Posted by
Logical Party on Monday, June 23, 2008 8:00:00 PM
Knowing Imus, what he said is what he meant in that he was focuing on the fact that Pacman Jones was arrested again, and maybe, maybe, singled out because he was black, although I disagree. It could be he was a celebrity, or he's 6'10" and stands out, or he has a tendancy towards getting into trouble time and again. There is the theory that people cause trouble because they have a streak of malice and disrespect in them regardless of color, sex or religious persuasion.
There is a big difference now then when Imus made the ridiculous remark under the guise of humor a year and a half ago. He, like Howard Stern before him, now has African Americans in his employ, part of his concession in coming back to the airwaves. It is thus assumed that no one could be rascist when they are surrounded by people of different ethnic persuasions, although again, Imus, who runs a ranch for children with terminal illness for all races, along with many charities benefiting all such as SIDS research, did not saying anything racial - quite the opposite.
David DiBello