C. Vivian Stringer, coach of the Rutgers Womens’ Basketball team, has my vote for person of the hour.
We accept his apology …and are in the process of forgiving…
We still find his statements to be unacceptable … And this is an experience that we will never forget. These comments are indicative of greater ills in our culture. It is not just Mr. Imus. And we hope that this will be and serve as a catalyst for change. Let us continue to work hard together to make this world a better place.
Deirdre Imus, the wife of the fallen, comes in a close second. Broadcasting this morning in his former time slot on WFAN, she described the basketball team as “unbelievably courageous and beautiful women.”
Ms. Imus added: “One thing I want to say is the hate mail that’s being sent to them must stop. If you want to send hate mail, send it to my husband.”
Is this hate mail part of the discussion about the good, the bad and the ugly? See link to Pat Buchanan, below.
The plan to have a Rutgers town hall meeting is a good way to keep the issue alive instead of wrapping it around Imus and pushing him out of sight.
…a town hall meeting would be held at Rutgers within 30 days to find specific ways to improve the level of dialogue.
[Rev. DeForest Soaries] said executives of the music industry would be among those invited along with the clergy and youth groups. Rap music lyrics have been blamed for popularizing the use of terms such as “ho.”
“We are deluding ourselves,” Mr. Soaries said, if there is a feeling that Mr. Imus’ dismissal will end the use of insulting and degrading terms in recordings and on the airwaves.
Pat Buchanan might want to come.
” Imus threw himself on the mercy of the court of elite opinion — and that court, pandering to the mob, lynched him. Yet, for all his sins, he was a better man than the lot of them rejoicing at the foot of the cottonwood tree.”