"That's some nappy-headed hos," he scoffed on his morning show. We've now heard Don Imus's racially charged quip about the Rutgers women's basketball team ad nauseam. But at the end of the day, it's back to February 2. We go from one racial flare-up to another, replete with national outrage, around-the-clock media coverage, high-profile public apologies, the threat of boycotts, and Internet message boards teeming with fiery opinions. I sometimes feel we're trapped in an unrelenting Groundhog Day of cynical behavior when it comes to race relations in this country. In the classic 1993 film Groundhog Day, Bill Murray plays an egocentric TV weatherman who keeps reliving the same, sorry day over and over again until he finally gets over himself and gets it right. Now that the spectacular fall of the once-invincible shock-radio icon is complete, Americaand that includes the American churchneeds to sit down for a national rap session on the meaning of it all. Thank you for giving us one more shot at getting serious with each other about race in America.
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