Check out The political reality in Imus controvery, a thoughtful OpEd piece in today’s Sacramento Bee by Sacramento State educator Bruce Snyder. Uniquely, Snyder avoids repeating the obvious regarding Imus’ overtly racist remarks, and analyzes the controversy from an institutional racism perspective. With riffs on Reconstruction, Bill Clinton’s 1992 scolding of Sister Souljah and how and why in every election cycle (actually every day) the Democratic Party betrays African Americans–their most loyal supporters–this is not just another Imus bashing and definitely worth a read.