Imus Still in Hot Water

[UGAalum94]

I can imagine the players themselves suing, but even that seems pretty unlikely. It's really hard to imagine the FCC getting involved, but maybe they have standards that allow them to address racially offensive speech. (I think "nappy hos" is offensive, but IS it at a level the FCC would address?)

[shinerbock]

I'm sick of hearing "reporters" refer to Imus's "racist comments". Lets try "controversial" or "cruel".

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

I'm sick of hearing "reporters" refer to Imus's "racist comments". Lets try "controversial" or "cruel".

You don't think the "nappy" makes it racial? Not that white people couldn't be nappy headed, but that wasn't the context.

I went back and read the transcript on the first page; it's pretty racially focused with the follow up comment too.

Now, I'm not saying that I believe Imus to be a racist based on the one comment, but the comment sure seems to be a racist one.

[shinerbock]

Not really, no.