(NAME-MCE) Name-mce Digest, Vol 495, Issue 1

[Carol Mukhopadhyay]

It's interesting how these remarks, which were both racist AND sexist, 
are being represented in various media.
In an interesting interview with Al Sharpton, on Democracy Now, Sharpton 
initially pointed out the sexist as well as racist nature of the 
remarks.  [e.g. "hoe"].....
He did try to stress both--altho by the end of the interview, the 
emphasis was clearly on the racism.
Which the media--and e-mails I've received-have tended to emphasize.

But the sexism-racism intersection is very important.
But underreported.......understated....even ignored.....
Including the response of NOW [National Organization for Women], who has 
initiated an email campaign stressing both the sexist and racist nature 
of the remarks.

Of course...the roots--and current usage-- of some of these comments are 
quite complex....[e.g. "hoe"]....
As the excellent recent video on Hip Hop music, produced by Media 
Education Project, who also did "Tough Guise", clearly shows.   See:  
www.mediaed.org,

Carol Mukhopadhyay




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>   1.  Imus Should Be Fired For Racist Comments (Anselmo Villanueva)
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>National Association of Black Journalists Say Don Imus Should Be Fired
>For Racist Comments
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>By Danielle Harling
>Date: 4/7/2007 2:20 am
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>http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=6909
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>The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) are outraged at a
>number of crude comments made by WFAN radio personality Don Imus,
>regarding Rutgers University's women's basketball team.
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>During a radio interview on his simulcasted radio show on MSNBC, Imus
>referred to athletes of the basketball team as "nappy-headed ho's" and
>"jiggaboos," after they lost the NCAA championship to the University
>of Tennessee.
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>"Has he lost his mind?" asked NABJ President Bryan Monroe in a
>statement. "Those comments were beyond offensive. Imus needs to be
>fired. Today."
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>"As NABJ strives to dispel stereotypes and promote accurate portrayals
>of minorities in the media, we find this characterization of these
>young black women offensive and hateful," said Barbara Ciara, NABJ
>vice president/broadcast in a statement.
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>NABJ and numerous others are seeking a public apology from Imus and
>others hope to see Imus terminated.
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>It is unlikely that Imus will be fired as a result of the remarks, but
>he did make a public apology on his Imus In The Morning show yesterday
>[Apr. 6].
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>Imus referred to his crude remarks as "insensitive and ill-conceived"
>and believed that his comments were, "completely inappropriate.
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>"We can understand why people were offended," Imus said.
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Dr. Carol C. Mukhopadhyay
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