Free Speech Gets a Bad Rap
Posted in Liberty's Lady by R Lee Wrights on April 30th, 2007 by Lady Liberty
Radio “shock jock” Don Imus said a bad thing. In a relatively brief on-air exchange with a producer, he referred to the women of the Rutgers University basketball team as “nappy headed hos.” He also said that the women on the Tennessee team were “cute,” but the Rutgers team members were “rough,” and he strongly implied that they were not cute.
Under normal circumstances, Imus wouldn’t have been likely to mention the predominantly black Rutgers team at all. But Rutgers was blessed with a talented group of women on this year’s team, and that talent - along with a lot of hard work and determination - saw the women playing for the national championship and getting attention accordingly. Despite losing to Tennessee in the penultimate contest, no one can argue that Rutgers didn’t have a stellar season or that its players weren’t fine examples of character and athleticism, and the women are rightfully proud of their accomplishments.
The reaction to Imus’ comments were far stronger and more well publicized than the game that generated them. CBS Radio and MSNBC announced they were suspending Imus for two weeks and that his future hinged on his “ability to keep his word.” A CBS director- who happens to also be a former head of the NAACP - went on record as saying he hoped Imus would be fired for making his controversial comments. The National Association of Black Journalists made it clear it also thought Imus should be let go.
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“A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government.”
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