Vol. 71/No. 16 April 23, 2007
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Demands grow louder that radio host
be fired over racist, sexist remark
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NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 11—Rutgers University women’s basketball team members at a news conference yesterday in nearby Piscataway condemned racist remarks by radio talk-show host Don Imus. Team coach Vivian Stringer said Imus made “racist and sexist remarks that are deplorable, despicable, and unconscionable.” While on the air April 4, Imus called members of the team, most of whom are Black, “nappy-headed ho’s.” His morning talk show was then suspended for two weeks by CBS Radio and MSNBC, which televises it, and Imus has apologized publicly. But many at rallies here and in New York the last two days demanded that he be fired. As we go to press, MSNBC TV announced it would no longer simulcast the “Imus in the Morning” radio program.
—EDDIE BECK
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