Rice calls Imus' on-air slur 'disgusting'
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, shown here on April 12, blasted radio host Don Imus.
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.
Why then, does she express her disgust to Michael Medved who has shown to be on his radio program anti-Hispanic, and appears to condone homophobia?
It appears the bush administration is in dire need of a PR agent. They obviously have no forethought before they make these blunders. At the very least they should employ an entity to follow behind them and clean up the mess . . . .
No comments:
Post a Comment