Rutgers Team: We Accept Don Imus Apology

[Behind the Aegis]

Source: AP

Rutgers women's basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer said Friday the team had accepted radio host Don Imus' apology. She said he deserves a chance to move on but hopes the furor his racist and sexist insult caused will be a catalyst for change.

"We, the Rutgers University Scarlet Knight basketball team, accept - accept - Mr. Imus' apology, and we are in the process of forgiving," Stringer read from a team statement a day after the women met personally with Imus and his wife.

"We still find his statements to be unacceptable, and this is an experience that we will never forget," she said.

The team had just played for the NCAA national championship last week and lost when Imus, on his nationally syndicated radio show, called the players "nappy-headed hos." The statement outraged listeners and set off a national debate about taste and tolerance. It also led to his firing by CBS on Thursday.



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[Ignacio Upton]

1. Now can we forget about Imus?

n/t.

[Tom Joad]

2. this has been posted several times already. Imus is off the Network tv,as he should be

he was unfit to be there. end of story.

[Behind the Aegis]

3. I didn't see this posted anywhere here.

[dottym]

4. they've forgiven him after

sharpton and jackson made sure he was fired.

i'm not an imus fan.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

5. Sharpton and Jackson...

Had little to do with it, in truth. They were just signal to noise. This was a decision made by the advertisers pulling out and the staff at MSNBC going to management and saying "For fuck's sake. Enough. Make an end of this clown. Restore some dignity around here.".

Imus and his staff were despised at MSNBC, by staff. They were rude and bloodthirsty. They got people fired on a whim and they abused others.

The fact is that this was, in truth, a lon time a'borning. Imus' string finally ran out. They always do.

[habitual]

6. OT: I keep misreading the headline

since 'Accept' and 'Don' are right next to each other my brain keeps reading 'don't accept'.... strange, but it is happening consistently.

[BlueManDude]

7. Great, now fade away please. You'll only do yourselves harm by doing more TV interviews.

However, since no one can resist their 15 minutes you will no doubt see these women everywhere.