Ok, so Dom Imus said some dumb things by calling the Rutgers Woman’s Basketball Players "nappy-headed ho’s." But am I being not sensitive enough when I say, "Why is this such a big deal?"
Yes, it warrants a suspension perhaps and public admonsihment. But firing? Civil unrest? Live press conferences with players? Or are we scared that people might actually think Rutgers palyers ARE nappy-headed ho’s? Is that what all the fuss about? Are we really afraid that two kids in the playgorund will look at a Sports Illustrated and say to each other, "Look, those Rutgers girls really are nappy – and ho’s." Of course not.
We’re in a world of 24 hour media coverage. If Ken Griffey makes a comment at a charity event about why black kids are better athletes than Chinese kids, then some blogger will post it on a web site in 3 hours. Do we really expect that radio hosts should be able to not say anything dumb EVER? In Imus’ case we’re talking roughly 900 minutes of content a week. 45,000 minutes of content a year. What is that, maybe 500,000 sentences a year?
He said something extremely stupid wth 2 of those sentences. But he entertains people with a majority of those other 499,998. He’s admitted he made a mistake. No one really things Rutgers girls are nappy. So look, it’s time to move on.
Seriously, we should all care a lot more that the insurance fraud guy drove up my rates.