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Originally Posted by GateandGarden
Er...does that make sense?
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Definitely....interesting points. And certainly everyone is going to have their own approach to dealing with homophobia, etc.
I keep thinking of the Rutgers team's situation. They could have handled it the way Sparky/Carrie seem to be arguing, which is either ignoring the comments or just saying who the fukc cares what some crusty old guy has to say. Or they can do what they did--they explained how it affected them personally and why the comments were damaging and racist.
Either way is a reasonable response. In my opinion, neither way gives power to Imus. The way the Rutgers women responded took away power from him by focusing attention on the harmful impact of racial comments. They became the educators and they took the power.