Not standing for it

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, April, 2007 | by Rita Giordano Inquirer Staff Writer

PISCATAWAY, N.J. - In a performance almost as inspired as their near-championship run, members of the Rutgers University women's basketball team showed yesterday that they are about the content of their character and their talents, not just the color of their skin and certainly not the hurtful words of radio host Don Imus.

Nearly a week after being stung by Imus' racially and sexually defamatory remarks, the Rutgers women had their turn at the microphone at a university news conference.

They talked about anger. They talked about hurt. They talked about a society where things were not as they should be. And they did it all with dignity.

"We ask that you not recognize us in a light as dimly lit as this," said...