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...black woman, I am bothered that Imus went too far, that he's been allowed to spew his garbage virtually unchecked for decades, that the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Sharpton are hypocrites and that too much hip-hop degrades women. But I am even more disgusted that Imus' defenders try to trivialize his remarks by citing his charity work. Philanthropy is not a license to discriminate. Doing good works doesn't give anyone the right to disrespect me, my race or my gender. Renee Newbold, Newport News, Virginia...
...Hasn't Imus always been a racist jerk? Although there is a line between satire and insult, it seems to me the line is very clear. I think hip-hop music is offensive, so I don't listen to it. I thought Imus was offensive, so I didn't listen to him. Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Sacha Baron Cohen and Sarah Silverman are funny because they point out painful truths in our culture. Meredith Hodgkinson, Austin, Texas...
...from the start, this approach yields problems. In the Imus affair, many pointed out that while the radio host was castigated for calling a team of mostly black women “ho’s,” African-American hip-hop artists use the term frequently with impunity. If there is really no difference between Don Imus and Snoop Dogg, then why does society consider one a bigot and the other acceptable...
...capitalizing on this “catchy and fun” vibe. A national group dubbed Silver Ring Thing, which is likewise aimed at promoting abstinence among young people, also seeks to reel in membership through vibrant means. The group’s website contains fiery graphics and uses hip lingo. Silver Ring Thing holds rave-style events featuring musical performers and strobe lights. Though Silver Ring Thing does not claim to be completely nonsectarian as True Love Revolution does, its recruitment strategy is—first and foremost—based on the theme of health, not morality...
...Ultimately, this new approach could bring an end to socially conservative agenda. By resorting to these new groovy hip tricks—in this case, sexing up the anti-sex movement—bearers of socially conservative messages are, to a degree, betraying their own causes. The worst effect of this is that it is to suggest that an established value cannot be maintained in modernity unless it takes on the style and rhetoric of its counter-movement. If an old value cannot be sustained through historical memory, there must be an extremely compelling reason—beyond...