Imus Declare!

We all know about the controversial comments Don Imus made on his radio show last Wednesday. I believe he referred to the women on Rutgers basketball team as "nappy-headed hos".

I have several issues with the coverage this has been getting, but none of them are with Imus.

Full disclosure is called for here. After all, I am a black woman who most of the time flaunts a full head of really curly hair. Hell, you might even call it nappy.

My beef is with the ever present Al Sharpton (with his perfectly pressed tresses) and the National Association of Black Journalists.

Al the ultimate opportunist. This man takes up any high-profile racial cause as long it gives him a reason to call a press conference.

Who named him king of all blacks? For some reason, when white men let a comment with racial overtones slip out, they flock to him with their shoulders down and graveling for forgivenss. Al gets off on the power this gives him.

First of all he does not speak for me.

I don't get any gratification watching Joe Biden, Kramer and now Imus beg for black understanding. The last I heard you are free to say what you want in this country.

You can't call for someone to be fired for making out of line comments when you claim you life's work is to enforce civil rights. Why would he be fired for saying what they hired him to do?

It seems to me that these so called black leaders have so many other struggles to worry about. They should start by taking on BET.