tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11279250.post117665938077134746..comments2024-02-13T01:35:29.765-06:00Comments on MultiCultClassics: Essay 2000HighJivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11372784671087002387noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11279250.post-1176695030101203362007-04-15T22:43:00.000-05:002007-04-15T22:43:00.000-05:00I am sick of this fucking guy. He pledged seven ye...I am sick of this fucking guy. He pledged seven years ago on-air to never say words that would inflame minorities <A HREF="http://www.maynardije.org/columns/dickprince/070406_prince/" REL="nofollow">after yet another snafu</A>: <BR/><BR/>_________________________<BR/><BR/>In 2000, Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page, appearing on Imus' show, had Imus take a pledge to refrain from further racist comments. But he said he has not been invited back since.<BR/><BR/>From an Aug. 17, 2001, transcript of "All Things Considered" on National Public Radio:<BR/><BR/>BROOKE GLADSTONE: "Back in May of last year, something remarkable happened on 'Imus in the Morning.' Clarence Page, the Washington columnist for the Chicago Tribune and a regular guest on the classy part of the show, asked Imus to take a pledge."<BR/><BR/>(Soundbite of programming)<BR/><BR/>"Page: Are you raising your hand?<BR/><BR/>"IMUS: I have it up.<BR/><BR/>"PAGE: OK. Number one. I, Don Imus...<BR/><BR/>"IMUS: I, Don Imus...<BR/><BR/>"PAGE: . . . do solemnly swear . . .<BR/><BR/>"IMUS: . . . do solemnly swear . . .<BR/><BR/>"PAGE: . . . that I will promise to cease all simian references to black athletes. . .<BR/><BR/>"IMUS: . . . that I will promise to cease all simian references to black athletes. . .<BR/><BR/>"PAGE: . . . abandon all references to non-criminal blacks as thugs, pimps, muggers and Colt 45 drinkers.<BR/><BR/>"IMUS: I promise to do that.<BR/><BR/>"PAGE: Very good. How about an end to Amos and Andy cuts, comparison of New York City to Mogadishu and all parodies of black voices unless they are done by a black person, 'cause you're really not very good at it.<BR/><BR/>"IMUS: I think Bernard should be doing this. He should have his hand up.<BR/><BR/>"PAGE: Bernard, where are you?<BR/><BR/>"GLADSTONE: The pledge was inevitably and immediately broken. But for Page, that wasn't the point. The point was to make his position clear. He liked being on the serious part of 'Imus in the Morning,' but he didn't want his presence to imply endorsement of the outrages committed in the other part.<BR/><BR/>"PAGE: I personally feel that I, and other pundits, should not go on if we have serious objections to some of the show's material, unless Don does give us the opportunity to address those concerns, as he did with me. Now why I haven't been invited on the show since, I don't know. I haven't troubled myself to call and ask."<BR/><BR/>Page said Friday he still had not been invited back and that "it still aggravates me that Bernard in particular is still as callous as he is. I don't think he's a bad guy, same thing with Don." But Page said it aggravated him when criticism of Imus is attributed to "political correctness. It's just plain old good manners," Page told Journal-isms. <BR/><BR/>_________________________<BR/><BR/><BR/>Why do those who defend him frame the conversation in the context of the man's <I>career</I>? Yes, his work for kids with cancer is good. Yes, bringing the issue of mercury in vaccines to light is good.<BR/><BR/>So what? <BR/><BR/>The context shouldn't be the man and his career–it should be the man’s specific comments <I>in this case</I> and his intended targets. That's the only thing that matters. Because if you are going to frame it in the context of what came before? Then this guy shoulda been gone long ago. <BR/><BR/>His fucking crew have been doing the Amos ’n Andy “Hello der An-dee!” shuck and jive routine for years, especially his idiot sidekick Charles McCord. I-This, asshole.<BR/><BR/>Otherwise, this is like saying about the serial killer living next door: “Oh, he was always such a nice guy. He would never do anything like that.”<BR/><BR/>Well fuck me. Let’s just release him then because we got the wrong guy. He was always nice. Guess the bodies out back must have been planted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com