Oops! He did it again.

What I don't understand is WHY are folks in an uproar over what IMUS said? He is only voicing an accurate opinion of what each and every one of us is thinking. Thinking and wondering at the same time. It is unfortunate that truth has to be told from the most unlikely sources but Malcolm X said that if we really want to know our history, we can not throw out or discredit what has been noted by Caucasians. It is really ironic that everyone wants to jump on IMUS gain...this time for stating a true fact. IT IS African American male atheletes that feel the need to flaunt their' so-called' status and wealth in the worst way possible. AND THEN GET CAUGHT DOING SOMETHING STUPID! I never heard of any of that crap when it came to names like: Joe Montana, Steve Young, Tony Roma, Dan Marino ...ie. making it rain on strippers 24/7...getting into fights at the strip clubs ALL THE TIME...bringing guns and allegedly shooting up folks AT THE STRIP CLUB!!! Dog fighting rings...MURDER!! Always getting fined for drug usage. ARRESTS GALORE! Some of these atheletes have a longer rap sheet than the average every day criminal in the 'hood! Not saying that these I mentioned above men have had the squeakiest of images but COME ON! Why is it that our atheletes have to show the negative sides of themselves all the time...especially when they know that the camera is always on? It makes no sense!! This is the image that African American atheletes AND rappers are living and portraying ever single day. Hey! I even find MYSELF saying the exact same thing that IMUS said. "African American...That figures." We are the ONLY group of people who knowingly shoot ourselves in the foot and then say "whaaaat?"

I suppose you did not witness "Broadway Joe's" drunken behavior on national tv? The problem with your discussion is it seems too much bias and too little substance. Your comments indicate either miseducated negro syndrome, uninformed colored malady, or masquerading liberal perspective. I suggest you bring a more enlightened view to the issue by becoming better informed. As for the issue at hand (i.e., Imus and his perspective), the comment is exactly what those who employ this individual should expect. The comment is in keeping with Imus' history. I am neither shocked nor interested, as I am not a member of the Imus audience demographic.

I didn't know he was still on the air, and, his uncouth statement is not that big of a shock at all to me. Too bad the so called athletes can't stop their out of control, destructive behavior that keeps them in the news and nitwits like Imus in a well paid job to critique them. Bigger fish to fry Rev Al, bigger fish, this is a non-issue.

Assuming that AJ is referring to my discussion above: My perspective is the general outlook of many African Americans in this country. That is if you really are intellectually capable of assessing the plight of African Americans in this country. Why is it that negative images of young, "successful," African American men are splayed across the media? It is because the media at large is ran primarily by wealthy Caucasians in this country. Is this a new fact? Is this a new devlopment? No. Hence the reason that Imus has a job and will continue to have one. But ask yourself this question: When you see or hear of an athlete screwing up BIG TIME on the news, what color are they? Sure. There are Caucasian athletes in the news for steroid usage, lying; perjury charges and betting on games. But who are the athletes committing salacious crimes and random acts of stupidity? African American MALES!! I can run it down to you if you want me to give you names, dates and places. There was even one talented football star...African American...who at one time QUIT the NFL because he wanted to smoke weed...for "medicinal purposes"...full time. Instead of getting out there and making that cheddar, he wanted to get high. Now that the money is running out, he wants BACK IN. I watch ESPN and ESPEN news. I see this stupidity from African American MALE athletes all the time. Why is it that African American males seem to catch all of this hell? Being arrogant. Most of these athletes come from the inner city and have never had money or wealth. Now that they do, they get the big head and instead of investing...or simply being low-key about their dirt...they've got to do crap IN PUBLIC. You know that the media is going to target them anyway. The League tells all new athletes this during their first orientation. "Watch your money, beware of the women, keep your nose clean." Ten times out of ten, they don't listen and give in to the fame and temptation. Not saying that Caucasian athletes don't do it too, but WE have a certain sense of making GRAND STANDS when we are in the wrong. Here's something else...making national news headlines....Shaq has just written a diss rap about how Kobe ran his mouth about Shaq's cheating ways and caused the divorce drama he is now in. HOW STUPID IS THAT?! Kobe is not married to Shaq's wife!!! Shaq is!!! Call me "Imus" then. Only a brutha would make a ridiculous rap about something so asinine and backward...

Tracy, er, what do your comments have to do with what Imus said? He didn't talk about the State of the Black Union. That's what YOU are doing. He made a comment about this particular player and the not too casual reference about black crime. You really shouldn't talk about intellectual capacity here. It doesn't take an 8th grade education to come up with the same bullsht as you have here. You didn't provide any sort of intellectually stimulating, against the grain sort of analysis. Nothing you have said here is a "new" fact. Since you bring up gender. Why is it that when you hear of a child born out of wedlock, it's a black woman. Welfare, black women. Kids my multiple partners, black women. Rising HIV rates, black women. Video ho's, black women. Books about urban sex and vice, black women. Needing a thug, black women. Rising incarceration rates, black women. We can play the "whose more prone to stupidity" game all day long. As a woman, you should be cautious about lumping all black men in ANY group together. I could label you as a "ho" since that's what most black women are perceived as. Or maybe nappy headed ho.

I wish Black on Black crime would receive the national attention as Don Imus and others receive after making racists comments. Across this country Blacks are killing and robbing each other at an alarming rate. We are wasting time on Don Imus and other racists white folks.

Imus your time has passed. Your statements are unacceptable. All of the aforementioned bullcrap in the world is not going to justify why you did or didn't mean what you said. You said it, it's been noted and now the networks need to handle it.

This would indeed be a non-issue if we would have a grown up disscussion about race relations in America, and deal with all the good-bad-and ugly aspects of the "Real America" and stop avoiding it, and sweeping it under the rug. Most people in this country are good intending people who unfortunately are usually ill-informed when it comes to other cultures. And theres no mainstream incentive to learn the black culture, as a whole not just a black movie, or a rap song, or one of your best friends who happen to be black. Learn us the same way the white culture is rammed down our throats.

Tracey, the reason why the Imus situation is significant is that Imus is a radio professional and has the ability to talk about people without interjecting negative racial overtones. Blacks own less than one percent of Radio stations, and the top Black talk morning drive (Tom Joyner, Doug Banks) aren't heard in three of the four top radio markets, but Imus is. The nationally syndicated sports talk host Jim Rome, the self proclaimed "King of Smack" talks about all the crazy, stupid and embarassing things athletes do without coming from an overtly racial context, even though most of the folks he's talking about are Black. Maybe it helps that Rome, who is white, has a English degree from UC Santa Barbara. Allowing Imus on the air after his remarks about the Rutgers women sent a message to the broadcast industry that it's OK for radio folks to dis Black people and that folks like Imus can get back on the air after a suspension. Yes it's true that Black people are killing each other around the country but it that issue doesn't get any airtime because folks like Imus are on the air.

We have to keep these folks honest, and Don Imus should be NO exception. Maybe, he was being "sarcastic", but he either continues to try to re-write the history of his "nappy hos" comment in order to escape further guilt, or he is a closet RACIST who continues to be INFATUATED with a person's skin color! OsiSpeaks[dot]com

I beg to differ KY Juris Doctor. Imus is not a closet racist - he is out the closet. What ticks me off is this guy, although he is a shock jock, has a history of these types of racist remarks but can keep a job. I'm dumbfounded by that.

Midwest Guy, I am nappy headed (I wear locs) and I used to be a ho. That statement doesn't bother me because I know who I am, where I've been, and more importantly, where I plan to end up. If you didn't already know it, WE the Black State of Union, is in CRISIS! How can we even begin to defeat the opinions of one racist man if we won't or refuse to accept the truth about ourselves? I see you did no disagree with the facts about African American male atheletes because we can no longer hide behind the excuse that the media is wholly responsible. And...being that I am an educated African American woman, I do take to task the irresponsible behavior that a lot of young sistas are exhibiting today as well. I was one of those sistas years ago. Ignorant, arrogant and DUMB. But change can only come when you ACKNOWLEDGE AND ACCEPT the truth about yourself instead of blaming and pointing fingers at others. However, my closing thought on this conversation is simple: Don Imus is who he is. What he said is not significant because this is merely what is ingrained in him. He will never change his mental capabilities when it comes to race. Imus will ALWAYS have a job. So,why debate it? Why waste time on it? FOX News is the REAL PROBLEM. Surprisingly, this is nothing new. Malcolm X spoke about this over forty years ago. But he didn't put the blame entirely on the racism of the media/press. Bill Cosby said the same thing and he was villified for speaking truth. I am forty-one. My generation knows the truth. Does this one?

I believe that I pointed out earlier that nothing you said is new--that you didn't provide a intellectual analysis of the problem because it's HAS been talked about before. You are not that special. You are not alone in acknowledging and accepting our problems as just that--problems. It's great that you are a reformed ho. That too does not make you special. However, there are many ho's who get with these men that needs attention. As a WOMAN, try to spend more time dealing with them rather than attacking black men, we get it and you aren't the only one who does. Turn on the TV, radio, internet etc., EVERYBODY is acknowleding and accepting our shit. If there's another instance of some white person offending blacks we should and will continue to call them out EVEN THOUGH we got our own shit to deal with. Your generation and those before you sat idle while the "current" problem manifested. No special awards to you and yours.

If the discussion that I presented is nothing new, then why is Don Imus and his idiocy a news maker for us? Calling out the KKK every single time they march is ridiculous! Let 'em march. But the truest testament to refuting any form of racism is in how you LIVE your life. Once again, that is a lesson that harkens back to Dr. King and Malcolm X. Knowing your enemy is a good thing. Dom Imus has been duly noted. But what about the 'King Fish' in the deep ocean? And what about that purple elephant in our own backyard that we continue to ignore? When are we going to 'call out' ourselves? Furthermore, my generation is currently on the verge of electing one of our own to the highest office in the country. When Barack Obama speaks of change, this is what he means: everyone has to be held accountable. So, we as African Americans can nic-pic and point fingers and 'play the proverbial victim' or we can move forward. Place our energies and efforts into getting the First African American man in HISTORY in the White House. As far as being a woman AND a mother of TWO SONS, I have a right to question the plight of young African American males in this country.

Wait just a moment what Imus said isn't the issue. The issue is more so that African American players were constantly at odds with the law. Lets try and address that issue. Where is Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson? www.andwearenotsaved.blogspot.com

AJ, Thank you! You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it. Malcolm X

So I ask you, "who" doesn't want to have this discussion. Better yet, "who" are these people don't want to "call us out." Where are they? The black male problem/bashing has been duly noted in numerous national discusssions prior to you hitting submit in your original post. Are you solving a problem by posting it? Did you offer anything different than what is always said? No you didn't. Yet, you posted it anway. "Your" generation is about to elect one of "your" own? I don't believe that is the sort of change that Obama is speaking of. It is people from all generations who are instrumental in electing Obama. It is of no surprise that you feel "entitled" to Obama. We can move forward and acknowledge blatant attacks on us. I really do not care if you are the mother of the purple and pink elephant in the backyard. If your sons are within earshot of the black male bashing you have done hear, then I hope their father is actively involved in their lives because too many young black men do not have a male in their homes to counter the attacks from black women.

Here is a different spin. Out of all the comments, not one person has mentioned freedom of speech. Like it or not, Imus has the freedom to say things that may shock and anger us. Unfortunately, he is allowed to do it over the airways. Just like each person here has an opinion so does he. I don't support Imus,I don't even like him, but the truth of the matter is there are more things to focus on than some old white man spewing racist remarks cloaked in what he believes is a harmless truth.