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Originally Posted by D. Scarlatti
Apparently McGuirk referred to the Rutgers team as "jigaboos" on the broadcast in question.
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Apparently the "the Jigaboos vs. the Wannabes" comment was a reference to a scene from Spike Lee's
School Daze.
Btw I just watched the
video of the broadcast, and it seems to me that Imus was implying that the women were ugly, not denigrating them for being black.
Transcript and more tidbits here.
Rosenberg's comparison of the Rutgers women's basketball team to the Raptors recalled comments he made in June 2001 about Venus and Serena Williams, two African-American female professional tennis players. According to a November 20, 2001, Newsday article, Rosenberg said on the air: "One time, a friend, he says to me, 'Listen, one of these days you're gonna see Venus and Serena Williams in Playboy.' I said, 'You've got a better shot at National Geographic.' " Rosenberg also referred to Venus Williams as an "animal."