Imus Calls Girls Nappy Headed Hoes & Jjiggaboos!?

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On the April 4 edition of MSNBC's Imus in the Morning, host Don Imus referred to the Rutgers University women's basketball team, which is comprised of eight African-American and two white players, as "nappy-headed hos" immediately after the show's executive producer, Bernard McGuirk, called the team "hard-core hos." Later, former Imus sports announcer Sid Rosenberg, who was filling in for sportscaster Chris Carlin, said: "The more I look at Rutgers, they look exactly like the [National Basketball Association's] Toronto Raptors." McGuirk referred to the NCAA women's basketball championship game between Rutgers and Tennessee as a "Spike Lee thing," adding, "The Jigaboos vs. The Wannabees -- that movie that he had."
Imus initially was given a two-week suspension for calling the Rutgers women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos" on the air last week, but outrage continued to grow and advertisers bolted from his CBS radio show and its MSNBC simulcast.

"There has been much discussion of the effect language like this has on our young people, particularly young women of color trying to make their way in this society," CBS President and Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves said in announcing the decision. "That consideration has weighed most heavily on our minds as we made our decision."

Rutgers women's basketball team spokeswoman Stacey Brann said the team did not have an immediate comment on Imus' firing.

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Video Comments:
appstaterebel (December 2, 2008 at 1:08 pm)
LOL
CrashevilleNC (November 30, 2008 at 10:44 am)
Nappy headed...too funny! Classic!
themainsqueeze21 (November 29, 2008 at 12:35 pm)
Lol he wz so stupid 2say that but I honestly think that he didnt kno better.Like he really thought he wz being funny &thought other ppl wud kno he wznt serious & tryin 2b funny. But I also think its really sad that he didnt kno better. He shud kno better!At 1st I wz pissd but then I wz like he's old & slow lol But wat can u expect wen black ppl are calling each other hoes & what not?? Th whole thing is stupid & watever it's n the past...
o yea b4 anyone says sumthin yea...ima young black female
Arbiter129 (November 29, 2008 at 7:20 am)
imus is the master
wheatcandle (November 24, 2008 at 8:07 pm)
IMUS
DCASOI (November 24, 2008 at 5:24 pm)
Its been a year since this was said so everyone shut up!!
MetaliTool69 (November 22, 2008 at 10:31 pm)
black people realy do have nappy hair...get over it
MetaliTool69 (November 22, 2008 at 10:30 pm)
lol that wasnt racist...
ltcount (November 17, 2008 at 11:35 pm)
those were some hardcore hoes
ikillu149 (November 17, 2008 at 10:39 pm)
true that