"To all those who have ever made a disparaging remark about a person based on gender or race: You're fired! Looks like everybody stays home today!"

This week's top story; "Don Imus is a racist". In one weeks time we saw Imus make a statement on-air that was both racist and sexist, get suspended for that statement, the organization of protests calling for Imus's firing, an attempt to reconcile by appearing on Al Sharpton's radio show, and finally the firing of Don Imus by NBC and CBS. A week like that deserves a long night at the bar.

By no means do I take lightly what Imus said on his daily talk show, but it leaves me wondering "Who the hell is (or was) Don Imus, and why should I be offended by something he said on his radio show of which I am not a listener?". Following his comment and the media circus following it, Don Imus is now a household name despite years of hosting a nationally syndicated radio show. I guess one could say he's going out on top, but talk about shit hitting the fan.

But what has really disgusted me throughout this event has been the waiting line of those claiming to be victims. One member of the Rutger's basketball team used the term "hurt". A community of victims was formed, and they were fighting for nothing. Their goal was met; fire Don Imus. But they pushed on, they went for pity. Don Imus became the face of racism, when in fact racism rarely pokes its head in public. Instead it finds its way between conversations between members of the same race. Through jokes, and internal prejudices that every American struggles to keep to themselves. We are all bad people, maybe not as bad a Imus, but most of us don't have access to a microphone and a radio tower. We all have perceptions of other races and associate different traits to each of them based on personal experience.

Don Imus is a dinosaur from a time when it was more appropriate to display crude observations about minorities and women. The times have changed, and so has the standard of what's socially acceptable. Racism is far from dead. The firing of Imus only took away a microphone.