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Apr. 12th, 2007 05:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
trinityvixenTwo things that solve nothing:
1) The cover of today's New York Post posts an extremely large, unflattering picture of the woman who accused the Duke lacrosse players of rape. In an extremely vindictive little bit of titling, the cover says "Now America can see her face: THE DUKE LIAR." The utter glee with which this rag publishes the face of a black woman who can now be identified by all the people who've been calling her a slut and a liar for the past year makes me fucking sick.
Is it irony that that cover is next to all the ones talking about the brou-ha-ha over Don Imus? I think that's irony, yes. Speaking of..
2) Don Imus has now been fired. I predict his lawyers will get him the best fucking deal ever. If he sues over this--for whatever reason (we need one in this country?)--I predict he'll probably win. This also doesn't change diddly shit. Imus loses his job, and racism goes away? What about all those people who called in during the brief period Imus was still on the air, going "You're the man! This is bullshit! What are they getting so upset about?" And now the furor over his being fired is sure to usurp what should have been the newsmaker all along: the fact that the Rutgers Women's basketball team accomplished something amazing recently. Their captain, who read a statement to the press, was dead-on about that. No one cared when they won; they only cared when they were victims.
Sigh.
On an interesting note, I went to read the comments of a DJ I listen to at work, and by accident forgot the "4" when I typed in the URL. If any of you have questions about the scientific nomenclature of fish, I have now located the perfect website for you.. Enjoy.
1) The cover of today's New York Post posts an extremely large, unflattering picture of the woman who accused the Duke lacrosse players of rape. In an extremely vindictive little bit of titling, the cover says "Now America can see her face: THE DUKE LIAR." The utter glee with which this rag publishes the face of a black woman who can now be identified by all the people who've been calling her a slut and a liar for the past year makes me fucking sick.
Is it irony that that cover is next to all the ones talking about the brou-ha-ha over Don Imus? I think that's irony, yes. Speaking of..
2) Don Imus has now been fired. I predict his lawyers will get him the best fucking deal ever. If he sues over this--for whatever reason (we need one in this country?)--I predict he'll probably win. This also doesn't change diddly shit. Imus loses his job, and racism goes away? What about all those people who called in during the brief period Imus was still on the air, going "You're the man! This is bullshit! What are they getting so upset about?" And now the furor over his being fired is sure to usurp what should have been the newsmaker all along: the fact that the Rutgers Women's basketball team accomplished something amazing recently. Their captain, who read a statement to the press, was dead-on about that. No one cared when they won; they only cared when they were victims.
Sigh.
On an interesting note, I went to read the comments of a DJ I listen to at work, and by accident forgot the "4" when I typed in the URL. If any of you have questions about the scientific nomenclature of fish, I have now located the perfect website for you.. Enjoy.
