"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."-Martin Luther KingI must have been sleeping under a rock here lately because I just found out last night about this situation. A man named Don Imus who has a show called "Imus in the Morning", apparently referred to the women basketball players at Rutgers as "nappy headed hoes"! After people began to take offense to the remark, Imus replied saying people should relax and not worry about "some idiot comment meant to be amusing." NOT WORRY?!? EXCUSE ME! Someone please tell me where the amusing part comes into play????? Then he was quoted commenting on his own comment on the Today Show saying, "that phrase originated in the black community. ... I may be a white man, but I know that these young women and young black women all through that society are demeaned and degraded by their own black men and that they are called that name." Originated in the black community???? Wonder where he's getting his facts from lol! I thought this racism thing was long put behind us but I guess there are just those select few who still wish to display their ignorance to the public. What actions are going to be taken? Right now he's on a two week suspension but all that's doing is giving him free time to come up with more ignorant remarks. To read more up on this story I've provided some links.
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