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Cathleen Schine
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Cathleen Schine is the author of seven novels, including Rameau's Niece, The Love Letter, She is Me, and the forthcoming The New Yorkers. She is a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books.

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Imus' Slur Meme (Sleme)

Posted April 11, 2007 | 06:47 PM (EST)

Poor Imus. He is a self-proclaimed "good guy," always a bad sign. And he keeps explaining that he "didn't mean" it when he used a hoary old racial misogynist epithet to humiliate those lovely, earnest, hard-working girls.

If meaning it means saying it for the purpose of convincing someone it's...

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