Imus in it again?

[Thundergod]

NEW YORK -- Just months after returning to the airwaves with a pledge to mend the wounds caused by his racist and sexist comment about a women's basketball team, Don Imus is again drawing fire for injecting race into his radio show.

During an on-air conversation Monday about the arrests of suspended Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam Jones, Imus asked, "What color is he?"

Told by sports announcer Warner Wolf that Jones, who used to be nicknamed Pacman, is "African-American," Imus responded: "There you go. Now we know."


Later Monday, Imus responded to criticism of his comments, saying he had been misunderstood.

"I meant that he was being picked on because he's black," Imus said in a statement released by his spokesman.


http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?categoryId=2378529&brand=null&videoId=3458036&n8pe6c=2


Sooooo how does it sound to you?  Closet bigot with a problem keeping it in? Or was he misunderstood?      Sounds like dude has some underlying issues.  Dunno, maybe it's just me? 

This coming from a guy who semi-defended him a while back with the Rutgers thing. Ya, I think I may have been wrong.  My bad. Seriously, maybe it's old age, but after that fiasco, why wouldn't you be watching your... EVERY... WORD...?

[CF DolFan]

I heard it.  It could be miscontrued to mean a couple of things.  The truth is, and many blacks are pointing this out, that black athletes are getting into way more trouble than white, latino, asin and whatever as a whole.  That's not a knock on all of the good black athletes but it is a reality and a concern. 

Imus may be a racist jerk but the people who will spend so much time attacking him really needs to focus on the issue ... which is far worse than some racist old white guy.

[run_to_win]

Sooooo how does it sound to you?  Closet bigot with a problem keeping it in? Or was he misunderstood?      Sounds like dude has some underlying issues.  Dunno, maybe it's just me? 

This coming from a guy who semi-defended him a while back with the Rutgers thing. Ya, I think I may have been wrong.  My bad. Seriously, maybe it's old age, but after that fiasco, why wouldn't you be watching your... EVERY... WORD...?

He could have assumed that everyelse was a ignorant of Jone's troubled past as he is, but it does sound bad. 

I agree, he needs to be watching his words very carefully and regardless of in what context me meant it, the his statement can be easily misunderstood or misconstrued.

Too bad he's not running for President as those guys are "minsunderstood" all the time and about half the population forgives them each time.

[StL FinFan]

He could have just come out and said he thought black athletes were being targeted, if that is what he meant.  No problem with being misinterpreted there.

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He could have just come out and said he thought black athletes were being targeted, if that is what he meant.  No problem with being misinterpreted there.

You mean actually say what he meant the first time?  Where's the fun in that?  We'd have nothing to talk about! 

I just heard the clip.  It sounds pretty obvious to me ... bad old man!  Bad!  No nap for you!

[Phishfan]

Imus has spent his whoe career getting a rise out of people. I doubt he was misinterpreted unless he purposely phrased his comment this way.

[TEKGOD]

this is the only way he stays relevant to people under 60 & he has you guys hook, line, & sinker. Seriously who cares what an old man who still wears a cowboy hat has to say & quite frankly, why would you be surprised?

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TEKGOD - he's too cool to talk about current events!

[Dave Gray]

I heard the clip.

Damn.  I don't know what he meant, and I'm not going to just assume the worst, but it sounded pretty bad.

[Buddhagirl]

I listened to the clip yesterday. Dude is a racist. Just like a few people on this board.

[simeon]

I listened to the clip yesterday. Dude is a racist. Just like a few people on this board.

So is Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, but they get away with it.
My question is why did anyone hire this guy back ? He obviously has some mental issues he needs to overcome.

[bsmooth]

this is the only way he stays relevant to people under 60 & he has you guys hook, line, & sinker. Seriously who cares what an old man who still wears a cowboy hat has to say & quite frankly, why would you be surprised?

Bingo.

[run_to_win]

My question is why did anyone hire this guy back ?

$$$!!!

He has a pretty substantial following.  There's no law against being bigoted and judgemental just as long as he doesn't cross over into hate speech and inciting violence.

[Rick]

So is Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, but they get away with it.

  You are right on about Sharpton and Jackson.  It is a double standard.

[Buddhagirl]

So is Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, but they get away with it.

That's neither here nor there. Why does everyone have to bring up Jackson and Sharpton? They have NOTHING to do with what is coming out of Imus' mouth. Is this just how people try to justify other racist ramblings? I don't get it.

Those 2 men are publicity whores. Nothing more. They do some good here and there but in no way represent the entire black community. Why is it that when ANYONE else says something racist people bring them up? They're racist?

WTF DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH DON IMUS?

Please someone explain this to me.