Fuck you, Don Imus!

No. That isn’t a fuck you for calling the Rutgers Women’s basketball team a bunch of “nappy headed ho’s”. I really could not care less about them. This country has taken political correctness to a whole new level now. It won’t be long before people have to take out advertisements in the local paper apologizing for calling themselves a bad word. By the way, did you know one of the entrances to the Rutgers Piscataway campus is on Hoes Lane?

No, my friends. That is a half caf triple shot grande non-fat double whip extra hot cup of Fuck You for breathing new life into the tired old carcasses of Jesse Jackson and the most Reverend Al Sharpton. When is the media going to realize those two ass nuggets don’t speak for the majority of black people any more than Jerry Falwell speaks for the majority of white people? And where the hell is this “black community” I keep hearing about? Is it like one of those tram rides at San Diego Wild Animal park where white folks go to to observe blacks in their native environment? hmmm. I can see it now.

White Mom: Look Johnny! See those black teenage boys over there?
Son: Yes, Mommy
White Mom: They’ve already given up on gettting an education because they already realize no matter what they do they’re going to be held back by “The Man”.
Son: “What man, Mommy”?
White Mom: That would be your father, because he won’t give them jobs when there’s somebody else more qualified.
Son: ohh, but they’re all Green Bay Packers fans like me! They have cheeseheads.
White Mom: haha…no, Johnny. Those are bricks of Gubment cheese in their hands. That’s what they eat since Daddy won’t give them a job.
Son: You always make me cheese sammiches, Mommy. Can I be black too?
White Mom: STFU…Can’t you see Dubbayoo is ready to move on?

The days of racial ambulance chasing must come to an end if we are to move forward as a country. Every time time Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpon show their faces White America collectively throws up it’s hands and groans “ohhh shit, not those two again!”. At that point they turn their interest off like a light switch and discount the situation completely irregardless of the actual merits.  Those two have cried wolf so many times they’re not taken seriously anymore. It’s time for a new breed of Civil Rights Leader in this country. One that will continue to champion the cause in a non violent manner. Most importantly, one will not only speak out when injustices occur but also when they DON’T occur. One that will have the intestinal fortitude to tell Black America the truth and admit that just because things don’t go our way every time doesn’t necessarily mean racism is the reason.  Martin Luther King once said “I have been to the mountaintop”. Jackson and Sharpton have been trying to lead us back up that mountaintop. The problem is the going has gotten so steep they’re both starting to slide back downhill and taking out black America with them. I believe Jesse and Al now cause more harm than good.

Anyone who has heard Bill Cosby speak out on the issues that divide America knows exactly what I’m talking about. Cosby talks about personal accountability and how we need to change the way we present ourselves before whites will change the way they treat us. Here’s something that would just make Cosby’s skin crawl as much as it does mine. It’s from the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN), which Russell Simmons is involved with.

It is important to re-emphasize that our internal discussions with industry leaders are not about censorship. Our discussions are about the corporate social responsibility of the industry to voluntarily show respect to African Americans and other people of color, African American women and to all women in lyrics and images.

HSAN reaffirms, therefore, that there should not be any government regulation or public policy that should ever violate the First Amendment. With freedom of expression, however, comes responsibility. With that said, HSAN is concerned about the growing public outrage concerning the use of the words “bitch,” “ho,” and “nigger.” We recommend that the recording and broadcast industries voluntarily remove/bleep/delete the misogynistic words “bitch” and “ho” and the racially offensive word “nigger.”

Notice they put the onus for cleaning up rap lyrics solely on industry executives (translation - white people). At no point….repeat AT NO POINT do they tell the rappers to clean up lyrics. We need “The Man” to do it for us. Russell, my brotha - how hard would it have been for someone of your industry stature to say “Hey 50, Snoop, DMX…..stop calling women bitches and hoes….K PLZ THNX”. What? They’re not gonna listen to you? Don Imus says ho ONE FREAKING TIME and he loses his job over. YOU had the chance to reduce if not eliminate the word from countless airings and you blew it. You passed the buck. You punked out. I like your clothes but I ain’t buyin shit with a Phat Pharm label until you man up.

So clearly Russell Simmons is not our guy. The problem with Bill Cosby is his age. He is roughly the same age as Sharpton and Jackson. We need a 40’something leader that can carry the torch for a generation or two. I haven’t heard Denzel Washington speak on these issues enough to have an opinion. Chris Rock seems to get it but he’s……well he’s Chris Rock. Who is gonna take him seriously. My best candidate amongst the Hollywood set is D.L. Hughley but i’m not sure that’s the direction we should go.

Speak up, people. Am I on the right track? More importantly….are WE on the right track?