Thursday, December 2, 2010

Shock Jocks - Don Imus Exposed!





"On April 4, 2007, during a discussion about the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship, Imus characterized the Rutgers University women's basketball team players as "rough girls" commenting on their tattoos. His executive producer Bernard McGuirk responded by referring to them as "hardcore hos". The discussion continued with Imus describing the girls as "nappy-headed hos"[13][14] and McGuirk remarking that the two teams looked like the "jigaboos versus the wannabes" mentioned in Spike Lee's film, School Daze; apparently referring to the two teams' differing appearances." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Imus#Rutgers_women.27s_basketball_controversy)

Radio stereotyping is everywhere. Especially with the so called radio "Shock Jocks". This link: http://www.shockjocks.org/category/events/ is a great look at this information and the book in the video in the last post. It provides links to a lot of the shock jocks and other sources dealing with them and the controversies that surround them.
A point that the author is trying to make is that since this type of behavior and hate is allowed on the radio, people may assume that these behaviors are acceptable.

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