Imus dropped from MSNBC for racial comments

[Dis]

I guess this is a racial slur, though I'm not sure how. Although it's not exactly a nice thing to say. I have no idea why he said it.

So what say you? Racial slur? yes or no. And should be be dropped from MSNBC? What about his radio show?

I really don't care for the guy? Is he a conservative? I never really paid attention. He seemed boring to me. Most likely he's a conservative. You don't hear of too many liberal talk radio hosts.

[ZEE]

Don Imus is a scumbag... sorry to be so blunt but he got what he deserved... YES it was a racial slur... and he has ALSO been known to spit out racial slurs in the past... MSNBC did the RIGHT thing... hopefully i will never hear, or see, Don Imus again...
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[Elok]

He's a doofus, it seems. Probably racist too, but more of a nervous, ignorant, well-aren't-those-nice-colored-folk racist than a skinhead type. I've never heard his show, this is just character assassination based on what's been in the news.

[Apocalypse]

Actually he is pretty liberal and likes to bash republicans....when he isn't making racist comments about other black people like Maya Angelou.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Imus shoulda been canned for sucking not for this.

[Ming]

The sad part is, it took the advertisers to take him down. MSNBC was trying their best not to fire him, and only suspended him at first... but once many of the advertisers said they were dropping their sponsorships, the end came quickly.

I'm sure he will be back on the radio at some point in the future.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Meanwhile Obama remembers he's black and calls for death to whitey

Obama: Fire Imus
Obama First White House Contender to Call for Imus' Firing Over Racial Slur


"I understand MSNBC has suspended Mr. Imus," Obama told ABC News, "but I would also say that there's nobody on my staff who would still be working for me if they made a comment like that about anybody of any ethnic group. And I would hope that NBC ends up having that same attitude."

By JAKE TAPPER


April 11, 2007— In an interview with ABC News Wednesday afternoon, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., called for the firing of talk radio host Don Imus. Obama said he would never again appear on Imus' show, which is broadcast on CBS Radio and MSNBC television.

"I understand MSNBC has suspended Mr. Imus," Obama told ABC News, "but I would also say that there's nobody on my staff who would still be working for me if they made a comment like that about anybody of any ethnic group. And I would hope that NBC ends up having that same attitude."

Obama said he appeared once on Imus' show two years ago, and "I have no intention of returning."

Racial Slur Stirs Trouble for Shock Jock

Last week, Imus referred to the Rutgers University women's basketball team, most of whom are African-American, as "nappy-headed hos." He has since apologized for his remarks, and CBS and MSNBC suspended his show for two weeks.

"He didn't just cross the line," Obama said. "He fed into some of the worst stereotypes that my two young daughters are having to deal with today in America. The notions that as young African-American women — who I hope will be athletes — that that somehow makes them less beautiful or less important. It was a degrading comment. It's one that I'm not interested in supporting."

Though every major presidential candidate has decried the racist remarks, Obama is the first one to say Imus should lose his job for them.

His proclamation was the latest in an ever-expanding list of bad news for Imus.

Sponsors, including American Express Co., General Motors Corp., Procter & Gamble Co., and Staples Inc. — have announced they are pulling advertisements from the show for the indefinite future.

Tuesday, the basketball team held a press conference.

"I think that this has scarred me for life," said Matee Ajavon. "We grew up in a world where racism exists, and there's nothing we can do to change that."

"What we've been seeing around this country is this constant ratcheting up of a coarsening of the culture that all of have to think about," Obama said.

"Insults, humor that degrades women, humor that is based in racism and racial stereotypes isn't fun," the senator told ABC News.



"And the notion that somehow it's cute or amusing, or a useful diversion, I think, is something that all of us have to recognize is just not the case. We all have First Amendment rights. And I am a constitutional lawyer and strongly believe in free speech, but as a culture, we really have to do some soul-searching to think about what kind of toxic information are we feeding our kids," he concluded.



Clayton Sandell contributed to this report.

ABC News

[Apocalypse]

Originally posted by Ogie Oglethorpe
Meanwhile Obama remembers he's black and calls for death to whitey

Must've looked in a mirror...nothing else about it would tip off that he's black.

[DinoDoc]

So are Snoop Dog and 50 cent next on the chopping block?

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Ogie Oglethorpe
Meanwhile Obama remembers he's black and calls for death to whitey

w00t!

[Patroklos]

Since when is "nappy" a raicial slur? Not all the basketball team is even black? I call white people nappy all the time. It is just another example of Sharpton/Jackson sandbaging onto something for a photo op. When was the last time any of them did anything meaningful for civil rights?

What I would be pissed about is him calling them "whores" on national television for absolutely no reason. What a douchebag.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Patroklos
Since when is "nappy" a raicial slur?

"Nappy-headed", in my limited experience with the term, has always been used in reference to a black person's hair.

[Sprayber]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
So are Snoop Dog and 50 cent next on the chopping block?

Don't you know that it's artistic when black people say those things?

[Patroklos]

If that is the case, if it can only be a referance to black peoples unique hair type, is it really a slur?

I have read hair, is every joke/reference to it a racial slur?

[KrazyHorse]

Red hair is a defining characteristic of being white?

I suppose I'm not white then.