The sad, SAD irony of the Don Imus comments is that in a split second, plus the long, regurgitating public reaction, more attention has been focused on Rutgers and women's collegiate basketball than ever saw the Scarlet Knights play this season ... or saw the NCAA Finals against Tennessee. It took a negative for people to notice.
In Dallas, which hosted a regional final (although there is NO base of support for women's basketball), only 3,600 went to Reunion Arena for the finals (it seats 16,000). How embarassing is THAT! Another reason why there is no WNBA team in Dallas, but there is one in San Antonio, which has NO history of women's basketblall support.
And ... when will white people start to understand that words DO matter about minorities?
Answer? When they realize that you can joke among yourselves (blacks, Hispanics, Jews, Asians, etc.) because it's usually not born of malice; it's a putdown based on other's stereotypes. But when a white person says it, its roots ARE malicious.
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