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The Rutgers Women Fight Back (Pt 2)
The Rutgers Women Fight Back (Pt 2)
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Length:
40 minutes
Released:
Apr 12, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
As we revealed in part one, the 2007 Rutgers women’s basketball team was having a Cinderella season when radio host Don Imus callously dragged them into a national firestorm with a racist slur, effectively stealing their moment. But the women of Rutgers didn’t just go away quietly – they fought back, rising above the noise to tell their story. Susie and Jess are joined again by former Rutgers captain Essence Carson and Emmy-winning journalist Jemele Hill to unpack the aftermath of that sordid episode, and discuss the complexities of who gets to respond in anger when they are publicly targeted, and why.
GUESTS:
Essence Carson, former WNBA star, Rutgers captain and current creative executive
Jemele Hill, Emmy award-winning journalist
FOR MORE:
A First-Class Response to a Second-Class Put-Down (NYT, 2007)
Imus: Race, Power and the Media (Newsweek, 2007)
Don Imus, DJ fired for racial slur at Rutgers players, dies at 79 (ESPN, 2019)
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
GUESTS:
Essence Carson, former WNBA star, Rutgers captain and current creative executive
Jemele Hill, Emmy award-winning journalist
FOR MORE:
A First-Class Response to a Second-Class Put-Down (NYT, 2007)
Imus: Race, Power and the Media (Newsweek, 2007)
Don Imus, DJ fired for racial slur at Rutgers players, dies at 79 (ESPN, 2019)
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Apr 12, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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