For the record, I didn't think that Don Imus should have been fired for his "nappy headed hos" comment. Calling some girls he's never met, and who would never have heard his comments but for the media, "nappy headed hos" may be an un-funny insult playing on the Black vernacular. But calling a woman a "f---ing bitch" and "ho" TO HER FACE IN THE WORKPLACE, where she is supposed to expect professionalism out of her colleagues, is quite another matter. Isaiah Thomas should be fired, yesterday.
Moreover, he exhibits the kind of duplicity that unfortunately has become routine in the Black community. From his testimony during his losing battle against a sex harassment suit:
Asked if he was bothered by a black man calling a black female “bitch,” Thomas said: “Not as much. I’m sorry to say, I do make a distinction.” A white male calling a black female a bitch is highly offensive,” Thomas said. “That would have violated my code of conduct.”
“Maybe I shouldn’t go there. … A white male calling a black female, that is wrong with me. I’m not taking that. I’m not accepting that. … That’s a problem for me.”
What??? WHAT???
Black people: if you don't want white people to say "nigga" -- YOU stop saying nigga. Stop writing in the lyrics of your songs, unless you feel comfortable hearing white people sing along.
Get real, folks. Imus did what he did the way a comedian or a musician does -- out loud and in public. What he did was offensive to some, but not worth marching in the streets for. Isaiah Thomas disrespected a co-worker, humiliated her, debased himself and the Knicks organization.
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