If I were to judge Don Imus on his appearance the way he judged the girls of Tennessee and Rutgers, I would venture to say his mouth is usually engaged while his brain is in neutral. I have been accused of that myself.
At one of the KnowMoreMedia sister sites, Kimberlee Morrison and Tanya Payne give an excellent analysis from their perspective regardiing the the idiocy of his remarks.
Imus is a knothead and now he is out of a job.
As for me, I learned how to deal with prejudicial and hateful words at a very young age from my dad.
When I was a kid, I was called fat, slow and stupid. I cried wee! wee! wee! all the way home to my dad. He responded with an old diddy..."Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me." After that, I faced the world not caring what people said so much and that attitude has served me well.I don't dispute the analysis of Kimberlee and Tanya. They were hurt.
Still, I think we could all do to have a bit thicker skin...let stupid people be stupid...and get on with life.
Maybe this white guy hasn't experienced enough bites of thoughtless morons. Hardly...I have lived 20+ years as a foreigner and endured my kids being call mutts, and worse by the countrymen of 'kindhearted, sensitive' Japan.
Yup...I know what it feels like to be hurt by words and worse yet to see those I love hurt by them as well. When my kids asked me about it..."Sticks and stones..."
Indeed, I do think we could ALL use some thicker skin.Words are just words...let 'em go and get on with life.
What do you think about Imus' words?
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The Don Imus controversy certainly took on a life of its own. Last week my writing partner, Tanya Payne, and I wrote our analysis of the situation, using this specific situation to critically analyze much deeper issues our society faces,... [Read More]
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