Don Imus Creates Firestorm With Rutgers Comments

[Walter Cronkite]

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Don Imus is creating controversy again.

On his "Imus In The Morning" show Thursday, he referred to the Rutgers women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos."

He was talking to Sid Rosenberg with Sports Talk on the phone about the Women's NCAA Championship game.

Imus started out talking about the Rutgers team as, "some rough girls from Rutgers. They got tattoos," and then went on to call them "some nappy-headed hos."

He compared them to the Tennessee team, saying "The girls from Tennessee -- they all looked cute."

The conversation then went on to compare the game to "the jigaboos versus the wannabes." Media Matters reported that the show's executive producer, Bernard McGuirk, made that comment.

Imus has more to say about those remarks, according to the New York Times. Imus said people should relax and not worry about "some idiot comment meant to be amusing."

A Rutgers spokesperson issued a statement saying, "We agree with Mr. Imus that this was, in his own words, an 'idiot comment.' We are very proud of the success of the Rutgers women's basketball team. Coach Stringer and the Rutgers players are outstanding ambassadors for this great institution."

Source: MSNBC

[Flying High]

Honestly, maybe 15 years ago people gave a flying fuck through a rolling doughnut what Don Imus had to say. Without a fine cocaine cloud around his head, Imus is 10 pounds of suck in a 5 pound bag.

[The Real]

Off the radio Imus probably calls Black people "negros"

The guy is an idiot and needs to be beat down.

[Summer Rain]

Don Imus and his producer should both be fired or at the very least fined and suspended.

[gambleWriter]

Imus

Imus? Why the cowboy hat?

I see no evidence of a self denigrating intellect. I see no evidence of a personality worthy of the national platform he enjoys!

The remarks regarding Rutgers players reveal an absence of societal awareness needed for the national stage. He needs to go where cows are...I question whether those taking care of cows will welcome him...

One question: Imus 'the idiot' is white. Does that make his denigration of black women more harmful to the dignified image most of them deserve ...than the smarm that many rappers use to describe most black women.....those unrelated to them?

May not be a fair question. If not, please explain.....