"I will never say anything in my lifetime . . .
. . . that will make any of these young women at Rutgers regret or feel foolish that they accepted my apology and forgave me," Don Imus told his audience (both live and in the radiosphere) as he began his first broadcast at his new home, WABC-AM. "And no one else will say anything on my program that will make anyone think I did not deserve a second chance."
It's one thing to say that you'll keep your own mouth zipped, but it's something else to speak for other folks. Considering that the black dude who first referred to the women's basketball team as "hard-core hos" before Imus took the mantel and made his own slur remains at Imus' side, well, I just hope he was listening.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I believe him. He sounds chastened, humbled, and like he's displaying the sensitivity a man of his years should have.
So don't let me down, Big Mouth.

5 comments:

Gwyneth Bolton said...

Mmm... we'll see.... ;-)

Gwyneth

Shelia said...

He's a shock jock, so I'm sure he'll say something controversial again...but this time, he'll probably leave the comments to public figures. I'm not a fan of his but I'm he wouldn't have an audience if he changed his style.

bettye griffin said...

Controversy, absolutely. Insulting, absolutely. He wasn't on the air an hour when he called Hillary Clinton "Satan." But racial slurs . . . I say he won't. And I do hope he limits the non-racial insults to older adults, not young college students.

Thanks for commenting, Gwyneth and Shelia!

Yasmin said...

I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt...

bettye griffin said...

Yasmin,
I'm with you. I really think he knows he won't get another chance if he blow this one.