Don Imus: "The Great Emancipator"

Screw Abe Lincoln, Don Imus has done more for black people than Abe Lincoln, Jesse, Al and Harold Ford, Jr. combined. Nothing is more prophetic than watching a people take control of their own destiny. Finally, something has galvanized black Americans to take back their culture from the minstrels (i.e., rappers) that poison the rest of us with their for-profit sambo show. We are taking back our culture from the hanky-head “poets” and their apologists in the middle-class. Peep:

Al Sharpton Plans Next Move on Corporations Promoting Vile Rap

“The Rev. Al Sharpton announced the next steps in his battle against rap and will take his fight into various corporations’ boardrooms, by buying stock in companies that promote the music.”

Russell Simmons, Ace Boon Koon #1 of the Hip Hop industry, says “bitch,” “ho” and “nigger” should be stricken from rap CDs.

“Expressing concern about the “growing public outrage” over the use of such words in rap lyrics, Simmons said the words “bitch,” “ho” and “nigger” should be considered “extreme curse words.” “We recommend (they’re) always out,” Simmons, the pioneering entrepreneur who made millions of dollars as he helped shape hip-hop culture, said in an interview Monday. “This is a first step.

Lastly, but certainly not in the least, my homeboy and fellow Morehouse Man (Big Up), George Alexander weighs in for Black Enterprise.

“Though hip hop lyrics and imagery have been linked to Imus’ verbal tirade, it must first be remembered that the “mammy-fication”, subordination and hyper sex-objectifying of Black women by the media is as old as America itself. Degrading images of Black women continue today in the much criticized ‘gangsta’ hip hop, its videos and misogynistic lyrics.”