Don Imus

So some say he hasn't learned his lesson. Some say he is a biggot who needs to be off the air period. But I say that he is a misunderstood man. He's trying to somewhat make amends based on the comments he said. And think about it. Maybe Imus wants to be black. Ever thought about that?

I mean, we call eachother nappy headed-hoe. Our friends actually. We say, 'Oooh my hair is nappy'. We call eachother hoes. But when someone of a different race does it, its not fair. Just like when a Mexican man says N!%%@, its cool when he's referring to himself. But if he is trying to demean an African-American, its not right. Come on now. Sure, I've said the word. I'm trying to change. But I look at it as more of a maturing state. It makes no sense that I can get mad at a person for doing something when I do it myself. That's just general living people.

I'm on my third/fourth summer read and in it the main character is in London. So, he meets a woman from Botswana. They talk and he refers to her as African. She finds it funny, quiet weird because, in Africa, she is looked at as a Motswana woman from Botswana. Not African. In America, we are looked at as African-Americans, Mexicans, Arabs, Whites, etc. You get the drift. But once our feet hit land that is not our own, we're American.

Will that ever change? No. I doubt it will. No matter how many Peace Rallies, activist groups, lobbyists, it won't change. Sad to say. But that doesn't mean you can't. I'll admit, I wasn't the worst person, but I know God wasn't happy. And he isn't feeling the fact that I stopped sharing my gift because of laziness and other things that took place.

Now, enough venting, back to Imus. I see his point. I can understand where he was coming from when he sort of rebuted his statements however, he needs to realize that he is looked at just like a black man now. The statements he made towards the Rutger's women's basketball team placed a microscope over his life now. They are watching him like a hawk, like a convicted felon, like a terrorist. So everytime he says something, he's going to have to give reasoning for his statements.

And sure Pacman Jones has been in some trouble. But the only thing I disagree with is when Imus says Everybody does something once. Not true Mister Imus. Not true. And maybe we as a people are using our race to our advantage at times. Saying, it's because I'm black right? That's the first thing I think of when someone of a different race makes me upset when I'm shopping or having dinner with a friend. But that probably is not the case ALL THE TIME! Not saying never, but just maybe the person had a bad day. Or maybe they've been taught that blacks are out to get something. And I wonder where that STEREOTYPE came from????????? Hmmmmmmmmmmm. I've heard, you can be your own worst enemy...

Now, Mr. Imus will be apologizing for a while. But then he switched it up just like a great journalist should. He told us what we should be outraged about. And that is, blacks being arrested for no reason. I agree. Don't focus on what he's saying if you're not really worried about it. You're just jumping on the hate ship so it'll be a reason as to why you are mean to people at work, in your neighborhood, school, at the bank, DMV, etc. I've known and heard people saying, I hate whites. Why? Because one upset you in the past? Excuse my cliche (that may be offensive to some) One Monkey Don't Stop No Show! And that's real.

Mr. Imus... how about you just talk on sports. Don't worry about race, creed, sexual orientation or anything. And this is just for the betterment of your own job!