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Imus-itis : Tell Me More : NPR
Sorry in advance about the language but there's no way to tell the story otherwise:
If this is the first you're reading & or hearing & of this here's the deal: Last week, radio "shock jock" Don Imus, on , described the Women's basketball team (predominantly African-American) of Rutgers University, the NCAA finalists, as "nappy headed ho's." You can read more about it .
It's not the first time for Imus. He once called a prominent African-American reporter "the cleaning lady" and a Jewish reporter...well, enough already.
Many people have now called for him to be fired, including the President of the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. He has since apologized (the sincerity of which some question but still..) and had a fairly contentious appearance on the Rev. Al Sharpton's radio program this morning (Monday, April 9) where he insisted he is not a racist and said he wanted to meet with the young ladies on the basketball team to let them know he's not a bad guy. Rev. Sharpton, for one, says he still thinks Imus needs to go and will organize pickets until Imus does go.
But we have a couple of questions. Isn't that the game? They don't call him a "shock jock" for nothing. Isn't getting people riled up the very reason he draws his handsome paycheck? So, where, exactly is the line?
We are hoping you can
with this.
We want to know if you listen to Imus and if so, what do you like about the show? We are particularly interested if you are: A) a woman & since a lot of people think his comments were at least as sexist as they were racist & or B) a person of color (see "A") or white man and you consider yourself politically correct or progressive. That is to say even if YOU don't go around calling people nappy headed...whatevers...you still enjoy the banter.
We want to understand the appeal and we'd rather get it from listeners than people who study listeners, although we might ask them too. We also want to know where you draw the line? Have you ever turned off a show or stopped watching or listening all together because the host went too far?We're hoping to construct the entire segment from people who actually listen to the show.When you're not listening to NPR, of course...
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