For the past week, the biggest story in the news is the comments about the Rutgers female basketball team by Don Imus. Don Imus, host of morning talk show "Imus in the Morning," said on air that the team was "Nappy-headed hos."
This is a radical comment on many levels both sexist and racist. This applies to feminist criticism because of the "hos" part of the comment. By calling the Rutgers team a bunch of hos, Imus indicates many things. The first indication is that they are sexual objects, not females or individuals, just a group. This group, is shunned upon as a result of the comments by Imus.
Feminist criticism pushes for the equality of genders. The comments by Imus puts females on a lower playing field. He did not make any comments about the Florida men's basketball team, did he? The comments were obviously made by Imus because of blatant sexism. Females are made out to be lesser than males.
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