Limbaugh not a racist?

I am writing in response to Jamie Hannah's letter in the Oct. 10 issue that not only is Rush Limbaugh not a racist, he is in fact a paradigm of racial equality. I put it to the reader to make the decision for his or her self based on racial slurs made in his history as a shock-jock, conservative pundit and television personality. In the "70s" as a radio host, he once told a black caller to "Take that bone out of your nose and call me back."

Presumably, Rush finds African-Americans with whom he disagrees to be savages. Unfortunately, time hasn't changed his views on race, judging by more recent comments, none of which require any interpretation on my part: "Have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?" or "The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies." or "Spike, if you're going to do that, let's complete the education experience. You should tell them that they should loot the theater and then blow it up on their way out." This was in response to Spike Lee urging black school children to take a day off from school to watch his movie "Malcolm X."

Personally, I find comments like these to be less disturbing than the fact that there are sections of the population, including Hannah, who politically identify themselves with the man who made them. I would also like to take this opportunity to encourage Daily Egyptian readers to visit www.FAIR.org and to judge for themselves how "liberal" the media truly is.

Andrew S. Jackson senior in classics and computer science

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