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We all remember the off color, no pun intended, remarks that Don Imus made. It resulted in him loosing his job and the near ruin of his career. Well, this weekend Jamie Fox had one of the crudest and atrocious dialogues that I’ve ever heard. However, the news and the public seems to be writing it off as just harmless “humor” from a shock jock.

The weekend “Foxxhole” Sirius Radio show had a dialogue break out between Jamie Foxx and his posse about Miley Cyrus. Miley was brought into the conversation because she recently posted on a social network site about her ire over not being allowed backstage at the Grammy’s to meet the band, Radiohead. The conversation about sixteen year old Miley Cyrus suddenly went from mildly funny to raunchy, racist, and repulsive.

Jamie Fox says: “”Who is Miley Cyrus? The one with all the gums? She needs to get a gum transplant!” He continues to make fun of her physical appearance as he is heard saying things like-can I get an order of teeth; light on the gums etc…

It was bad to hear 41 year old Jamie Foxx making fun of a sixteen year old girl, but he wasn’t stopping with Mileys’ looks. He went on to advise Miley Cyrus to: “make a sex tape and grow up… “ “Get like Britney Spears and do some heroin… get some crack in your pipe…” “Catch Chlamydia on a bicycle seat.” One of his posse calls Miley a “white bitch” on several occasions.

I am not a Miley Cyrus or Hanna Montana fan, but I would not want someone to talk about my dog in this light. And, I wonder how Jamie Foxx would feel if someone said these things about his 15 year old daughter, Corrine. How would he and the public take it if Howard Stern called Corrine “a black bitch with big gums?” I would bet that the public outrage would be deafening.

In my opinion, there is definitely a double standard going on here. Don Imus was fired for racial slurring, but Jamie Foxx doesn’t even get a slap on the wrist when he does it. It is beyond me why anyone would even find it funny to take a girl, that by Hollywood standards, appears to be staying out of trouble and tell her to become more like Lindsey Lohan and Britney Spears!

I thought that it was unconstitutional for Don Imus to be fired based on his comments. I would say the same for Jamie Fox. He didn’t threaten her or harm her reputation, and the constitution gives him the right to free speech. However, I, like you, have the responsibility to show Jamie Foxx that what he does with his free speech will have repercussions. I will not be seeing his movies, buying his music albums, or listening to his Sirius radio show.

Will you still see his new movie “The Soloist” or buy his new album?