Don Imus totally learned his lesson that first time

June 23rd, 2008 | Posted by PostmanE

Don Imus is getting really consistent with this whole racism thing. It’s like any time anything sports related crosses his desk, he says something vaguely bigoted. The latest comes from Politico, via Chris.

During the show, conversation turned to a story about how suspended Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones now wants to drop his well-known nickname. In the course of the segment, Imus is told that Jones has “been arrested six times since being drafted by Tennessee in 2005.”

Imus asks: “What color is he?”

“He’s African-Ameri10n,” the host is informed by one of his on-air sidekicks.

“Well, there you go,” Imus said. “Now we know.”

I suppose there is some wiggle room for “now we know” — maybe he just really wanted to know what race this delightful-sounding Adam Jones was! — but, actually, no. No there isn’t. Dude’s still a racist, and he still sounds like a train wreck.Three cheers for unlearned lessons!