IMUS IN THE MOURNING

By now not everyone yet has an opinion on what Imus has said about the young women on the Rutgers basketball team. Some of us out of loyalty to what he has accomplished in humanitarian terms such as CIDS and his ranch out in New Mexico are reluctant to jump on any bandwagons.

Let us be honest with ourselves and admit that what he said was grossly unfair, inappropriate and racists, which in my view is wrong. No surprise there, just stating a fact.

The problem that seems to loom in my eyes is that some those who are asking for his hide are the very ones that should have been skinned a long time ago, for far worst. I speak of the so-called Reverend Al Sharpton and the Tawana Brawley case, that caught both he and Ms. Brawley in the biggest, fattest lie told in public since Bill Clinton’s “I did not have sex with that woman.”

I think the Black community has a legitimate gripe with Imus. However the devil himself is arguing the case and making a lot of noise about it. Sharpton should go away. He has not ever helped the Black man’s cause, and is nothing but a publicity seeker looking to make it either on the news or in the entertainment field. He must make Blacks cringe whenever he opens his mouth.

Should Imus go away? Yes. He is an old tired act that needs to rest. But there are other acts that need a rest too, acts that should have been taken to task, for instance the so-called Reverend Jessie Jackson and the famous Hymietown remarks, not to mention illegitimate children.

Where are the credible spokespeople for the Black Community? Let’s hear form Obama and Powell or Rice. Let them step up on the issues and maybe we will get more understanding for the plight of the Black man and his community, with some useful dialogue and maybe we can then all bury racism once and for all. We need credible activist of all colors, throw out the politicians and lawyers and deal with human feelings and compassion for once.

I see a child be it black or yellow or white, and I know that there is good in that child. What makes a child bad is the bad that is in us all! I want to see a cure for cancer, the common cold, Parkinson’s disease, and all the insidious diseases of mankind, both physically and emotionally that are all borne out of ignorance.

Bury the pride and the prejudice.