The always-interesting, always-enlightening Isiah Thomas sexual harassment trial continued yesterday, with lawyers playing a videotaped deposition during which the Knicks coach indirectly gives the word bitch n-word status for black men (i.e. it's fine for black men to call black women bitches, but white men bet' not disrespect beautiful black queens like that!).

Asked if he was bothered by a black man calling a black female "bitch," Thomas said: "Not as much. I'm sorry to say, I do make a distinction.

"A white male calling a black female a bitch is highly offensive," Thomas said. "That would have violated my code of conduct."

"Maybe I shouldn't go there. … A white male calling a black female, that is wrong with me. I'm not taking that. I'm not accepting that. … That's a problem for me."

How about a black woman calling a black man a bitch, Isiah? How would that make you feel? I'm perfectly willing to participate in a test case if you aren't sure.

[NYDN]