[Vision2020] Double Standard

[Bev Bafus]

J and others...

Ok, I'll bite on this one, and no, I'm not angry.  :)

There is a double standard, but not necessarily just with blacks.

What difference is there in name calling if someone of Asian decent is
called a "gook" or "chink", or a black is called "nigger"?

We had a serious problem with this when my son was in school - he was
constantly called a "gook" with no consequences, but woe unto him if he
called someone a "redneck", or used the word "retard".

I have my prejudices...  which I must say are mostly cultural rather than
racial, since we have a rainbow of skin colors in our family.

However, the problem with labels and name calling is the intent behind them.
It is just as hurtful to call someone "four eyes" or "lard butt" as it is to
call attention negatively to their skin color.

I think the double standard is perceived when a group uses a negative label
within their group as a bonding label.  However, we should be concerned with
any demeaning language - no matter what image or group of people is being
attacked.  (Short people of the world - unite!!!)  :)

Thanks
Bev Bafus

-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
[mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]On Behalf Of J Ford
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 12:42 PM
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] Double Standard



Ok, so I am acknowledging ahead of time that I KNOW I AM GOING TO MAKE
PEOPLE ANGRY, but I really think this is something that needs to be
explored; the following story makes me angry.  Not because of what the radio
personality said, but because of the fire that got lited up because of what
he said.  QUESTION:  Why is it ok for blacks/negros/"African Americans" to
use the word (yep! gonna say it) "nigger" when talking or singing or acting
to/about/for/with other blacks/negros/"African Americans" and not ok for the
rest of the world to?  And why is it ok for them to degrade, harass, and
otherwise demean their women folk, but if someone else says anything even
remotely disparaging or something that is taken as such, they are to be
fired/killed/hurt, etc?  When do you draw the line and where is it drawn up
that the blacks/negros/"African Americans" can mistreat their people, call
them names, kill them, etc. and we (as a community of man) do nothing about
them?  Such as ask for them to be fired from whatever job they are in (be it
their music, acting, radio, CEO, positions?)  Why is any comment made, one
of  a "racially charged" genre?

Why is there two rather obvious and distinct rules that govern what the
blacks/negros/"African Americans" can/are allowed/will do and what the rest
of us are allowed to do or forced not to do?

Just when did the term nigger become one of endearment for the
blacks/negros/"African American" community?  I hear them using this word in
anger, jest, as a greeting - you name it, they say it.  BUT, let a white
person do so and BAM!!! Literally - BAM!!!

And, finally, since when is it ok or when did it become ok for the
blacks/negros/"African Americans" to call a white person a nigger and they
not get bashed for it?




NEW YORK - Even if talk show host Don Imus survives the storm of protest
swirling around him, his employers are already feeling the effects of his
racially charged comments last week as advertisers pull out of his
nationally distributed radio show.

General Motors Corp., a significant advertiser on the show, said on
Wednesday that it was suspending its advertising but could resume it at a
later date. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that American Express
and GlaxoSmithKline also were pulling their ads.

This is a very fluid situation, and well just continue to monitor it as it
goes forward when he returns to the air, GM spokeswoman Ryndee Carney said,
adding that GM would continue to support Imus charitable efforts for
children dealing with cancer and autism.

Imus show originates on the New York radio station WFAN, owned by CBS
Corp., and is distributed nationally on radio by Westwood One. It is
simulcast on the MSNBC cable network, which is owned by General Electric
Co.s NBC Universal unit. CBS owns an 18 percent stake in Westwood One and
also manages the company (MSNBC TV is wholly owned by NBC Universal.
MSNBC.com is a joint venture between NBC Universal and Microsoft).

Procter & Gamble Co. and the office supply chain Staples Inc. have also said
they would pull out, and Bigelow Tea said it was considering doing so. How
many other advertisers follow suit could depend largely on how Imus handles
the fallout from the controversy.


J  :]

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