When does the National Association of BLACK Journalist led the outcry on "Gangsta Rap???"

BET/MTV..... 24/7 bitches and ho's!

We didn't need Sharpton or Jackson to tell us how we should feel about Imus's insults or how to recognize what is morally wrong.--Colbert King

Well, maybe someone Mr. King should tell The Righteous Reverends directly that their services as racial "spokesmen" is not needed. Because they sure as hell seem to think it's not officially a black insult until they have declared it so. It seems to me Al Sharpton made it a point to focus the attention on himself, and decreed that Imus should kowtow to him to earn forgiveness. And everyone was supposed to ignore Sharpton's history? Give me a break.

As a sidebar, and since the subject of rapper criticism was brought in, here is a graf from Mona Charen's column on Imus and rapper Snoop Dogg's explanation of why Imus was wrong and rappers are allowed that kind of talk:

Snoop Dogg has helpfully explained that his use of the term “ho” differs from that of Mr. Imus: “First of all, we ain’t no old-ass white men that sit up on MSNBC going hard on black girls. We are rappers that have these songs coming from our minds and our souls that are relevant to what we feel. I will not let them [expletive] say we in the same league with them. . . . [Rappers] are not talking about no collegiate basketball girls who have made it to the next level in education and sports. We’re talking about ho’s that’s in the ‘hood that ain’t doing [expletive], that’s trying to get a [expletive] for his money. These are two separate things.”

Got that? It's OK for rappers because first, they aren't white, and second, it is relevant to what they feel. Besides, they aren't talking about collegians, they are talking about ho's in the 'hood. I guess they are doing sophisticated social commentary and Imus was just trying to be funny.

A fine distinction, indeed.

I see dis honky imus

he be tryin to climb us

talking down and crappy

about dem hos who is nappy

Well now he de nappy

He canned for being sappy

They treat him lak a donkey

and fire the f**** honky!

One thing I can't understand is, where are the two lowlifes when a police officer regardless of race is killed. God forbid any "white man" uses a "racial slur" they are in battle mode. But when something is serious like a cop killing they are MIA. Am I missing something?

Imus made a stupid remark that was extremely hurtful to these young girls. But he did not do it maliciously. He did it out of stupidity. They accepted his apology and are in the process of forgiving him.

Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have refused to forgive Imus even though they are supposedly both Reverands – maybe they can learn something from these girls. Ironically both these ingrates maliciously defamed three innocent Duke University boys and are refusing to offer the slightest apology and the media world is not pressuring them to do it. I am still waiting for my apology from Sharpton for the number of times he defamed me personally. He knows who I am. I am a Jew.

This is turning into a major issue concerning the moral authority in regards to black/white issues. At the heart of both are Sharpton and Jackson. They have made the perpetuation of African American victimization an industry and they are the two biggest shareholders. Their idea of revenue generation is a boycott or a protest so that they can shakedown corporations and politicians.

I have a lot of successful African American friends – men and women – liberal and conservative – some are pretty famous – and to a person they are embarrassed by these two people and other so-called Black leaders who also thrive on racial division.

It has been over 40 years since the Civil Rights Act and subsequent affirmative action legislation and policies. You have had African Americans running the U.S. foreign policy for 6 years; 2 African Americans (Powell and Obama) who have been electable leading candidates for President; African Americans (Conyers and Rangel) who lead the two of the most powerful committees in Congress; and African Americans are the CEOs of some major corporations and on the Board of every major corporation. Have there been token African Americans placed in positions? Of course, that’s been part of the process we’ve had to go through to bring equality. Is there a perfect balance yet? I don’t know what that is. But many agree with me that the days of African American victimization are over and it is time that the community take responsibility for their own culture and their own actions.

What is holding back black/white relations are people like Sharpton and Jackson who financially benefit from continued tensions as well as corporation who financially benefit from this disgusting rap music that perpetuates  the idea of a second-class culture among Blacks.

Imus said something horrible to some innocent young girls whose only fault that I can see is that they had the “audacity” to beat Duke to get to the final four. But Imus ended up doing enough mea culpas to have it re-phrased mea imus. He made an error in judgment by going to the Sharpton radio show and giving him a forum he does not deserve. He met with the team even after he had no more job and the girls accepted his apology and are forgiving him.

But how long do you think the three Duke lacrosse players are going to have to wait to get their apologies from Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton for their maliciously intended defamatory and inflammatory remarks they made last year? Or how long do you think I will have to wait for Al Sharpton to apologize for any of the anti-Semitic remarks he made over the years? The words Imus and is producer used came directly out of a Spike Lee movie. Spike Lee said it is okay for him and his brothers to say it but not for Imus. And then there is Snoop Dog and the other hateful rap artists - many of which are funded and promoted by CBS's parent company Viacom (BET, MTV) - the same people who fired him.

There is a double standard and that is what all this is addressing. I heard as many blacks opposed to Jackson and Sharpton and the rap culture as whites in recent days. So when is it time for Blacks to stop blaming others and start taking personal responsibility for their own actions and the effects of their own culture?

The firing of Imus alone is relatively uneventful except for the way it happened, why it happened, and the timing which was stupid (right in the middle of a radio-thon to raise money for childhood diseases). Imus has done more for African American children than Jackson and Sharpton combined. I believe that good will come out of this which will be the beginning of the end of Jackson and Sharpton and the end of this gangster culture created by this hip-hop culture.