Imus, Not Even Half the Story

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Imus, Not Even Half the Story

As Angry Asian Man reported, the culture of Don Imus is alive on radio and for the most part, going unchecked by mainstream activists:

For instance, Power 105.1’s “Are You Smarter Than An Asian?” segment from the other week… and now, the latest bit of racist radio to come to our attention, courtesy of WFNY 92.3 Free FM in New York. On April 5th, “The Dog House with JV and Elvis” midmorning show made a six-minute prank call to a Chinese restaurant, in which a series of unsuspecting employees have to deal with this caller’s racist, sexist remarks, while the hosts laugh their asses off in the background:

In the skit, a series of apparently unsuspecting employees of a Chinese restaurant are berated by a caller who tells one woman he would like to “come to your restaurant” to see her naked, especially a part of her body he refers to as “hot, Asian, spicy.” The caller also attempts to order “flied lice,” brags of his prowess in kung fu and repeatedly curses at several employees.

Where was Jesse? Or does racism only include infractions against blacks?

Don’t think so.

Posted at 2:36 PM, Apr 24, 2007 in News | Permalink | View Comments

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^^^Where was Jesse? Or does racism only include infractions against blacks?^^^

are you serious, man? since when has jesse jackson fought for for asian rights? you sound silly!

As an Asian American, I wonder why we don't have prominent people out there doing media activism. Part of it, of course, are the barriers of a white supremacist society, but I also suspect there's fewer Asian Americans doing racial justice work. Of course, I recognize and applaud folks like Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious and the OCA. But I honestly am not sure what it is.

Are you serious. You are just preaching censorship. My skin tone or ethnicity doesn't matter in the following statement: COMEDY IS NOT HATE! Lighten up. I never liked Imus but I stand for his right to be a jerk. The calling for firings by special interest groups will only lead to further separation of the races. Special interest groups are the most racist organizations because they only care or fight for what affects their group. This is AMERICA Jack and we were founded on the basic human right of freedom of speech and religion. Other countries may oppress their public, but don't bring that here. People are paying attention and will take action if you continue to dilute the American way.

Now I am not advocating hate speech, which this clearly wasn't. I am merely stating that we as Americans have the right to say what we want no matter how stupid. And yes you have the right to get offended. You also have the right to not listen to the words. I don't like soft dramas about housewives, you know what? I don't watch them. All your groups are trying to do is force people to conform to your idea of what is offensive and what is not. What is offensive and what is not is in the mind of the individual and people are smart enough to decide what is hate filled and what is not. THIS IS JUST A WAY FOR YOUR ORGANIZATIONS TO GAIN SOME PUBLICITY.

If anyone bothered to do their homework, you would have found out that JV's wife IS ASIAN. It totally takes away your credibility when you fail to recognize this fact and the fact that this was a joke. Last time I checked jokes were legal, or maybe the outlawing of comedy is what you're after. Well then you can move to a country that censors everything and be happy if that is what you want.

Maybe these words I have written will get through to you. Maybe you'll realize that by shutting shows down you are ruining the lives of all those working on the show, directly taking food from their families. This is obviously not a concern of yours, the only concern seems to be gaining publicity for your organizations.

DOGHOUSE WHAAAT you guys are too oversensitive.