On April 4 Don Imus, host of a MSNBC radio show, created an uproar in the media and in the world. The comment he made referring to the Rutgers women basketball team brought attention to a double standard that has existed in the music world for almost three decades. “Nappy-headed hos” was the phrase that cost Imus his job and his reputation.
After the outburst celebrities have responded to Imus. Rev. Al Sharpton demanded an apology from Imus and rappers like Snoop Dogg explained why the term “ho” is expectable in the rap community.
Snoop Dog made his statement on the Hannity & Colmes news show on Fox News. Snoop Dogg said:
“It’s a completely different scenario, rappers are not talking about no collegiate girls who have made it to the next level in education and sports. We’re talking about hos that’s in the hood that ain’t doing (bleep) that’s trying to get a (bleep’s) money. These are two separate things.
“First of all, we ain’t no old-ass white man 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 (bleepers) say we in the same league as him.”
I think there is definitely a double standard in the black community. Rappers defame and demean black women every day in what Snoop Dog claims to be “songs coming from our hearts”. They call black women hos, bitches, sluts, whores, and anything else under the sun. But this is okay. NOT!!! How can the black community say it is acceptable for blacks to say it, but if another race murmurs it the comment made is the ultimate sin.
When situations like these arise, the black community is too sensitive to verbal abuse and too hypocritical. Imus naturally thought that it was OK to make that remark simply because he hears it everyday on the radio and television.
However, I do believe that his comment was wrong and unnecessary. But it also was taken too far. Imus lost his job and probably will never acquire a career in the media business again.
Deirde Imus, Imus’ wife, stated that the hate mail that is being sent to the girls must stop.
But when is society going to erase this double standard? My guess would be never. The rap business is making too much money to change it characteristics to honor females.
Although the situation is over considering the Rutgers’ coach C. Vivian Stringer has accepted the apology from Imus, the comment will not be forgotten.
After the outburst celebrities have responded to Imus. Rev. Al Sharpton demanded an apology from Imus and rappers like Snoop Dogg explained why the term “ho” is expectable in the rap community.
Snoop Dog made his statement on the Hannity & Colmes news show on Fox News. Snoop Dogg said:
“It’s a completely different scenario, rappers are not talking about no collegiate girls who have made it to the next level in education and sports. We’re talking about hos that’s in the hood that ain’t doing (bleep) that’s trying to get a (bleep’s) money. These are two separate things.
“First of all, we ain’t no old-ass white man 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 (bleepers) say we in the same league as him.”
I think there is definitely a double standard in the black community. Rappers defame and demean black women every day in what Snoop Dog claims to be “songs coming from our hearts”. They call black women hos, bitches, sluts, whores, and anything else under the sun. But this is okay. NOT!!! How can the black community say it is acceptable for blacks to say it, but if another race murmurs it the comment made is the ultimate sin.
When situations like these arise, the black community is too sensitive to verbal abuse and too hypocritical. Imus naturally thought that it was OK to make that remark simply because he hears it everyday on the radio and television.
However, I do believe that his comment was wrong and unnecessary. But it also was taken too far. Imus lost his job and probably will never acquire a career in the media business again.
Deirde Imus, Imus’ wife, stated that the hate mail that is being sent to the girls must stop.
But when is society going to erase this double standard? My guess would be never. The rap business is making too much money to change it characteristics to honor females.
Although the situation is over considering the Rutgers’ coach C. Vivian Stringer has accepted the apology from Imus, the comment will not be forgotten.
Photo courtesy from Don Imus WFAN Pediatric Center for Tomorrows Children
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