Imus and Rutger's Women's Basketball. (Page 3)

There might be a slight silver lining to this story.  When the game was played (by the way Chucky, I watched the semis and the finals start to finish because the games were good.), all that people saw was some great basketball players.   A few moms and dads in the stands, a few commercials with the girls with their game faces on.   But not the back story.   When I heard Imus' quote, I commented that these girls are not nappy headed ho's (if any such thing even exists), they are the best and brightest of their communities.  So the good thing that has happened is that several stories have been carried on the national news about the Rutgers' women's  many, many accomplishments off the court and several interviews have been given in which they showed their intelligence and character.  Good game, ladies. 

TW

We need more black female triathletes, I guess.

Just sitting back, taking it all in...

I don't condone what Imus said, but this is a stretch. Best? At hoops, I'll give you that.

Brightest? At Rutgers? I think not. A quick look at their bio's and only two are singled out for their  acededmic  accomplishments (and one happens to be white). all the others are "enrolled at Rutgers College" including the other white player.

Let the media make them something they are not. I'm not buying it. 

Well, I don't have any ide who is black and who is white (unless someone says "as a black man... " or "as a white man...."    To your question, actually, no.  I see very few black triathletes in general.

point..... where are you.... I can't find you.....

to reiterate:  Imus is an idiot and made an offensive remark.  Sharpton, apparently standing as a self appointed leader of the black community, says Imus should be fired for using these words.  Sharpton is subject to criticism as being a hypocrit if he applies different standards to different colors of people.

Not sure where your conclusion came from.

pssst, he was being sarcastic.... 

Get over it.

Heh. 

Yeah, I got that.  jimbo can speak for himself, but I believe his post was intended to imply that since some people, myself included, have posted that rappers use these demeaning terms and are not called on the carpet for it, we believe that the players cannot be offended.

That misses the point (not to mention misstates the argument)

If I misinterpreted jimbo's post, I apologize.  Don't think I did

Black and white issues aside.... why do we as a society go after a racial slur as in the case with Imus (white person said it about a black person) but not do anything about race/race slurs?

Rap music comes to mind... nothing nice said in much of the lyrics ...but no one is up in arms about that they listen to derogatory songs about African Americans.. many times women... written and sung by African Americans.

Trust me, I got the sarcasm.  I never thought that was your opinion.

Sorry, since you didn't use the CNN reference in your original post, I thought you were referring to posts made in this thread, including mine in which I pointed out Sharpton's hypocrisy for not calling out black people that use the same words to describe black women that Imus used, which words Sharpton found degrading.

I agree that the argument in your post is a non sequitur and ridiculous.

Ovetta, Oooovetttttaaaa.  Where are you? 

TW

That's because it's the truth.  Even Rutgers won't recruit there.

Better watch it. You aren't being sensitive enough and empathetic toward the plight, my man.

The thread didn't say much.  What he does for a living is irrelevant.  He's a public figure.  The experiences of Cajuns in this country have been pretty miserable in the not too distant past.

Blah.

I know you're joking, but could you imagine if you substituted some other words for Louisiana and coonass?

Some people would find your post highly offensive.  Not the same folks who are so offended on this thread though.