A Column by Colbert King

I just read a fascinating and enlightening column by Colbert King. Actually, the main purpose of the column was not enlightening because I already knew about the major issue. The main purpose was to drive home a point about Hillary Clinton's accepting $800,000 in money through a fundraiser held by Timbaland, a rap/hip-hop producer. Clinton decried Don Imus's remarks about the Rutgers women's basketball team but has no problem accepting money raised by a hip-hop producer who has no problem using the same and even worse words as those used by Imus. I couldn't agree more with King about the hypocrisy of this move. He also should have mentioned that Bararck Obama has met with Ludacris, another purveyor of offensive rap lyrics (though I don't think Obama has raised money through his association with Ludacris).

What IS both fascinating and enlightening is the list of excerpts of responses that King got following last week's column about Don Imus. To read such insulting and racist messages is to know that the worst kind of racism still exists in this country. And, no, such racists are not ignorant and living in some backwater area, at least based on the Post's readership. They are, most likely, at least somewhat educated and, more important, well informed about the world. They are well read and do not get by on just reading racist rags. They try to stay well informed enought that they even read Op-Ed pieces by Colbert King -- they're not just looking for the sports and comics. In other words, they're anything but "ignorant". It's just disturbing on so many levels to know that such people still exist and are willing to spew out their vitriole.