OK, I admit right off that I wasn't up to speed in my memory of the Campanis comment. Now that you reminded me, I'm embarrassed to have included that reference in my comment. However, though it was obviously ignorant, his comment was also rather harmless.
As pre the reverse racism thing, I didn't claim or think this was actually the case, only that this was the only possible controversy. And the reverse racism would be dependent on whether any charge of racial profiling in this situation was accurate. In other words, was Imus fair to law enforcement in general when he insinuated Pacman was the victim of profiling. Personally, I think Imus was exaggerating the case. But was his comment racist? His explanation is not unreasonable, that it was a sarcastic response in which case it made sense; the question in my mind is whether this was an honest explanation. If not, then his comment was racist.
But if it was, then that led to my summary comment, that in the greater scheme of things, I think this incident has been totally overreacted to, and is the result of those who are sensitive to being reminded of this nation's grave racial legacy.
