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Before we can even start to compare and contrast Snoop Dogg's derogatory comments about Kim Kardashian with Don Imus' comments about the Rutgers women's basketball team we need to realized that both of these men were at fault when making derogatory comments towards these women. Anytime someone, especially a male tries to belittle or talk down to women its wrong and we shouldn’t accept it or allow it to be okay. When we start to look more in to each of these specific situations we find it very easy to compare and contrast even though on the surface both of these wrong doings seems every much the same just with different people. When looking at each situation I found a lot of similarities between each but with almost every similarity came a contrast. The first similarity is that both Snoop Dogg and Don Imus are males with powerful voices in our society. People from young to old listened to Dons radio station and they still listen to Snoop Dogg and his music to this day. Just because these men both have powerful voices in out society doesn’t mean that they can say whatever they want. Although yes, people of all ages listen to them, they also do not attract the same audience; Snoop Dogg speaks to a very different demography then Don. These men also both …show more content…
Yes, I think that Lawrence Blum it correct and to see that he is right all you have to do is look at history. Throughout history white on black discrimination has been significantly worse then almost any other. I also think that Lawrence Blum’s position does matter when looking at this situation it makes us think about it from a different perspective. He allows us to look at discrimination on different levels and seeing it one might be worse then the other. It helps us to see

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