No, it's not their fault. Their fault is, they hold themselves out as Reverends who are wise, and can lead their people. They are not wise. They are opportunists who takeall and give little. I do not see Blacks any better off because of their efforts. There was no one better than Sharpton to handle this???? He's the best the community has to offer? I don't think so. It could have been made a postitive, and it's just going to keep going on because of how it was handled.
We've been here before. You know, the we must have a dialogue about race mantra. Problem is, there's never been a dialogue. It's always been black activists and their white apologists telling whitey what whitey must do. A dialogue would then be white people asking why the black community is in worse shape than ever. The whole hip hop issue is too easy of a target. Obviously, the black community has not been receptive to any change in that. It's worse than ever. What's more disconcerting in the glorifying of failure and ignorance in the black community. Why do H.S. drop out rates continue to sky rocket. Why does teen pregnancy continue to go up. Why does your typical young black female have 3-5 kids from 3-5 different black men? Why do black men continue to act irresponsibly? These questions and others are the other half of the so called dialogue that don't get asked often enough, and no where near aggressively enough. We'll see if it's any different this time.
It's all about extortion. Corporations pay through the nose not to have Mr. Hymie Town and Tawana descend upon their corporate headquarters with the media in tow. It's a joke. Some CEO with balls should tell them to go fawk themselves.
How long before we hear the "S" word? This event is ripe for some jackpot justice. Somebody gotta' pay in the end. The I'Man gonna' end up financing college funds for every black girl in America.
The conversation should have went like this Fat Al = Is my daughter a ho? Imus = No more than Tawana Brawley. Fat Al = Are you really sorry about what you said? Imus = As sorry as you are for the Tawana Brawley incident. So on and so forth...all freaking press conference long.
That would be a GD travesty. However, Imus is gonna a very rich(er) man very soon if CBS radio yaks him. I can see Premier Radio or XM throwing buckets of cash at him and saying to him go wild brotha we'll back you all the way.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070412/ap_en_tv/imus_protests I-Man gone from CBS radio. The tyranny continues!