Imus is a Racist?

Unless you haven't been paying attention, you are aware of Don Imus and the comments he made about the women's basketball team from Rutgers University, and you are aware that the professional race hustlers Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are after his ass.

Now it comes to me... Jesse and Al are professional race hustlers, to be sure. But I think the more unweildy term "race protection racket profiteers" is more fitting. If you have to think about that, then you really have not been paying attention. I mean, come on, have either of those two jackasses ever done a single positive, productive thing in their collective lives? I think not. They both make a living by stirring up racial strife. That's all. They operate a retroactive protection racket. Somebody says something or does something they shouldn't, and they capitalize on it.

But enough on those two absolutely despicable human beings. (I would not walk across the street to piss down their mouths if their throats were on fire, I surely wouldn't, they suck as people.)

Don Imus created a firestorm by saying some stupid things. Stupid, that is, for a white man to say. A black man can say those things with impunity. Why is that?

Don't hand me some bullshit about how the "white man" has some sort of historical power over black people. I grew up with black kids, friends at school. I damn sure didn't have any power over them! Hell, I have never had any power over anyone.

Yeah, I'm a white man, and I don't buy into the "historical power" racism argument. The black kids I grew up with were as well off as me, at least. I damned sure have never held "the black man" down in any way! I would have gotten my ass kicked if I tried it literally. And I would sure as fuck never try any stupid shit with the black dudes on the jobsites I work at. I may be a slow white boy, but I'm not fucking stupid.

So anyway, why can black people say the most incredibly racist things and get a free pass?

Oh, I know the answer, and discussing this is actually fun with my black redneck friends. They don't buy into the stupid bullshit that Jesse and Al are selling.

Don Imus said something like "Those are some rough nappy-headed ho's." The nappy-headed ho's comment is what inagurated the firestorm. Interestingly enough, referring to them as "rough" is no problem... But I could be wrong about that part.

Here's the deal. I first heard the term "Nappy-Headed" on a Stevie Wonder song. Never would have heard it otherwise, I was about sixteen. I had never heard women referred to as "Ho's" until black rap became popular in the 1980's.

So, Jesse, Al? Hello pot. Meet Kettle.