference to God, Jesus but no forgiveness. It seems as though Don Imus’s blood is needed by some in order to be able to move on and maybe that won’t do. Black people love the flavor of the day because it takes the heat off of them. They become less accountable and continue to place blame on others.

Where is the same uproar toward the music and entertainment industry that uses the same terms and worst? Where’s this energy against young girls/women dancing half naked on videos? Where’s the outspokenness on homophobic, gender bias and racist remarks made by blacks?

What are the latest statistics of blacks in jail/prison, with AIDS, unemployed and unemployable, teen parents, drug addicted, bi-sexual, multiple sex partners do you know? Tell me the percentages of blacks, who have finished high school, college, are employed, invest for the future. How many black women bring in and income versus black men? Today on V103/Chicago after you name dropped all the black organizations that stood against Imus’s remarks you stated that there are other things to talk about (after prompted by the caller) other than Imus like why women make $0.88 for every $1.00 a man makes. Amongst blacks if more women work than men wouldn’t that negate the difference?

This is just my opinion as a black woman. We at some point have to stand for the right thing for all people all the time when we speak of civil rights. Imus comments are hurtful and reveal his ignorance.

As we push and set the precedence for people to be fired we have to understand that the same will become of our own and rap music along with comedians who use slurs need to be the starting point.

From columnist Jason Whitlock: While we’re fixated on a bad joke cracked by an irrelevant, bad shock jock, I’m sure at least one of the marvelous young women on the Rutgers basketball team is somewhere snapping her fingers to the beat of 50 Cent’s or Snoop Dogg’s or Young Jeezy’s latest ode glorifying nappy-headed pimps and hos.

I ain’t saying Jesse, Al and Vivian are gold-diggas, but they don’t have the heart to mount a legitimate campaign against the real black-folk killas.

It is us. At this time, we are our own worst enemies. We have allowed our youths to buy into a culture (hip hop) that has been perverted, corrupted and overtaken by prison culture. The music, attitude and behavior expressed in this culture is anti-black, anti-education, demeaning, self-destructive, pro-drug dealing and violent.

Rather than confront this heinous enemy from within, we sit back and wait for someone like Imus to have a slip of the tongue and make the mistake of repeating the things we say about ourselves.

It’s embarrassing. Dave Chappelle was offered $50 million to make racially insensitive jokes about black and white people on TV. He was hailed as a genius. Black comedians routinely crack jokes about white and black people, and we all laugh out loud.

I’m no Don Imus apologist. He and his tiny companion Mike Lupica blasted me after I fell out with ESPN. Imus is a hack.

But, in my view, he didn’t do anything outside the norm for shock jocks and comedians. He also offered an apology. That should’ve been the end of this whole affair. Instead, it’s only the beginning. It’s an opportunity for Stringer, Jackson and Sharpton to step on victim platforms and elevate themselves and their agenda$.

Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson is the reason racism will never end they are the ones who keep it going because with out that they would be out of a job. They both need to get off the soap box and stop dividing blacks and whites. They were out there when that black girl said she was raped by the Duke players and were they now are they going to go say sorry to those players they condemned.

I have to say, that I could not agree with you in 100% regarding Imus fill-in Barnicle has his own troubled past with race, but it’s just my opinion, which could be wrong

I couldn’t understand some parts of this article Imus fill-in Barnicle has his own troubled past with race, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.