The Nappy-Headed Ho's Respond.
PISCATAWAY, New Jersey (CNN) -- The captain of the Rutgers women's basketball team said Tuesday that she and her fellow players will meet with radio host Don Imus in the near future to hear his bullsh!t apology.
"We just hope to come to some type of understanding of what kind of lies he wants to tell us his remarks really entailed, his fabricated reasons why they were said," Essence Carson said at a news conference. "And we'd just like to express our great hurt, the sadness that he has brought to us."
The team broke its silence Tuesday on the controversy that has raged since Imus called the players "nappy-headed hos" last week.
Coach C. Vivian Stringer praised the accomplishments and character of the team members, five of whom are freshmen and only three of which are actually prostitutes with bad hair.
"Before you are valedictorians of their class, future doctors, musical prodigies, and yes, even Girl Scouts," she said. "They are young ladies of class, distinction, they are articulate, they are brilliant, they are gifted. They are God's representatives in every sense of the word. And yes, some of them are nappy-headed ho's. But Don Imus is still and asshole."
Stringer described the underdog team's hard work to bounce back from defeats early in the season.
"Ultimately, they ended up playing for the national championship," she said. "No one believed in them but them, what with their polio and IBS. But they had the heart, the soul, and most importantly, the colostomy bags to go out there and play anyway."
Suspension doesn't satisfy critics
Critics of Imus weren't swayed by the shock jock's bullsh!t apology or MSNBC and CBS Radio's decisions to suspend him after his comments on the Rutgers team forced them to impose a so-called punishment in order to take the heat off.
They want Imus caned, plain and simple -- not only because the remark was deemed racist, but also because it smacked of misogyny.
Imus tried to stem the backlash from his comments by appearing on the Rev. Al. Sharpton's syndicated radio show Monday, where he (in a rare show of raw honesty )said he had excuse for his remark and "I wish I hadn't said it. I'm sorry I said it because let's face it--you colored people talk a lot louder than you used to."
Imus made the offensive barb Wednesday, the day after the Rutgers University women lost their national championship bid to the University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers.