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I fail to see how being clear about what Don Imus said constitutes being "unfriendly" to any fmailies that I know of. Certainly, as the father of two small children, I'd want them to KNOW that it is UNACCEPTABLE to call a group of African-American athletes "nappy-headed hoes," and I'd want them to know WHY, which requires explaining what a "ho" is. Keeping out the quote softens what Imus did, which smacks of the attitude, which I've hard from several conservatives, that what Imus did "wasn't so bad," and "got blown up by the media." The fact is, he made a RACIST and SEXIST comment, and educating our children how NOT to be those two things involves some pretty tough choices. We must, as a nation, be willing to ADMIT the institutionalized RACISM and SEXISM inherent in much of our society and popular culture. If you wish to ban me, feel free. [[User:Artiefisk]]

I fail to see how being clear about what Don Imus said constitutes being "unfriendly" to any fmailies that I know of. Certainly, as the father of two small children, I'd want them to KNOW that it is UNACCEPTABLE to call a group of African-American athletes "nappy-headed hoes," and I'd want them to know WHY, which requires explaining what a "ho" is. Keeping out the quote softens what Imus did, which smacks of the attitude, which I've hard from several conservatives, that what Imus did "wasn't so bad," and "got blown up by the media." The fact is, he made a RACIST and SEXIST comment, and educating our children how NOT to be those two things involves some pretty tough choices. We must, as a nation, be willing to ADMIT the institutionalized RACISM and SEXISM inherent in much of our society and popular culture. If you wish to ban me, feel free. [[User:Artiefisk]]