KC Star columnist attacks Rutgers team...

[Neecy]

Calls their press conference a 'recruiting celebration'. Shreds Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. Gets lots of 'way to go' comments from white readers in the comments section.

Thank you, Don Imus. You’ve given us (black people) an excuse to avoid our real problem.

You’ve given Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson another opportunity to pretend that the old fight, which is now the safe and lucrative fight, is still the most important fight in our push for true economic and social equality.

You’ve given Vivian Stringer and Rutgers the chance to hold a nationally televised recruiting celebration expertly disguised as a news conference to respond to your poor attempt at humor.

Thank you, Don Imus. You extended Black History Month to April, and we can once again wallow in victimhood, protest like it’s 1965 and delude ourselves into believing that fixing your hatred is more necessary than eradicating our self-hatred.





His comments brought out the worst in some of his readers, who felt obliged to pile on.

"You're exactly right. The real problem in the black community is the illegitimacy rate, the dropout rate, the disproportionate share of crime blacks commit against society. It all boils down to a lack of accountability in the home. And there can be no accountability when you fracture the foundation of the home with the illegitimacy rate that currently pervades in too many black families. Thanks for telling it like it is."

"Well said, JasonAs a white guy, it seems to me the biggest thing holding back black progress is a state of perpetual victimhood (and those who profit from it) and the thug culture perpetrated by current hip-hop and rap. I know that NBA popularity is declining among white viewers predominantly for this reason. As a KC transplant to NYC, I work with all races, languages, nationalities, etc. In fact, I am treated as a foreigner because I am a midwestern white guy, a freak, a curiousity. (Do I live on a farm? etc.) Kudos on taking a stance that is truly color-blind. If a black radio jock made some kind of hillbilly crack or something similar, would there be this kind of furor?"

" wish that these people would spend half as much time trying to get a job and contribute something instead of relying on todays culture which has been trained to keep their hands out seeking compensation from the rest of us that are too busy working to care about some stupid comments from anyone who has a hint of notoriety.
It realy breaks my heart that 40% of my income does not provide enough welfare to support these dregs on society.
Keep up the good work!"

http://www.kansascity.com/182/story/66339.html

[trumad]

1. If you're a sports fan who reads National rags,,,

you'll occasionally come across Whitlocks musings... The consensus is is that he's the Armstrong Williams of the sports world. He's a self-loathing black man and shit like he wrote today is nothing new with this clown. He does it for the publicity. Period.

[BronxBoy]

2. He's a coward

As all of these "Black" Conservatives tend to be. If he feels that strongly about the state of our people, have the guts to show up and tell this to our faces.

But I bet the overwhelmingly majority of any public appearances he does is in front of White audiences.

[karlrschneider]

3. I need some advice here...is it okay for me to insult this black columnist?

Can I mention his hair? Call him Uncle Tom? Accuse him of 'betraying his race'? What are the ground rules here?

[KamaAina]

4. Whitlock is usually much better than this re: race in sports, but he's got one point

You’ve given Vivian Stringer and Rutgers the chance to hold a nationally televised recruiting celebration expertly disguised as a news conference to respond to your poor attempt at humor.

Buried in all this kerfuffle is that Rutgers LOST. In fact, the newly minted feminist icons got creamed, by an outfit inexplicably still called, in 2007, the "Lady Vols". :puke: :puke: :puke: Had Imus not opened his big bazoo, Rutgers' season would by now have been forgotten anywhere outside a 15-mile radius from Piscataway. Instead, every media outlet in the country, from NBC to DU, has somehow turned into ESPNU running a "Rutgers Women's Hoops 2006-07 Recap" marathon. :eyes:

The irony? The team that probably stands to lose the most from the Rutgers recruiting frenzy is their Big East rival, the UConn Huskies, who, I scarcely need mention, have actually WON several national titles. And Imus lives in Connecticut. Way to go, I-man! :sarcasm:

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