Backhanded defense of Imus. He's habitually racist and misogynist, and besides, he's just expressing common male views of women.
Great.
Great.
clipped from www.latimes.comDon Imus: the good-natured racist
The shock jock was only mimicking rappers and comedians who make millions at the expense of black women.'THAT'S SOME nappy-headed hos." When white radio shock jock Don Imus dropped this little gem about the Rutgers women's basketball team onto the airwaves, he couldn't possibly have imagined that it would trigger a two-week suspension of his top-rated radio gig, the "Imus in the Morning Show."
There is no excuse for what he said.But there's also no basis for firing him or ending his show. Firing Imus for racist riffs would be like firing Liberace for flamboyance. It's what he does.
The truth is, Imus' remarks mimic those of the original gurus of black female denigration: black men with no class. He is only repeating what he's heard and being honest about the way many men — of all races — judge women.
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