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Talk-Radio Host Don Imus Apologizes for On-Air Racial Slurs Against Rutgers Women's Basketball
FOX NEWS.COM ^ | April 06, 2007 | staff

Posted on 04/06/2007 4:59:26 PM PDT by kellynla

Syndicated talk-radio personality Don Imus apologized Friday for calling members of the Rutgers University women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos" during a segment yesterday in his "Imus in the Morning" show.

Imus and his producer and on-air sidekick, Bernard McGuirk, went on to further attack the black members of the team, calling them "jigaboos and wannabees."

In his apology, Imus called his comments "insensitive and ill-conceived."

"It was completely inappropriate, and we can understand why people were offended," he told listeners at the opening of his broadcast Friday morning.

He further called the comments "thoughtless and stupid" and said, "We're sorry."

The apology came after Imus initially brushed aside criticism, telling The New York Times "not to worry about some idiot saying something meant to be amusing."

Rutgers officials issued this statement: "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."

Shortly after Imus made his comments about the Rutgers team, MSNBC released the following statement: "While simulcast by MSNBC, 'Imus in the Morning' is not a production of the cable network and is produced by WFAN Radio. As Imus makes clear every day, his views are not those of MSNBC. We regret that his remarks were aired on MSNBC and apologize for these offensive comments."

The comments drew immediate outrage from the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), which had called for a boycott of Imus' show until he issued a "sincere and unequivocal apology," referring to him as a "sophomoric host."

"Has he lost his mind?" asked NABJ President Bryan Monroe, vice president and editorial director for Ebony and Jet magazines in Chicago.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News
KEYWORDS: bigotry; donimus; imus; lefty
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1 posted on 04/06/2007 4:59:28 PM PDT by kellynla
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To: kellynla

Imus? Never heard of it. Sounds like a virus.


2 posted on 04/06/2007 5:01:05 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: kellynla
Talk-Radio Host Don Imus

Just fire him. From what I hear of him, via his commercials, he sounds like he's always drunk (slurs his words) and acts like an idiot.

3 posted on 04/06/2007 5:03:58 PM PDT by 69ConvertibleFirebird (Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
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To: kellynla

Hey Charles! It’s time to turn off the lights!


4 posted on 04/06/2007 5:04:07 PM PDT by ReleaseTheHounds ("Salvation is not free")
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To: Nachum

“jigaboos”? I haven’t heard this word in years. Imagine a conservative host having a sidekick say this.


5 posted on 04/06/2007 5:04:13 PM PDT by boop (Now Greg, you know I don't like that WORD!)
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To: kellynla

Imus is pond scum (apologies to pond scum)


6 posted on 04/06/2007 5:04:46 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Ben Franklin, we tried but we couldn't keep it.)
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To: kellynla

Why hasn’t he resigned, were are Jackson, Sharpton and Obama to demand he be drug thru the mud, oh wait he works for NBC, my bad!


7 posted on 04/06/2007 5:05:22 PM PDT by Trueblackman (Terrorism and Liberalism never sleep and neither do I)
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To: Nachum
for calling members of the Rutgers University women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos"

I always thought that they were lesbians, not nappy-headed hos. Live and learn...

(Does anyone actually watch women playing basketball?)

8 posted on 04/06/2007 5:06:27 PM PDT by 69ConvertibleFirebird (Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
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Why hasn’t he resigned, were are Jackson, Sharpton and Obama to demand he be drug thru the mud, oh wait he works for NBC, my bad!

And he's pretty liberal so it's OK for him to make racial slurs.

9 posted on 04/06/2007 5:07:44 PM PDT by 69ConvertibleFirebird (Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
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To: boop

The “Jigaboos vs. Wannabes” comment was a reference to a Spike Lee movie where two separate groups of black girls adopt these names — a reference to the fact that one of them (guess which one) is comprised of lighter-skinned girls than the other.


10 posted on 04/06/2007 5:12:02 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
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To: kellynla

This is why I don’t watch or even concern myself with this idiot!


11 posted on 04/06/2007 5:12:40 PM PDT by XtreMarine
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To: kellynla
Back to rehab???

Or will it be re- education???

Naaah...I think he'll just sleep it off...

12 posted on 04/06/2007 5:12:45 PM PDT by pandemoniumreigns
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To: kellynla
The "jigaboos and wannabees" is a quote from a Spike Lee movie.. I think "School Daze"

McGurk was comparing the two teams as the two were compared in the movie.

13 posted on 04/06/2007 5:13:07 PM PDT by leadhead (Vote Fred Thompson, we've had enough bad actors!)
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To: kellynla

Poster boy for manic-depressives.


14 posted on 04/06/2007 5:13:09 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker ( Hunter/Thompson in 08! Or Rudy/Hillary, if you want America finished off!)
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To: 69ConvertibleFirebird

(Does anyone actually watch women playing basketball?)

We watched the UT/Rutgers game.

Those ladies can play!

And the ladies could show the MEN in college & the NBA how to shoot free throws! LOL


15 posted on 04/06/2007 5:15:03 PM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: Nachum

A 60s pot smoking liberal....


16 posted on 04/06/2007 5:22:32 PM PDT by thinking
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To: kellynla

I like Imus. I watch for the musical guests mainly. However he thinks because he runs a ranch for kids with cancer that he is immune to any and all criticism. The Wall Street Journal and Congressman Joe Barton found that out the hard way. He calls lots of women “Ho’s”. He calls his wife Diedre the “green” ho because of her crusade against toxic cleaning products. He will get a pass on this one by the MSM except Fox News because he calls Bush and Cheney war criminals daily. Other than that, it’s usually the best programming of any of the cable news outlets in that time slot. JMHO. YMMV.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3JXUr4vZqM


17 posted on 04/06/2007 5:33:39 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: kellynla

gotta question his judgment if he thinks the smokin’ hot Contessa Brewer is fat.


18 posted on 04/06/2007 5:42:50 PM PDT by isom35
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To: Liberty Valance

“I like Imus.”

What does that say about you?

Imus is a bigot. You can make all the excuses in the world but he has a LONG history of making bigoted remarks.


19 posted on 04/06/2007 5:47:40 PM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
I always thought that they were lesbians, not nappy-headed hos.

Nappy-headed lesbian hos?

20 posted on 04/06/2007 5:54:55 PM PDT by radiohead (They call me DOCTOR radiohead.)
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