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Initially formed in the fall of 2004, the CGS Riverbend Class of 2008 had been together of an epic four years of high school. It disbanded in 2008 after graduation, but it still remains the best in all of CGS history.
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Thoughts on his firing? Freedom of speech being suppressed?
Tyler, you little nappy-headed...
Anyway, I was somewhat upset at his firing. I don't agree with what he said, but he has a right to say them. Then again, the station has a right to protect their investment and make sure their employees live up to their merit. While upset, I can't say I can blame them.
What upsets me is how it was handled. Here's a shock jock that I'd never even heard of before, and suddenly is the center of the sports world? Shouldn't whatever he says be taken with a grain of salt anyway? It isn't as though he's some sort of expert. Too much was made with it. I can see Rutgers making a statement, maybe a short press conference. But an hour-long press conference? Plus, look at today's society where rappers are saying so much worse, though with record deals, not with firings, as a consequence.
I admit, I have used some of the ideas of one Jason Whitlock, a writer for the Kansas-City Star. I'll post the link to his article on the next comment; though I don't agree wholly with his article, he makes great points.
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http://www.kansascity.com/182/story/66339.html/
There it is. Good article, worth a read.
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That press conference was ridiculous, they tried to make it seem much worse than it was. Yes, some old white guy said a racist thing, but they act as if it destroyed the accomplishments of the whole team and they cried about it for an hour. I saw Jason Whitlock on CNN afterwards, I liked the point he made about the racist myth of the magical white man:
“You define for yourself, not Don Imus, not someone who has no input into your life. There's no magical white, evil man who can utter a few words on a radio show and steal your joy and take away your accomplishment. That's a joke. Black kids are waking up every day being beaten into their head, you can't make it in this world. There's a magical white man out there that will get in your way and screw things up for you. ”
He should have been fired, but there are a lot of people out there on the radio who are much worse. But I guess most of those people don’t have a show on a big network like MSNBC so nobody cares about them.
And yeah, I think there might be some resemblance between Colin and Don Imus, mostly because of the hair, it’s pretty nappy.
Yea, its the hair john.
Anyway, I don't get why Rev. Sharpton doesn't apologize. For all of the things he has said. He's been to busy harassing white people about racism, instead of scrutinizing an african americn culture that endorses the N word. As a rev. and a christian and an outspoken member of afro-american society, he should definitely try to correct the people he is trying to defend than chastising people who aren't even doing anything wrong. The way a majority of African Americans today repezent themselves isn't very good, especially if they are to talk about racism and sexism. In a culture that endorses violence, drugs, "bitches n hos", and the remarks against against white people, I don't see how rap artists have a conscience to speak about righteousness.
My name is in 3 of the last six posts.
Is this a good thing, or not?
By the way, I still believe Don Imus should not have been fired.
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It might look like it's a bad thing, since in 2 of them "Colin" is followed by "is a bitch" but then again, they say any attention is good attention, I wouldn't mind if it happened to me.
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