On Imus' idiotic remarks; time was when people would shrug off racist remarks as the sign of a small man, but respond with violence to the suggestion that a young lady they cared for (e.g. girlfriend, wife, daughter, sister) was immoral. Why are their fathers and brothers allowing clowns like Sharpton to do the talking?
(sadly, maybe because too many of them aren't in the picture, and too many of those that are are listening to this kind of degradation in rap music?)
And here's an interesting article that compares "the way Starbucks used to be" versus today, and draws conclusions about how a synagogue ought to appear to its visitors. I dare suggest that there are some implications for our churches.
Campbell Dividends: Chunky? or Consommé?
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Campbell Looks a Little Thin These Days
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With a seeming imperviousness to economic cycles, Campbell's annual
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What you suggest in your second paragraph is certainly part of the equation, but I think the bigger picture answer is that people have learned to think that offense is about group grievance, not personal reputation. Think about it -- Sharpton's grievance isn't primarily "You said terrible things about some very fine young ladies," it's "You said some bad things about representative members of my group." No one, AFAIK, is even claiming the girls AREN'T what Imus said they are (though I'm certainly not suggesting they are, or that anyone has any reason to think they are.) Whether the girls are nice girls is really not the point of the grievance industry -- the point is that you can't say bad things about black girls.
That's why their boyfriends and fathers aren't waving pitchforks -- because they've learned to think that insults aren't about actual people, they're merely another sally against nameless cannon fodder in the never-ending race war.
Which is, if you think about it, an even more dehumanizing way to treat the girls than what Imus actually said (revolting as that was.)
Hello!
Greetings to you too, Gabrielle.
And well said, Jane. (if you don't get your own weblog up soon, I might have to make it into a post--with you credited, of course)
I find it incredible that Sharpton and Jackson haven't expressed the same outrage at rappers about their images of hookers, drugs, senseless violence, and easy money being portrayed intentionally.
In a morning radio show that I listen to, one of the hosts is a black fella and he expressed the same outrage @ Imus but when the topic of rappers are brought up, he does listen to them but doesn't buy them.
So the message is you can criticize others but don't you dare do it to me.
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