Imus Comment

In recent news, as most people know, Imus, the radio talk show host, made degrading comments about the Women’s Basketball team of Rutgers University. On the air, he called the girls from the team “nappy-headed hoes.” The players as well as many others were highly offended by this. The entire NCAA Women’s basketball association took offense as well as other listeners to the show. Personally, I found the comment to be rude and uncalled for. Rutgers is a school that is located in New Jersey not far from where I live. I also know one of the players on the team. In today’s society, it is common for men to belittle women with snide remarks or comments about their work ethic or their performance in their perspective fields. My father taught me at a young age to be respectful to females by first honoring and respecting my mother. On top of that, I have 3 sisters, 5 nieces and I literally live across the street from my grandmother. All of my life, I have been surrounded by women so I have done my best to show the utmost respect and fairness towards them. I’m a firm believer that all people should be treated equally despite the differences in gender or race.

Many people believe that Imus’ comment “nappy-headed hoes” not only disrespected them as females but insulted their heritage as well. I just feel that his comment was not only unnecessary but cruel and harsh. It’s just mean to publicly humiliate people. The world would be a lot more civil if we tried to build each other up rather than tear each others down. Another thing I learned at a young age was to “Treat others the way you want them to treat you.” I’ve always tried to treat people with kindness and respect because I know that’s the way I want to be treated. My biggest thing is to really remain being kind to females because I would never want a guy to be disrespectful, mean or cruel to any of my sisters or any other females in my family. Imus original punishment was just a two week suspension which I think was just a slap on the wrist. Today, his punishment was increased and his show was revoked so now I feel his punishment for the public humiliation of the Rutgers’ girls is well deserved.