ESPN"S Steven A SMith says a no no on the air

[kingdom warrior]

I doubt he'll get fired we live in a double standard society......I hear so many african Americans use it to each other it's no joke. Just as long a "whitey" or "others"don't say it to a brother it's all good.......what a joke. I'd fire him in a heartbeat......

[MegoMark71]

Biggest problem i have is that he doesn't have the guts or brains to admit to it. Like i said in the opening post, my wife was half asleep and knew what he said. There is no question what came out of his mouth. I have never liked him cause of the way he always talks angry. The man is very smart and doesn't have to resort to doing the things he does.

[kingdom warrior]

Biggest problem i have is that he doesn't have the guts or brains to admit to it. Like i said in the opening post, my wife was half asleep and knew what he said. There is no question what came out of his mouth. I have never liked him cause of the way he always talks angry. The man is very smart and doesn't have to resort to doing the things he does.

True, He could nip it in the butt by saying he slipped I apologize and move on....no one get's that upset.....but when you flat out deny it, you're just a bigger fool....

[toys2cool]

I think what Smith said and what Imus said are pretty far apart. Smith's was a slip. But I agree on the Jeremy Lin thing, it's was even less egregious. I must be the only one here that likes this obnoxious dude lol.

yea I agree, it's not the same thing...and come on let's be honest here had it been Skip Bayless who said it everyone would be hunting for him..I don't like the dude but I know he didn't mean anything bad by it

[megocrazy]

The only problem with suspending him rather than firing him is this...Don Imus was fired for saying "nappy headed ho's" on his talk show. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson were OUTRAGED and called for his head on a platter.

If this statement had been said by a white person they both would have been plastered across our TV screens on every major network. But it wasn't. Therefore you will not hear a peep out of either of them.