I am not going to revisit last year's controversy because, let's be honest, if you don't know about it then you were living under a rock. What I will do is show you his newest defamatory statement about new Dallas Cowboy Adam "Pacman" Jones.
Few things here. 1) It is racist to ask, "What color is he?" Implying that the man's skin color has an impact on or is a reason for his actions. 2) Responding, "Well, there you go, now we know" also directly implies that he expected the answer to said question to be "black" or "African-American" confirming his racist beliefs.
To say anything else is ludicrous and laughable.
"I meant that he was being picked on because he's black," Imus said. "What people should be outraged about is that they arrest blacks for no reason," Imus said Tuesday. "(I was trying to) make a sarcastic point."I call bullshit.
When defending himself, Imus also reminds everyone that his show has a black producer and two black co-hosts. Like that makes a difference. It somehow makes what he said acceptable. Having black employees now gives you a shield to say whatever you want because you are "down." Even his black co-host (who happened to be reading the news story) was offended, hence his lack of response to not stir anything up on the air.
Not to mention, and this is the most important point, the three black staff members are brand new to his WABC show. He has never had a black co-host or producer prior to the Rutgers incident! It was almost a condition of his new hiring.People are termed hypocrites, racists and a number of other terms without justification. Imus deserves both labels. He also deserves to be off the air and back at his ranch, where he can rant and rave and have the same number of listeners as he does now.
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