Don Imus once again brings race to airwaves
By: Staff Writer  - AP
Published: 6/23/2008  at  6:17:00 PM

NEW YORK (AP) - Don Imus has once again injected race into his radio show.

During an on-air conversation Monday about the arrests of suspended Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam ``Pacman'' Jones, Imus asked, ``What color is he?''

Told by sports announcer Warner Wolf that Jones is ``African-American,'' Imus responded: ``There you go. Now we know.''

Civil rights leader Al Sharpton issued a statement calling the exchange disturbing ``because it plays into stereotypes.'' He says his National Action Network was still deciding how to respond.

Imus was fired from his previous show last year after he made a racially charged comment about the Rutgers women's basketball team.

Representatives for Imus and WABC Radio haven't returned calls.


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