Word: imusã
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Dates: during 2007-2007
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Let’s be clear: Imus??s comments were plainly racist, sexist, and misogynistic. His words certainly touch a raw nerve in this (retired) female collegiate athlete. Imus??s derision was especially damaging because his “nappy-headed hos” comment reached a major network audience. The punch lies in the fact that he has a lot of power; the basketball team does not. It’s simply not fair...
...amid the discussions of racism, we’ve forgotten that Imus??s words also fundamentally question the legitimacy of female athleticism. Thirty-five years after the enactment of Title IX, which ordained that federally-funded athletic programs must give equal billing to women’s sports as to men’s, Imus??s “joke” reflects ever persistent cultural attitudes about women’s athletics...
...Rutgers women’s basketball, his equally egregious remarks were met with an unusual amount of public disdain and, in the end, dismissal. It remains impossible to predict which instances of insult will stop being benign to American audiences and begin to offend. Amid the furor over Imus??s own misstep, we must acknowledge that the onus of accountability extends well beyond the shoulders of one desiccated fake cowboy, brought up in a world where grime is money...
...only ourselves to blame for these sterling examples of modern minstrelsy—and we know it: What other reason for the self-righteous tone of our “outrage” over the Rutgers incident, and our silence on so many others? With each progressive volley against Imus??s comes an equally adamant “not I!” So either we let our outrage translate into a genuine turn towards higher-minded discourse, or we should stop all the preaching...
...Internet trumped radio in the case of Imus?? comments, and in pretty much every other way, too. It’s a quick YouTube search—not a re-broadcast at a random time on a random radio station—that allows anyone to hear the comments themselves. The radio is where the controversy started, but it will surely finish elsewhere...