4/23/07 11:49 AM
Anybody who ever watched or listened to Imus's show would know that he is definitely not a racist.
Every Martin Luther King Day, he played the entire recorded "I Have a Dream" speech on his program.
He gave strong and vocal support to Congressman Harold Ford, Jr. (D-Tennessee) in his bid for the Senate last fall.
Because Carroll O'Connor played Archie Bunker on TV, did that make him a bigot? Of course not. It was a role. Imus's occasional sWWW comments were of the same ilk. To take this one goofy episode and act like it is the sum total of his life and character is grossly unfair.
Imus could do wonders for race relations if he were returned to the airwaves. When he puts his mind and money to a cause, things get done. He could do much more to unite us than Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton have ever done or will ever do. Despite this sWWW comment, he was already doing that, bringing children of all races together in their suffering. When have these black ministers done anything to help a white child? There is where the hypocrisy lies -- not with Don Imus.