Don Imus was fired today over his racist remarks of the Rutgers womens bball team. I just want to note that this would have never happened if he'd made the remarks about Asians. Just look at the two New Jersey radio broadcasters, "Jersey Guys". Jersey Guys had an entire song dedicated to mocking a Korean mayoral candidate (Jun Choi) in 2005. (betraying their uneducated backgrounds, they used a Chinese accent to do this). They apologized, and lost some advertisers, but ultimately did not get suspended or fired. People did sign petitions at the time to request their resignations, but Asians just don't have the high profile activists like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson (who asked for Don Imus' resignation).
Sidenote:
Go here to read about the original Jersey Guys incident. Here are some choice quotes from the show:
“No specific minority group or foreign group should ever dictate the outcome of an American election. I don’t care if the Chinese population in Edison has quadrupled in the last year, Chinese should never dictate the outcome of an election, Americans should.”
Carton went on to call APAs “fringe people,” “Orientals” and illustrated his point of view by saying, “Ching, chong, ching, chong, ching, chong” in a stereotypical, high-pitched voice.
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