Don Imus is under fire for another controversial comment involving race. I'm not going to copy a transcript of them, because context and tone are important when trying to decipher someone's intent.
You can hear the whole thing right here, from YouTube.
Imus is being sarcastic and trying to be funny. Immediately before the Pacman comments, he states matter-of-factly that if you are in a nightclub you can expect shots to be fired.
He is joking.
Imus now says he was making a sarcastic point about black people being singled out by law enforcement. Maybe he was. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, because I don't like the idea of speech police having to pass on the merits of every off-hand comment.
Imus, like the rest of us, is subject to criticism. This time, however, I think it is unwarranted.
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