Don Imus is in trouble, once again, with the black community. He’s made racial remarks in the past – and he’s been properly scolded. But was his most recent remark against African American, or in support of their cause?
The topic of discussion was Pacman Jones being arrested 6 times since being in the NFL. Don Imus is said “what color is he?” – knowing he was black – and when the other guy said “he’s black,” Don Imus responded by saying “well there ya go.”
There are two ways of interpreting this dialogue.
1. Don Imus is saying that we shouldn’t be surprised that he got arrested 5 times, all black people misbehave and get arrested.
2. The I-man is making a point that blacks are discriminated against by police.
Obviously, the media has jumped onto interpretation number 1 – that one is much more entertaining. And to be honest, it sounded like that was what he meant. However, it is possible that he meant interpretation number 2.
Don Imus stated that the remark was sarcastically pointing out how blacks are discriminated against. He also said…
“What people should be outraged about is that they arrest blacks for no reason”
Despite his defensive statements, he is still under a lot of scrutiny for what he said. Whether he meant it to be interpreted as option number 1 or 2 will never be known, but one thing is certain – Don Imus and leaders of the African American community will never be pals.
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