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...Imus targeted the greatest vulnerability of black women--our non-European looks--with the express purpose of reminding us that we are not, and can never be, beautiful. Feminine. We had to be put back in our place, demoted to sex objects, but we couldn't even do that properly with all those braids and broad noses. So we had to be made into men. Criminals and freaks of nature. Makes me wanna holler...
...Imus' words keep repeating in my head, like a violent, midday mugging. One minute, you're putting gas in your tank. The next: BANG! A gun in your face. Your response to being violently blindsided is not anger but a debilitating sense of violation and helplessness. If Imus is fired tomorrow, I won't feel any better. I'll still be wondering who else sees a "jigaboo...
...reality of racism and sexism pulsing behind Imus' words is what matters. Those of us in black public life who try to stay focused on the opportunities rather than the obstacles, those of us who most often proffer intracommunal critique, well, let's just say it'll be a while before I'll be criticizing my own again. Why bother? I'll get over it, but till then ... why bother...
...IMUS, radio host, in one of many apologies for calling members of the Rutgers University women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos" after they lost the national championship; MSNBC and CBS radio suspended the shock jock for two weeks...
Every time I've been on Don Imus' show, he has reminded listeners that he "discovered" me. It's not exactly hyperbole. He first invited me on when I was just a foulmouthed blogger who ran the gossipy political site Wonkette. As I recall, my first on-air conversation with him was about the Bush twins, or, as I called them, "Jenna and Not-Jenna." Last fall I became a regular guest and took up slightly more serious topics (on my last appearance we talked about Senator John McCain's Baghdad trip and Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani's lack...