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I think I will take the touchy, feely position on this one rather than legal rights or commercial obligations. What Imus said was beyond cruel because he was referring to very specific young women, rather than some generalized group. Nappy-headed, ugly, rough looking, whores? A national audience heard his comments, followed by the current firestorm of a much broader audience.
These young women have been the focus of all of this attention because of how Imus negatively judged their appearance. These women are excellent atheletes, but more importantly, scholars at an Ivy league college and he reduces all of their accomplishments to mere nappy-headed hos.
He is speaking to those young women today and they are the ones that deserve the apology, not Sharpton and other media whores. It will be interesting to learn whether Imus has the ability to understand how very personal and hurtful his so-called joke was to very real people.
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"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." Molly Ivins - 1944-2007
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