Condoleeza Rice Comments on Imus

HatHaruhotep · (#1 (**permalink**))

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the highest-ranking black woman in government history, said the racist, sexist comments that got radio shock jock Don Imus fired were "disgusting."

In her first public remarks on the controversy, Rice said Friday that Imus had insulted not only female athletes but all young black women by referring to the Rutgers women's basketball team as "nappy headed hos."

"They're 18- and 19-year-old women," she said. "And what were they doing except showing that they're really fine athletes, playing under extraordinary pressure in which for them was a dream season.

"And it gets ruined by this disgusting -- and I'll use the word 'disgusting' -- comment which doesn't belong in any polite company and certainly doesn't belong on any radio station that I would listen to," Rice told talk show host Michael Medved.

"I just thought that it was an attack on women's sports, first of all, and secondly an attack on very accomplished young black women in a way that was really offensive," she said, according to a transcript of the interview released by the State Department.

Rice declined to offer an opinion on Imus's firing but said she was "very glad that there was, in fact, a consequence" for the remarks.

Imus was fired by CBS radio on Thursday as the controversy over his remarks last week grew and advertisers began to pull support for his show, "Imus in the Morning," which regularly featured Washington insiders.

Rice, according to her spokesman Sean McCormack, never appeared on the program.

CashMoney · (#2 (**permalink**))

HatHaruhotep wrote:

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"I just thought that it was an attack on women's sports, first of all, and secondly an attack on very accomplished young black women in a way that was really offensive," she said, according to a transcript of the interview released by the State Department.

Wrng way round love

Nappy headed ho's is an atcck on black women first

Backatya · (#3 (**permalink**))

CashMoney wrote:

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HatHaruhotep wrote:

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"I just thought that it was an attack on women's sports, first of all, and secondly an attack on very accomplished young black women in a way that was really offensive," she said, according to a transcript of the interview released by the State Department.

Wrng way round love

Nappy headed ho's is an atcck on black women first

CM

You got to realise that it was a big ask for her to be coming out with these comments in the first place. 'Phrasing' things the way she did kind of made it more palatable for her.

To 'call out' thismofo's comments for what they really were (i.e. outright rascist) would have been pushing the boat out just that little bit far for her. She had to say something, because for her not to have said anything at allwould have been a most deafening silence. She then needed to sweeten the bitter pill a little

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Soulstarr · (#4 (**permalink**))

CashMoney wrote:

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HatHaruhotep wrote:

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Wrng way round love

Nappy headed ho's is an atcck on black women first

Exacly what I thought. Kinda makes her commenting on the situation that little bit less important.

Backatya · (#5 (**permalink**))

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".......it was an attack on women's sports, first of all, and secondly an attack on very accomplished young black women in a way that was really offensive,".........."

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So Condoleeza?

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......women tennis players; women footballers; women golfers; women athletes; women basketball players; women volleyball players; women swimmers etc. etc. are the ones whoshould feelinsultedmost right?HmmmI must remember to ask some of the top white female tennis players how insulted they felt personally by this attack on their ilk.

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....I supposeitshould have been evident to anyone with any sensethat this guy was basically saying thatwomen in sport in general are "nappy headed hos".....it was pure coincidence (and did not figure in his thinking at all when he came out with the comments) that the sportswomen he referred to at the time happened to be black!

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......secondly it was an attack on very accomplished young black women. Does this mean the not so very accomplished (or downright inadequate) ones need not consider themselves the subject of this attack?...........At ease all you black sports women that don't even make it past the preliminaries!

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......in a way....it was really offensive? In a way?Which way would that be exactly?

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Geeze......Condoleeza. The guy must have really hit a nerve for you to come out with such a 'spontaneous' 'enraged-filled' response as that.

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Soulstarr · (#6 (**permalink**))

Backatya wrote:

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".......it was an attack on women's sports, first of all, and secondly an attack on very accomplished young black women in a way that was really offensive,".........."

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So Condoleeza?

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......women tennis players; women footballers; women golfers; women athletes; women basketball players; women volleyball players; women swimmers etc. etc. are the ones whoshould feelinsultedmost right?HmmmI must remember to ask some of the top white female tennis players how insulted they felt personally by this attack on their ilk.

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....I supposeitshould have been evident to anyone with any sensethat this guy was basically saying thatwomen in sport in general are "nappy headed hos".....it was pure coincidence (and did not figure in his thinking at all when he came out with the comments) that the sportswomen he referred to at the time happened to be black!

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......secondly it was an attack on very accomplished young black women. Does this mean the not so very accomplished (or downright inadequate) ones need not consider themselves the subject of this attack?...........At ease all you black sports women that don't even make it past the preliminaries!

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......in a way....it was really offensive? In a way?Which way would that be exactly?

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Geeze......Condoleeza. The guy must have really hit a nerve for you to come out with such a 'spontaneous' 'enraged-filled' response as that.

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[/quote][/quote][/quote]Ok scratch my first reply. Her comments just don't mean shit. The end.

Prince Hakeem · (#7 (**permalink**))

I couldn't care less about anything that bitch Condom-Skeeza has to say. She needs to go back to shoe shopping and playing tennis during African tragedies.

manwiththemirror · (#8 (**permalink**))

condoleeza wasnt shoe shopping anyway, so you guys need to calm dowen with the stupid chinese whispers. same way you will claim that hilfiger said he doesnt make his clothes for black people.