Todd S Burroughs
 From April Silver, by April Silver. Invisible Women? A Black Woman’s Response to Don Imus Most Recent Sexist-Racist Remarks By April R. Silver (April 9, 2007) The recent media frenzy around national radio and talk show host Don Imus’ sexist-racist comments about the women’s basketball team at Rutgers University (New Brunswick) is one more item [...]
Just got this from April Silver this morning. Don Imus, Race, and Sex in America By Kevin Powell I attended Rutgers University in the 1980s, I am a native of Jersey City, and I’ve always been proud of any accomplishments that have come from that state. So you can imagine my pride as the school’s [...]
Wow…….That was fast. Gee, I wonder what will happen next……..Ulp, wait! A new one: Â Okay! Now we’re getting somewhere. Now, with that done, onward to CBS………………..
Fiore strikes again!
Anybody out there think the Duke Lacrosse players are going to go down in history as the new Scottsboro Boys?
If you guessed, “Two more national sponsors who dumped Imus,” congratulate yourself for the rest of the day.Â
Wow! I just finished watching Bruce Gordon hold down the Fort………………………  ……………………….for CBS (!), explaining to CNN’s Fredricka Whitfield how complicated it is to fire Imus!!! (Really, Bruce? Is his contract that tight???? Does he make that much money for CBS? Day-am! ) Gordon, former president of the National NAACP, is a member of the network’s [...]
 ………….that the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. wants to do a boycott of Imus’s advertisers, and that the National NAACP is considering one as well. Martin correctly pointed out that NABJ was out in front on the Imus-Must-Resign resign issue before Rev. Al Sharpton. (Earlier today, Lou Dobbs commended NABJ for its outspokeness on the Imus [...]
Ah…..truth tastes so good sometimes. Enabling Imus Newsies Back Cowboy Don By Richard Muhammad MSNBC and CBS Radio have seen the light and suspended talk show host Don Imus for a whole two weeks. Time to pack the protest signs and go home? Not exactly. While the venom-spewing old cowpoke may be unseen for a bit, [...]
And I couldn’t be happier. See the second item here, and this article. CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360″ mentioned Imus’s attempt to shift the debate to the fact that many young African-Americans males in the public eye use that exact language to describe Black women. The program had a story about the derogatory names Black women have been given [...]