Jenice Armstrong | He stole their moment, yet they showed class

0 Comments | Philadelphia Daily News, April, 2007

SHE SHOULDN'T have had to defend herself against a foul-mouthed man old enough to be her grandfather.

Yet, before a roomful of reporters and photographers, 20-year-old Essence Carson stood accused yesterday afternoon (before a bright-red backdrop with the words "Scarlet Knights" spelled out on it, bringing to mind images of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter").

What was Carson's crime? Being black and female, and having had the misfortune of coming to the attention of Don Imus, who referred to her and her Rutgers University teammates as "nappy-headed hos" during a radio broadcast last week, after their team lost the NCAA basketball championship game to Tennessee. The embattled shock jock has apologized and faces...

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