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hate crime 04.11.07

imus needs to do some time.. serious time. God bless Jesse and them for calling for a 'national debate', i however am not sure what there is to debate. the man committed a hate crime and needs to charged as such. i am not interested in talking about it anymore. how many more books on race have to be written, African American Studies departments instituted at elite university's, how many more Oprah's, Jay-Z's, Russel Simmons', Cornel West's, Cheryl Miller's, Barack Obama's, Ken Chenault's, etc etc need there be to convince someone of our humanity and right to respect... imus must be made an example of.. he needs to be fired, stripped of his license, and brought up on charges. period.

ps. while this racist hateful remark coming from a professional, white male journalist is especially wrong and should be punished... the last person i heard call someone nappy-headed was a black woman, and last person referring to a black woman as a ho, was a black man... yah... we know that these sentiments come out of a self-hate instilled during slavery by white society (also why it's so jarring to hear them come out the og's mouth in 2007) but rappers (male and female), and black people (ditto) need to recognize and stop committing hate crimes against each other--- i just heard a journalist say imus was attempting to be hip-- whatever.. a 66 year old white man knows better than even a 20 year old, how un-hip and hateful this shit is.. i dont wanna give this too much of my energy.. peace yall

posted by z.a.k. @ 7:29 AM