Hey, Ed, tell me, why is it that Isiah Thomas — who is black and general manager of the New York Knicks — can call a woman working under him, who is also black, a ho and a bitch, and nobody utters a peep. But Imus calls somebody a ho and the whole world’s on top of him. Where’s Rev. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton? Nobody says “boo” because one black says the same derogatory thing about another black. What joke! It makes me sick.

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Well, Imus is really ugly. He looks like Gollum. Isiah has that adorable baby face. But if you read black comedian D.L. Hughley’s comments in last weeks Trentonian “Go” entertainment section, he, too, thinks Imus got a raw deal. But Hughley’s not very funny.—Ed. Note