I want to find a spot where I can be heard by everyone to say this, so I'll start here. By now everyone in America has heard about the racist and sexiest remarks made by Don Imus last week. Next week will start the suspension of his show; The Don Imus Show, from radio and television for two weeks as a result of his comments on his morning radio show concerning the Rutgers Basketball team; which by the way made an accomplishment that no one thought they'd make. They won the Finals against Duke, a team they'd lost to the previous year. Once their coach called them the worst defense team she'd ever seen; today she reminded everyone how much they'd accomplished because they did this when "no one believed in them but them". Imus is apologizing every chance he gets to; and Al Sharpton is calling for his termination from broadcasting. The young women of Rutgers say they will stand up against the degradation and demeaning of women. I wonder who will help them.

Don Imus's comments were disgusting and can not be tolerated. He should know better and he should face a consequence for his actions. I have been referred to by these degrading and insulting words; by men of many races and it hurts from whoever it comes. That is the important point that it being addressed as a result, and many more voices need to be raised concerning the degrading language we use with one another.

Imus's comments have created a dialog of which the benefit is we get to discuss not only the issue of race but the issue of women who need to not feel the world thinks it's okay to refer to us as whores, sluts, b*es and other derogatory terms, or anyone else for that matter. The common defense for this type of behavior used to be that a certain type of woman, was being identified; these days the distinction is not clear, if there ever was a distinction to recognize. We need to hold accountable anyone who uses this type of language, as the point has been repeatedly made, whether white, black, etc...

Women of every race have been referred to in these demeaning terms for centuries. But in an anti-politically correct culture we've allowed things to go to far. All women have been and are victims of such behavior; Heavy Metal Artists in the 80's were under fire for their depictions of women in music videos. Women, mostly Caucasian became concerned about what message was being sent to young impressionable mostly Caucasian boys and adolescents about women. Now, Hip Hop music is being credited

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