Apedemak,

I didn't like what he said, either. I think that he should be fired because this isn't his first time making the remarks. While I'm not crazy about anybody making offensive racial remarks about us, the problem that I have with him is the amountof time he has made the same remarks. Just like Al Sharpton said, when people like him, make the remark and keep " apologizing" for them, they are going to think that it is ok to indiscreetly offend them. That is not what we should except from NBC execs . Another problem that I have with Imus, or moreso, the Execs is that they are double standard. People like Imus get a slap on their wrist, for saying those words, but thought Isaiah Washington is with ABC, people wanted him banished fromhis ( Grey's anatomy)and their execs were attempting to do itshow because of the remarks that he made about Gay people. Both were wrong in doing what they did, but the punishments are not fair. In general, Black people get worst punishments than their white counterparts for thesame thing.

While we are talking about Don Imus, I must also play devil's advocate. Don't get me wrong, I think that the man needs to be off the air, but he also said something interesting that always thinking about us. He unjustiably said that he got the remark" nappy haired hoes" from listenting to some people use it. on the TODAY"S show. Much as he put his foot in his mouth, we also need to do our part in letting people know that we respect ourselves and respect comes from what we say to eachother. Imus said that his executive producer of his show is African-American and to me, if he was responsible for letting Imus get away with those words, he also need to be held accountable for words and be punished for it.

I remembered reading in Jet book about a New York representative wanting to bant people using the " N" word in his city and I could not Blame him. It is highly disgraceful word and one that will cause us to look and think when another person of another race use it. When we use it, how do we get on Imus's case for using it ( the nappy haired hoes in this case)and I don't want to hear about " with us it's frieldy gesture"---ah no I will not accept it. Anytime you use terms of disrespect, you are not hurting yourselves, but future generations inthe process. I'll also level with about another reason why I'm so against people doing it. As an African-American woman, I wondered about my own heritage. At one pointI felt a sense of " Cultural emptiness" . I Just could not get how an African-American could consider themselves to be such but down the very features that make them who they are. At one point I wasn't feeling my culture because of it. To me, you cannot say that Black is beautiful when were disgracing with words like that. How can we expect for our chidlren to feel good about themsleves, when there are non- Blacks like Imus, and ourselves doing the same thing?