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Don Imus :: "What Color Is He?"

After making his infamous "nappy-headed hos" comment regarding the Rutgers University women's basketball team ... Don Imus is making the headlines yet again for a comment he made regarding Dallas Cowboys defensive back Adam "Pacman" Jones' race ...

On his WABC Radio show ... Imus and sportscaster Warner Wolf were discussing Jones' decision to stop using his "Pacman" nickname in an effort to rehabilitate his image after a series of run-ins with the police ...

Warner Wolf: "Defensive back Adam 'Pacman' Jones, recently signed by the Cowboys—here's a guy suspended all of 2007, following a shooting in a Vegas nightclub."

Don Imus: "Well, stuff happens. You're in a nightclub, for god's sake. What do you think is going to happen in a nightclub. People are drinking and doing drugs. There are women there, and people have guns. So there, go ahead."

Warner Wolf: "He's been arrested six times since being drafted by Tennessee in 2005."

Don Imus: "What color is he?"

Warner Wolf: "He's African-American."

Don Imus: "Well, there you go. Now we know."

Here is the clip ...

Upon hearing Imus' comments ... Jones made a statement to the press ... calling Imus' words offensive and uncalled for ...

Adam Jones: "I'm truly upset about the comments. Obviously, Mr. Imus has problems with African-Americans. I'm upset, and I hope the station he works for handles it accordingly. I will pray for him."

Reverend Al Sharpton ... who called for Imus' firing when he made his Rutgers comment ... had his own words for Imus ...

Al Sharpton: "I find the inference of his remark disturbing because it plays into stereotypes. Any use of stereotypes is always counterproductive. We will determine in the next day or so whether or not his remark warrants direct action on our part, as we did in April of last year."

Imus isn't apologizing ... he claims that he was making a "sarcastic" comment in defense of African-Americans ... and was taken out of context ...

Don Imus: "What people should be outraged about is that they arrest Blacks for no reason. I mean, there's no reason to arrest this kid six times. Maybe he did something once, but everyone does something once."

~Papi Chulo~

In the News :: "Barack the Magic NEGRO"

Before we talk about Barack Obama ... we need a brief history lesson ... let's go back a few years ... to 1830 ...

The minstrel show was a form of entertainment consisting of comic skits, variety acts, dancing, and music, performed by white people in blackface or, especially after the American Civil War, African Americans in blackface.  Minstrel shows portrayed and lampooned blacks in stereotypical and often disparaging ways: as ignorant, lazy, buffoonish, superstitious, joyous, and musical.  Minstrels claimed that their songs and dances were authentically black, although the extent of the black influence remains debated.  Spirituals (known as jubilees) entered the repertoire in the 1870s, marking the first undeniably black music to be used in minstrelsy.

In the News :: TV Host Fired Over Unintended Gay Slur

The media has come under scrutiny in the past over the blatant use of racial and ethnic slurs.  In recent times, the media has blasted those who use derogatory remarks against those of different races, ethnicities, religions and sexualities.  Don Imus said "nappy headed hoes" on his radio program and he was fired.  Isaiah Washington uttered the word "faggot" on the set of Grey's Anatomy, and his contract was not renewed.  Over the summer ... Telemundo TV personality Luisa Fernanda made a derogatory remark against gay men ... and she has been fired.  So, why is Telemundo getting flack from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) for the firing ???