Don Imus' legacy: Pioneering broadcaster's death puts spotlight on his history of racial insults. - NBCBLK
But it was not an isolated incident. A cataloging of his most vile insults would include one in 1993, when The New York Times tapped the esteemed journalist Gwen Ifill to cover the White House, where Imus referred to Ifill as the “cleaning lady.” Ifill died on Nov. 14, 2016. In 1984, Imus called Howard Stern, a fellow radio personality and someone he feuded with on and off throughout his career, “a slut too, plus a Jew b------ and should be castrated.”DON EMMERT / ASSOCIATED PRESStold NBCBLK.
“Because on the one hand, he was a pioneering broadcaster who a lot of mainstream people feel kindly towards and had friendships with; John McCain went on his show; Joe Scarborough said those nice things about him; Sean Hannity was tweeting about what a great figure he was,” Deggans said. “But embedded in his show was this racism and sexism that constantly kept coming up.”
For years, Imus was criticized by some African Americans for what they described as his repeated racial insensitivity. “The story of coming to terms with the true scope of Don Imus’ legacy is the story of coming to terms with the true scope of how much racism there has been in mainstream broadcasting and how many people who are still famous and major names in broadcasting who have roots in that kind of broadcasting,” Deggans said.
“I think they think it says something about them that they didn’t recognize that and reject him,” Deggans added. “The struggle now is to get people to get the full measure of his legacy, not just the things you can talk about in polite company.”
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