Don Imus in hot water for racial comments

"with no intellectual or comedic value to society" would cover 99% of our "heroes" from TV, music, radio and the movies including Limbaugh, Howard Stern and even Oprah. Even what we get on PBS borders on no value. Is society what it watches?????

And eats.
Consider all of the reality television on the tube. Personally I think most of it is garbage and rotting society. How many shows can they make about joe blow getting a wife or lets put 30 retarded people in a house and watch them argue for 60 minutes, twice a week. Don't forget to get your action figures and trading cards.

Societal rotting is evidenced by the fact that you are unaware that the "R" word is just as bad as the "N" word in many social circles.

How much is Al Sharpton and people like Jesse Jackson pay these idiots to make remarks like this so the can keep the race issue alive? Keeping the race issue alive is Al Sharpton's paycheck. Hundreds of thousands of people out of work and all these people like Al Sharpton are worried about keeping their paycheck coming. Imus works for these people.

With all the name calling your comment is nothing but. We need to all treat each other with respect and name calling is not the answer.

I have read each of these comments, the simple fact is all this bantering about Race and pointing fingers is ruining our country. It is time to give up the crutch, move on. We the USA are being passed by the rest of the world due to our over sensitive crap. Go live in Europe, you want to see racism, you will get it. East Germany still exists, old West Germans, hate East Germans, they hate Polish, Turks, you name it and it is open, racism against blacks in Europe is the norm, but they hate all kinds. And get this, now if you fly in Europe if you are a non EU member read as American, you pay more, extra fees? Do we do that to anyone in America nope. we in US are to damn sensitive, time to cut the crap or will destroy our self and be the one hoping the EU will bails us out. Do you want that!!!!

Wake up folks, get grip, get a job suck it up and move on, life is tough but tougher if you are stupid. If we want USA to remain strong we have to get over this crap, we are now discriminated against by the EU that includes England, get it. Move on so we can be the power we are. Cut the race crap every one has a voice use it.

whats the big deal,how could this be offensive to anyone?

yes it is true people are what they watch, hence so many reality shows and news magazines for mindless entertainment. Point, only 34% of americans have a college degree. This makes the headlines but the country is on the verge of being drug into a war with Iran is no big deal. WOW

Bob Clark is absolitely right. 10-4 GOOD BUDDY!!!!

Why all the attention and credence to the bantering of these two? It's like a rerun of some time-worn sitcom. Their conversations are entirely for the splash. I can just envision Al making a point of listening carefully to every word of every Imus show so that when it's his turn to fart he's right on cue. No Imus should not be taken off the air. No, I don't think he's really all that racist. Limbaugh, O'Reilly, Dobbs and the blonde witch lady et al say worse things as regularly as a Sennecot addict. So what? They don'[t speak for anyone, they just yowl at them. People who ascribe meaning or significance to what either says need to get an EEG or something, just to ascertain whether or not any axxons are firing. Is there nothing more important to discuss?

a few rouge blacks commit most of the crimes we hear about in the country.

Read the bolded portion of your quote out loud 20 times, then think on it for a while.

Free the white man!!!!!

I agree 100% a few rougue Blacks are indeed responsible for all of the crimes we hear about - Jeffrey Dahmer, Charles Manson, John Wayne Gacy, Terry Nichols, Robert Blake, Scott Peterson, I mean the list goes on forever .....

Damn Rogues!!

I wrote it that way to illustrate the point that you seem to be making. It's more "newsworthy" when the crime is committed by a minority. That said, you might want to check the actual statistics on crime and race in the US.

You & your dumb ass comments need to be silenced, when the what black community resolves its crimes issue, you racist mf, what about crime in the white , asian, irish, whatever communities.

Your comments show your nothing but a racist

Everyone is racist in some way or another. Those or you who say your not are fooling yourself. The problem is we certain portions of society that get all upset when faced with the truth and another section of society that bends over backward to try to say their not something they are. When 85% of violent crime is caused by less than 20% of the population it causes some people to view everyone of that race as a problem, that's wrong but that is the way it is...guilt by association. When are people going to start to take responsibility and get rid of the bad elements and stop waiting for the government or some special interest group to come along and save them. Political correctness has destroyed this country and brought in a generation of cry babies. Call me a name if you want to, I do not care since I know who I am. I'm the middle aged, white blue collar male who is sick and tired of people crying about having their feelings hurt and complaining about being mistreated by the man...get over it, get a job, stop producing babies for government assistance and maybe you'll find out there is something out there for everyone.

Amen to that> And include Jesse Jackson and the presumptive Democratic Presidential Candidatein that mix. The bleeding heart "liberal" loves to jump all over stuff like this and of course blacks are never racist just us awful white people. Al Sharpton has been proven a liar, Jesse Jackson, the Rev is a hypocrite and Obama the Lama is an even bigger hypocrite. He won't use his middle name and anyone who does is acussed of using the race card. and on top of that he is only half African but in order to get those 90-95 percent black votes (but no racism there is there) he has to make sure they think of him as African American while the press castigates and shames the whites in to voting for him. This whole thing is disgusting......How come "freedom of speech applies only to the liberal press and the blacks?

In these troubling times we can only ask one questions:

"WWJWD" -- "What Would Jeremiah Wright Do?"

Let it go.

This is my original comment. Disregard any others that might be found.

I am in total agreement. I stopped paying attention to IMUS after the first incident...

so to this incident I can truly say... Who was it ? (Don Imus) There you have it.

It helps no one no matter your preconceived notions.

Are you kidding me? Imus is not responsible for any of the reported bad behavior -- neither are you or I. It is up to the individual. No excuses. I have had many if I had chosen to employ them.

Why is it always referred to as African American and never European American?
It is either Whites or German American. Why doesn't people call a spade for as
a spade?

I guess everyone is trying to be someone they are not.

So many people talk allot and never know when to shut up and think about what they post on these things or how retarded they are. Imus opinions maybe racial, but who cares, its his right to express himself, you don't agree, well don't pay attention to him, ignore him, trust me you'll feel better. Every American deserves to use their rights, i have seen retards use this right and people don't complain about it, such as the people that camp out protesting out side the president's real home in texas, they are too ignorant to even open their minds and think things through, or the people bashing our government or the Muslims that support alquaida that our government lets them stand on our streets preaching their believes and spreading messages of hate towards us Americans. I saw that and the cops or government didn't do anything to stop them cause they said "Freedom of expression". If they are allowed to get away with that then imus too should be allowed to get away with this, which is really not even a big deal. There are allot of shows, such as Boondocks or comedians like Carlos Mencia or even Dave Chapelle that use some racism on their jokes or messages yet you don't see people complaining about them. This whole thing is stupid, i have seen allot more worst and people should just grow up and stop being retards when it comes to stupid things like this. And Big gay Al should stop living in the past and realise that its a new era and that racism for the most part is not even an issue in this country. Maybe he should use his talent to help the homeless, or for gas prices or for the economy, i think the stupid people are not the people who listens to Imus but the people who are easily manipulated by people like Big gay AL who thrives on attention and making useless drama over nothing. BIG KEY WORD HERE IS, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, IF TERRORIST AND RETARDS ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE IT, THEN WE ALL SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO HAVE IT.

The reason behind the referrence to blacks as African Americans, is because back in the days - if a crime happened and it was done by a white person, it was always 'Italian-American' or 'Irish-American' whereby giving them an identity. But if it was a black person then the media would just say 'black' - giving no identity. It was like everyone had a heritage except black people.
When you go back through the ages, you will see black people originated from Africa, as white people originated from Europe. How everyone got to where they are today - is another story.
Yes I believe Imus is just an ignorant creep BUT so is Sharpton - two peas in a pod.

Success requires a survival instinct, not a victim instinct. No excuses. You gather the intelligence and the shrewdness to make your community thrive or you don't. No safety nets, no excuses. How else can we ensure the survival of the fittest - black, white, or more realistically a combination of all that are smart, strong and just.

And Al Sharpton isn't??????

So because Al Sharpton is or isn't does that make it right or wrong?

Yup, still wrong.

I understand the possibility of misinterpretation regarding Imus's comment. However , it could be taken in the context of which he claims he meant it. Under those conditions the authorities could be annoyed. All this aside who the hell does Sharpton think he is, and why do african americans think he so honest. Look at his record of lying, cheating on his taxes and creating falsehoods about people. I for one no longer listen to the likes of Sharpton or Jesse Jackson. The black community should be embarassed by the likes of these people. Unfortunately for Obama the image of such deceit will effect votes he so badly needs from the white community. I for one and many I know are beginning to doubt Obamas sincerity now that he is bringing race into the fold.
The media must stop giving airtime to the likes of Sharpton . He is only hurting his own and damaging Obamas chances.

The other 11 months are White history month.

White history month?

Dude, the authorized history of mankind has been authored from the perspective of Western, white society - and that is in no way a hyperbolic statement.

Even consider the Civil Rights Movement of the '60s. Why the hell do you think the only real mention of it was a few paragraphs about Martin Luther King? Yes, he was a great man, but he was a man who played the game with white counterparts. If you work within white society, then you will be remembered fondly, or even remembered period.

The amount of racism on this board is staggering. Rogue blacks committing the majority of crimes? Is that a statement made with serious intent? Has it ever occurred to you that it favors the powers that be (the vast majority of whom, mind you, are white males over 50) to objectify the black community in such a way that they are reduced to nothing more than criminal intent? So congratulations on playing the role of the puppet to the T.

And yeah, I'm white. So there YOU go.

waveriderj: why do you feel that "many reasons to be angry with whites?' is a dumb comment? Have you ever experience what an African-American has experienced over the history of this country? Have you ever walked/lived in the footsteps of an African-Americian in this country? Have you FELT, literally FELT the pain that they have experienced, if not, then you should take your own words "how did you become an authority on appropriate behavior for people", before you criticize anyone elses comments.

Why is it alright for black people to be racist against anyone? Why is there a "black history month, where is white history month? UMMMMMMMMMM let me think.
White history has been occurring from the beginning of time. TWhite history is all that we get in school, so we know about White history, however, I do not remember studying about any White America who died trying to fight for each rights and justice for his/her race because they were denied the rights of being human. Do you know where I can get that information?
America has been built on the backs of minorities, however, America (white America) seems to think that THEY did all this along and they are the superior race. Please, culture copies everything that Black America does and tries to make it their own, ie. rapping, when was there a White rapper prior to rap being a musical culture. I see White women with their hair braided (African tradition, they do not even know what it represents, they just think it is cute), white women having injections for bigger lips/breast/hips, why, because they want to have the appearance that African American women have had for years, except ours is natural, young white men/boys wearing clothing just like black men.
If the black race is so bad and evil, murderers, etc. they why is White America constantly trying to be us?

and I guess every other channel other than BET is a white channel. I don't think so.

He very much isn't. And he's not right.

Where was Al after the Rocco Mediate comment? What if things were reversed.

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Thank your for your comments Thinkb-4......Let us not forget however that there appears to differences in the behaviors and cultures of different countries and regions. There are things that people notice between people of their own "color". Some things are an anthropological and sociological pre-disposition. But it is up tp each of us to act as individuals - to ignore expectations and find a right and productive path.

This entire 'controversy' is a sad commentary on the racial inequality and seperatism still rampant in or society. Was Imus' remark true? Was it really a racist comment or was there realism in it either way it was taken? Perhaps it WAS meant as a racial profiling commentary! But in all realism, it most likely wasn't and Imus, racist or not, was RIGHT! What's the crime in that?? He ASSUMED the charges were all brought up on Jones because he's BLACK!

And he was right and confirmed that. And yes, it's a true statement either way-racial profiling DOES exist here as well as some black (and white) men making stupid decisions when they come from poor families and suddely have millions of dollars thrown at them because they can run a fast 40. Or because they're big. Or because they can catch a football. WHY does such a big deal have to be made about it?

I'm sure every other black man here will agree that there are cultural, physical as well as financial disparities between blacks and whites. Let's just all agree that these differences exist and get on with getting along!! Denying these differences bring all blacks and all whites onto the same level playing field which actually breeds racism because we're NOT all alike! It's demeaning to African-Americans who have THEIR own cultural and demeaning the the white ppeople that have their own culture, too. And this ISN'T saying any one is 'better' or 'smarter' or that either culture has an advantage over the other... we're all just different and as son as we learn to embrace our differences and ACCEPT each other for who we are, the faster racism's ugly head will disappear from collective consciousness.

And Al Sharpton? He makes a living on keeping racism alive and well.

Here's what I don't understand.. How is Al Sharpton helping anything? He creates a huge controversy over some random comment and the media coverage simply rages both sides of this white/black existence. If he's creating this separation, how can he blame everyone else for it? Has he ever heard the story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf? Sooner or later, people will stop taking him seriously... if they haven't already.

So I guess you are like Michelle...finally proud of your country.

Well said my brother! i am a Jamaican American woman i have raised four wonderful children, two sons and two daughters they have never gotten in any trouble with the police , they each have a degree two is an accountant one is a male nurse, and one has a degree in information technology after service in the US ARMY she is only 27 years old.
Yet i had a tenant who is white the same age as my youngest daughter who is 27 years old, she dosen't work she has been in trouble with the police several times , she collect benefits from social services basically lives free , how about that!!! i agree that Al Sharpton needs to tone down and that a lot of people likes to use the RACISM word , if we continue with this we will never get any where.

Thinkb4youtypeorspeak,

Thank you for your post as a African American woman I was pleased to see someone with some common sense comment on this topic!

CSI, Law and Order, 24 and Criminal Minds are all fiction. They may have some basis in fact but they are still made for TV fiction. I notice you didn't mention America's Most Wanted, wonder why. I would suggest you review the statistics on violent crime in the US. They are readily available. I think you would find them quite enlightening. Keep in mind that the nation is only 13% black, what is the percentage of crime caused by the few bad blacks?
I agree, not all blacks are evil, anymore then all whites are immoral, but the few blacks who are do very bad things. Jacksonville has about one murder a day. The vast majority are blacks murdered by other blacks. If WGN is to be believed, Chicago is about the same. Of course the worst of our time, Hitler and Stalin, where white.

"...can also go down a long list of African American's that are rich and into sports and music that don't fall into the stereotype box you are all trying to put all blacks in. Will Smith, Denzel Washington, Tiger Woods, Russell Simmons, Prince, Bill Cosby, the list goes on. "

Yes, true. But they were discussing football players-not actors or musicians. And if Tiger Woods is to be believed, he isn't 'black.'

Imus had about an 80% probability on his side anyway, because that's the ratio of blacks to whites in the NFL. It was a moronic statement made by a moron with a microphone in his face. Why anyone would pay attention to Imus' insipid ramblings is beyond me anyway.

CommonSense- you make a lot of sense. This post and your earlier post...well said.

And exactly, why in the world people still listen to Imus or Howard Stern is beyond me. The trash that comes out of their mouths is ridiculous and completely offensive to all.

once again calling Tiger an african American which he himself has said he is not.

calling Tiger Woods African American is about as funny as the media calling Obama the first African American Presidential nominee....they're BOTH half breeds as am I...half white, half Native American, so how do I label myself? Hmm...depends on what I'm most proud of from my ancestory, so I'm Cherokee. The "white Nation" pretty much sucks and takes too much false pride in itself, but at the same time, you don't hear very much outrage from the Natives of this land. We were stripped of everything except some sagebrush and more false promises, but/and....I am NOT predjudiced in any way, but if African Americans are so unhappy here and feel they are still entitled to 40 acres and a mule, stand in line behine the Natives, the Chinese who built the TransContinental RailRoad, or simply get on another ship east bound, and go da &(# back to Africa and see if lifes better here or there. Bet you'll bring ur happy azz back within a month. Happy sailing!

Fianlly a comment with sense. Kudos Benghic.

Amen, sister!
This country has fallen into an abyss that will take another civil war to get out of! White people need to stand up for themselves!

Join the NAAWP!!!

Even if we are a racist society, wouldn't you want to rise above that? Take the high road!

Excuse me but I have never heard any month called "white month" every day 24/7 as is black history month. The whites have become afraid to state their true beliefs because they know they will be label racist.

Ms Cookie, what does Imus' appearance have to do with anything? Where are you and so many other nut jobs contributing to this blog, going with all this racist-yes, racists-no angry banter? Would you speak this way to each-other if you were talking face-to-face?

Imus is an ENTERTAINER and a very smart one to boot. If you do not understand or like his 'put-down' humor, so be it. To bad that those of you who are all over him, do not know his real character as a kind, caring and benevolent person. He will never show that side of himself in public, because he is self-actualized and does not need our recognition. The fact is, Imus makes significant contributions to our multi-racial society without discrimination that I doubt any of us could come close to match.

I have read too many 'chips' on too many people's shoulders in this blog. I can only hope that this blog, excepting a few reasoned responses, is in fact Nut-Job Central and I am outa here!

I am so sorry that you went through that. It is so unlike my community and my experience that I can't even believe what I read. I have posted several comments about personal responsibility and a no excuses mentality - but this. WTF? I don't even know what to say. There is no Black National Anthem. We already have a national anthem. Those who disagree with ours should be considered the detractors, not you.

I believe I would be taking that up with the school Superintendent. I cannot believe that such a thing would happen. Of course, you didn't mention if it was a public school? If it was public school, that is completely unprofessional. And obviously these school personnel need to attend some ethics training.

what IS the black national anthem?