"Collective Opinion" and Imus

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CBS has fired Don Imus ; thank God racism has now been eliminated in our country. Right? Right? Of course not, but it will take the next celebrity saying something stupid to put an examination of race back in the mainstream American discourse. We are in an exhausting stretch of celebrities saying something offensive followed by legitimate righteous outrage. Mel Gibson, Tim Hardaway, Michael ... [link]

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Cheap Shots #12.
Published 4/13/2007 by Signal to Noise at Signal to Noise
... 6) The Don Imus kerfuffle represents another missed opportunity to discuss race, sexism, and other problems honestly. [Pacifist Viking]

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