Obama on Imus

"He would not be working for me."

And yet he appoints Rev Wright as head of his African American Committee after Wright raged at his Christmas service that: "Hillary ain't never been called no nigger."

Also found this curious. Obama: My daughters are African American and gorgeous, tall and I hope at some point are interested enough in sports that they get athletic scholarship."

April 11, 2008
ABC Interview
Jake Tapper:

"I understand MSNBC has suspended Mr. Imus," Obama told ABC News, "but I would also say that there's nobody on my staff who would still be working for me if they made a comment like that about anybody of any ethnic group. And I would hope that NBC ends up having that same attitude."

Obama said he appeared once on Imus' show two years ago, and "I have no intention of returning."

"He didn't just cross the line," Obama said. "He fed into some of the worst stereotypes that my two young daughters are having to deal with today in America. The notions that as young African-American women -- who I hope will be athletes -- that that somehow makes them less beautiful or less important. It was a degrading comment. It's one that I'm not interested in supporting."

"What we've been seeing around this country is this constant ratcheting up of a coarsening of the culture that all of have to think about," Obama said.

"Insults, humor that degrades women, humor that is based in racism and racial stereotypes isn't fun," the senator told ABC News.

"And the notion that somehow it's cute or amusing, or a useful diversion, I think, is something that all of us have to recognize is just not the case. We all have First Amendment rights. And I am a constitutional lawyer and strongly believe in free speech, but as a culture, we really have to do some soul-searching to think about what kind of toxic information are we feeding our kids," he concluded.

'Nappy headed hos" is worse than having his fellow presidential candidate, former first lady and US Senator called a monster, a whore, a bitch, a fucking bitch, a frigid bitch, a cunt, a trapped animal, a drunk party guest, someone in need of a good fuck...? Race will always trump gender.