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Bruce Gordon, former head of the NAACP and a director of CBS Corp., said Wednesday the broadcasting company needs a "zero tolerance policy" on racism and hopes talk-show host Don Imus is fired for his demeaning remarks about the mostly black Rutgers women's basketball team.

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STONERS
April 11, 2007, 12:38 p.m.
"He's crossed the line, he's violated our community,"
"He needs to face the consequence of that violation."
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PsychoHosebeast
April 11, 2007, 4:05 p.m.
I can only assme that this guy also wants Dave Chappelle, Charlie Murphy, Carlos Mencia, Louis Farrakhan, Al Sharpton, Chris Rock, and probably about 100 other black or Mexican celebrities fired, too--I mean, these are all people who based CAREERS on bigotry and racism, all Imus did was issue a stupid, ill-thought out comment. My guess is that ol' Bruce Gordon's job could possibly be in jeopardy too. Who, in the media world, decided that this story needed to be blown so far out of proportion? My guess is that someone doesn't like Imus or his politics, and is trying to screw with him by shutting him up.
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twofoot
April 11, 2007, 4:40 p.m.
Although I abhor as every right minded person must the ignorant insult that Imus directed towards those beautiful and independent young womas. I think we should be careful not to take away the rights of free speech. They (the woman) are not at all diminished by these remarks. They do have the right to extract an apology. No one has the right to even imply that someone is a Ho especially when they cannot possibly know the life style of the person in question. And to somehow suggest that these woman are not lovely but inferior is just plain lacking in judgemnet. Imus is not my ideal of looks or morality and I am glad I have the right to say so. If people don't want to listen to him. Then don't as I don't, but lets guard the right to free speech.
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Harbeas
April 11, 2007, 5:38 p.m.
I have no like for Imus but let's ask ouselves why we allow all the so called rap "music" to continue to insult, degrade and talk more racism than any 10 Imus's? What do we do about them? Absolutely nothing because it is called free speech. Is not Imus guilty of the same free speech?
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ellabella2
April 11, 2007, 6:26 p.m.
Citing rap music or black comedians as a rationale for not holding Imus accountable is nothing short of ignorant. What Imus said is only the most recent in a long line of racial slurs that most certainly reflect his prejudices and racist point of view. The man IS a racist, folks - only racists listen to him, and only racists could consider his comments just "stupid mistakes". People who are NOT racists don't make those kinds of "stupid mistakes". It wouldn't be in their vocabularies. Imus needs to go, and it's about time!
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nostalgia
April 11, 2007, 6:44 p.m.
I just heard on MSNBC that they have fired Imus
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Edmar14
April 11, 2007, 7:05 p.m.
If this were the first time, then it could be looked at as poor judgement. But Imus has been making racist and ethnic remarks and offending people for a long time. I seem to remember a remark about Jews a while back, and if I remember correctly, Bernie piped in as well. Imus was better off when he was drugging and drinking. At least then he had an excuse for his stupidity.
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Harbeas
April 11, 2007, 7:45 p.m.
ellabella
Ignorant, that's a pretty strong word there. It is you who are ignorant for not reading what I said. I am not saying we should not hold Imus accountable, I am just wondering why we don't hold other people who do the same thing, i.e. rap musicians accoutable.
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silverbirch3x
April 11, 2007, 7:49 p.m.
i was not born prejudiced. i went through school that way and lived 9/10th of my life without being a racist. but that is changing the more i here from the naacp, black student college fund, and all the other raciially divided organizations formed by blacks, negroes, nubians or whatever they call themselves now. what would happen to a caucasian student college fund, or an all white college like the all black colleges there are. all the segragated organizations they have formed. what would happen if there were a caucasian organization for every one they have? i will tell you it would be called racist and be banned. i will call imus a racist when those organizations are called racist. until then freedom of speech still stands. and until they take afro off the american. they can't actually call themselves americans now can they. just the word american is enough for me. and most can tell they are black.
what do they call us when the censors are off? much worse.
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EdgewoodDirk
April 11, 2007, 9:13 p.m.
Clearly Imus is an idiot for saying that on public radio (or at all). I'm not sure why he would even think that. It was completely irrelevant and disrespectful, and they have every right to be offended. I don't know anything else about him. But I somewhat agree with the above statement- I hate that apparently only white people can be called racist. I don't agree with the "it's okay for a black person to call another black person _______, but it's not okay for a white person to say it, even in jest." Yet somehow it's okay for a black person to call me a cracker. Frankly, I'm sorry, but I don't think any one word should have as much power as people seem to be giving to these racist words. They only have as much power as you give them.
I mean, it's not like he falsely accused some people of the opposite race of rape and relied on racial tensions to carry the case...
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rumple4skin
April 12, 2007, 11:52 a.m.
(1) NET friends and colleagues: There are, not surprisingly, many members of white America outraged by the comment made by Imus. Throughout history the American Negro have had comfort and support from many dedicated white allies fighting the battle against hate and racism. Why am I so surprised that, barely 7 years into the 21st century, too many white brethren appear to be still imbedded in 20th century ignorance?
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rumple4skin
April 12, 2007, 11:57 a.m.
(2) Shame on us for trying to obfuscate the issue by injecting an array of tawdry excuses (free speech, hip-hop, Sharpton, Jackson, et-al). This is a normal white apologist ploy that will not play this time. It was white America that invented the American n____r so beloved by Imus. Today the American n____r is, thanks to deafening silence, a universal person. Whether by design or default, white America will never be allowed to use the beloved word 'n_____'. There is no double standard here: Black America will always embrace this word - white America will always be forbidden to use it. I understand and respect this societal fact. Until America respects its black, Asian, Spanish, and Indian, (the visible ones) cultures and their collective contributions it will never ever respect its men, women, and children. All this is moot. Imus has faced the firing squad ... poor misunderstood slime.