Well, that's just it. Blacks can get away with using the N word but whites can't. And I don't know that it's really a double standard.

From what I have read there is quite a bit of disagreement over whether the N word should be used even by blacks. I can't speak for how they react to it but to me it has no place in the modern world.


>I'm not at all racist, and I don't see any place for those types of comments, and
>IMHO Imus deserved to be canned. Out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
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>does to people. Sort of the pot calling the kettle black, if you ask me.
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>>I'm not an Imus fan....but for crying out loud, Al Sharpton has dropped the 'N' bomb several times in public, and Jesse Jackson referred to NYC as H****-town. Did Sharpton call for Jackson's head at the time?
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>>A 2 week suspension is appropriate and sufficient. I don't think Imus is a racist, I just think he's obnoxious in general.
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>>While I feel for the Rutgers players, this concept of a "meeting" to get something "accomplished" is a little silly. If they actually believe his comments "detract from their accomplishments", they're giving Imus too much credit to begin with.