But I hope this incident really opens our eyes as a community that we can no idly longer stand by & let these types of negative stereotypes set the standard for how we’re regarded by mainstream America…

No we all do not buy into hidden racism on a daily basis . If you strip away all the frills and understand racism for what it is , then perhaps one will not buy into hidden racism .

Imus for those young rutgers girls is an authority figure , someone who has been around for a long time, respected in his field / can reach a lot of people . He was around during and even before the civil rights movement . Even though they do not listen to him , It’s pretty horrible for authority figure to slam you with racist comments, that will travel with them for the rest of thier lives !

I do not think that a credible black journalist would have said a general term talking about the whole team . so it’s a hypothetical situation it has not happened , because there is no black journalist out there like imus . Even listening to wendy williams she is attacking guests on her show not gunning for innocent young women ( world class athletes) who are playing basketball possibly from a scholarship , and are attending college for the american dream .. Where is the American Dream for African americans , if u cannot even attend school without an authority figure making racist remarks .. Imus has been in the industry for a while he is a authority figure in his world , he has mentored a lot of public journalist we see today .

No i do not buy into propoganda, i like to travel and see the world myself, i like to immerse myself in finding out the truth, not just talking the talk . I do not want spend my time thinking about hypothetical situations that have not happened. It’s a waste of time .

I still stand by those rappers in this situation , even though i know a lot of people will not agree with me.. They are rapping about what they know and the label heads are pushing them to give more , and telling them what sells. Some rappers are educated and some are not. Yes and wasn’t it always the way to divide and conquer afroamericans by pitting them against each other .

Come on how could R kelly do a song talking about rain on them hoes, is this a refference to peeing on women ? Isn’t he going to court . Whose bright idea was this , but more importantly who is greenlighting and putting the money into these projects.

In regards to the korean hair suppliers , i was not refferring specifically to you as i do not know you . But to clarify the koreans have taken control of the distribution of black products , and most black hair products are not even produced by black manufacturers.

Afrobella ,
How many people quit a five figure deal , along with notoriety which comes with it ?? how many of those rappers really have invested their money ? Once one gets the fame bug , can they live without it? I admit it is honorable to do so , but most of us ( human race ) would not do it, as most of us are followers, and right now everybody wants their 15 minutes.

Sorry, Byrdparker, I can’t buy that. Once you’ve banked millions, you don’t have to be around the sterotypical conditions of overt crime and overall degradation referenced in the music. They’re officially talking about what they think will sell, not that which they continue to experience. Remember, their careers hinge on maintaing the street cred that is as much of an asset as Mariah’s high notes. As far as who controls it all, don’t we all have the option to quit if a boss makes us do things that go against our morals?

i don’t know if u are answering me .. but i never said nigga was positive or bitch or ho .. I was specifically talking about “nappy ” or nappy head and was refferring to a post above that saids we have websites talking about nappy this and that .

and last time i checked whore or ho , was used to define a loose woman of any color.

In regards of the word nigger , I am not so hung up on rap artist using that word . But someone is supporting and buying it, and as one poster wrote it was 80% white boys. So now rappers are producing for white people .

The situation is worst than this the imus scenario. Its been going on for a long time since we were brought here on the slave ships . This is part of our legacy , its nothing new ..

Speaking of the word ho , who buys all of the urban clothing , that is not even produced by us , you think it is produced by us , but it’s not ,,,

Our own people sell us out eveyday , we have got people making green jewlery to hide the fact they are still using diamonds possibly from conflict countires. And to top it off diamonds are not even worth anything , they are not rare , it was a advertising hoax. and the list goes on .

I Cannot understand , how any black person saids they never experienced racism .. Funny everyday u are insulted by racism , from tv programs , radio programs , advertising , when u go get a weave done and use korean hair , or buy hair products from the korean store ( you know the koreans dominate the black hair business, do the research ) .

No I tell you I am not going to put down black rap artists, because of an imus smokescreen …

and what’s funny i don’t really listen to rap , i am more into old jazz , groups like le nubiens or massive attack.