its all well and good to tell other people about not being racist, but when you sit here and talk about “you people” and a commentor talks about “minorities” as if its one mass of people, you’re lumping people together.

Its very understandable to be upset because people are treating you as something you’re not because of the color of your skin. And so, what are you doing, you’re complaining.

I’m sure if you tried to understand, you could. When a show that’s on the public airwaves demeans a group of people, those people will be uncomfortable. If you ever had the idea to go to India, or China for that matter, you would not feel all that comfortable if people on the radio made fun or you because you were originally from the U.S. There’s a big difference between prefering not to be demeaned and “complaining” for no reason.

We’re all human beings right. So why not give other people the respect and understanding it takes to acknowledge that demeaning a group of people is not something anyone should be forced to be comfortable with.

You’re not getting to the reality of the situation, which is, if it was just a matter of not listening to one radio station, that’s not a problem for most people.

uh, where?

Ah, what my friends and I like to call the “I’m sorry you misunderstood” apology-that’s-really-an-insult.

It’s a vicious cycle — whites see lots of non-whites in their community, the whites become insecure and racist, they get to hear their insecurities validated on the air by equally insecure and racist radio hosts, the radio station makes money off of the symbiotic relationship between insecure racist white listeners and insecure racist hosts.

Racists who promote anger and hate should just be off the air. They do a diservice to our community and lend credence to the idea that anyone whose skin color isn’t theirs, isn’t American and should not have a say in how our communties run. These racists only made their quarter-ass apology after their radio station realized their racism may affect their bottomline. Our communities need to call for more sponsor boycotts of racist broadcasters.

This apology is not an apology. They should be fired.

To me, it smacks of the (male) apology – “I’m sorry you’re upset”, i.e. I take no responsibility for any of my actions that may have upset you. (Although I call it the male apology, I have used it when that’s the idea I was trying to get across.)

-D

I think the apology is complete bakwaas. I would venture to speculate most of us hadn’t heard of the Jersey Guys previous to this incident, yet now, most of us would be hard pressed to forget their identity and call-letters. Sadly, in a year, nobody will remember the name of the mayoral candidate.

As they say, any press is good press… I find the apology superficial and insulting, but I can’t say how I’d like it otherwise resolved…