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Posted By coreyspring 1 year, 6 months ago in Arts & EntertainmentOn Wednesday morning, Don Imus called the students who play for the Rutgers University women's basketball team a bunch of "nappy-headed ho's." What followed was a familiar dance for Mr. Imus and the media companies that profit from his ability to shock his way to big audiences: outrage, indignation and, eventually, the expression of deep regret.
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RedstateLib1 year, 6 months ago
""It is unconscionable that anyone would use the airways to utter such disregard for the dignity of human beings who have accomplished much and deserve great credit. It is appropriate that Mr. Imus and MSNBC have apologized.""
Imus was stupid and insensitive in his comments. The Girls from Rutgers did not deserve to be publicly ridiculed for the entertainment of his audience. However blowing this into a sexist or racist thing is inaccurate. Imus refered to the girls on the Tennessee team as "really cute girls" all of the Lady Vols starters except 1 are african american and all of them are women. Imus's statement was stupid, insensitive and uncalled for, the girls from Rutgers deserve a personal apology from him. But please lets not turn this into a racist sexist issue. Imus is just stupid. End of story!
GO LADY VOLS!
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Pragmatic1One1 year, 6 months ago
If I were to characterize a team of basketball players, consisting of two jewish starters and three Black starters as "bagel eating", "bloodsucking", "cheap-skates", would that make me anti-semetic or just ignorant?
Obviously imus' comments echo a long line of racial stereotypes that proliferate and justify racist attitudes and behaviors. Read Janet Levines article in the Journal of Psychology dealing with Racism and Stereotyping and it's subconscious affects. I'm sure you realize this, so why do we Blacks continue to explain what whites, jews and others already know (see Rosenberg's comments on Venus and Serena Williams).
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RedstateLib1 year, 6 months ago
I am just saying it isn't necessarly racist or sexist. Imus is just a bitter individual who will look for any reason to critisize people. I would call it more of an elitist mentality he made a judgement about them because they had tattoes and they played a very agressive and physical defense. However the girls from Tennessee played an even more physical defense, had just as many african american players but had no visible tattoes. He judged them to be ho's and thugs not because the color of thier skin but because of his opinion of people who have visible tattoes and whatever aspects of thier appearance he deemed not "really cute". I still say he is stupid for passing a judgement on people he has never met based on a physical characteristic but that does not mean it was based on thier race. I am not defending him. I have alot of respect for C. Vivian Stringer and her team. They worked hard and deserve applause not ridicule. cont.
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KYRed1 year, 6 months ago
I like that Imus says what he thinks. But, I guess he shouldn't be allowed his constitutional rights because he said something some people don't like. If that were the way it's supposed to be then he would have been shut up a long time ago for things he said that I don't agree with.
Whatever happened to all the stringy haired white ho's that used to play basketball? Excuse me. I meant stringy haired women of no color ho's.
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AntiNeoCon1 year, 6 months ago
Not any worse than things that Rush Limball, Gordon Liddy, Hannity and others say on national TV. No big deal, he probably should apologize for calling them ho's though.
Check out the comedy channel some night, they say words far worse than what Imus said. Theres too much trash talk on TV period. You have to remember that Imus has health problems and it could be the meds affecting his better judgement.
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NelsonR1 year, 6 months ago
Americans are to thin skinned. We have all heard various jokes on ethnicity, religion and acts of man. I have heard the honky word and N word by Afro Americans always. Do you want to hear some polish or Italian jokes?
We need to get a grip on life, must a person always be on alert in offending another. Hate this word since it is used so often but I cannot think of another, when a person says one thing and does another, thats "Hypocrisy". I would perfer someone saying something on his mind and if not said in a mean spirited manner, so be it, accept reality.
It's how its said, not what is said.
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RedstateLib1 year, 6 months ago
It was said in a mean spirited manner meant to be degrading to the women on the Rutgers team. I personally think Imus must be a UCONN fan, those are the type of things some of them say about Rutgers. No offense to any civilized UCONN fans, you know we Lady Vol Fans really love you.
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RedstateLib1 year, 6 months ago
Listen whether the players were black or white male or female he had no right to publically insult a team of student atheletes who have worked very hard to be competative in thier sport and get a college education at the same time. He may have a legal right to say it but he does not have the moral right to belittle them and thier accomplishments because of his personal feeling about thier physical appearance. It may not be illegal but it is in poor taste and goes against the very principles we hold dear as a country. That everyone has a shot at achievement if they are willing to work for it, but lets publicly humiliate them if they do not look the was we think they should is not an american value.
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rumple4skin1 year, 6 months ago
It is most unfortunate that most posts to this thread are as insensitive and ignorant as imus. The remarks were totally out of line and under any circumstances should result in a call for the firing of both the executive producer and the alleged professional broadcaster. No rationale can be made for this disgusting behaviour. It cannot be justified and then passed off with yet another bull sh_t worthless excuse of an apology.
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zaphod1 year, 6 months ago
I agree. What Imus said was hate speech. Why would something do obscene even be rattling around inside of his head unless he's a racist? The words were meant to slander, degrade, demean and insult a group of young women who's only crime was to make it into Rutgers in the first place and to have the athletic ability to play basketball at the university level.
He needs to be fired.
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