Well alright, so Pacman really isn’t responsible for anything THIS time.  Radio shock jock Don Imus is finding himself in hot water again for a comment he said this morning that was perhaps racist.  He was talking about Adam ‘Pacman’ Jones of the Dallas Cowboys when Imus asked what color Jones was.

Here is how it all went down:

During the show, conversation turned to a story about how suspended Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam “Pacman� Jones now wants to drop his well-known nickname. In the course of the segment, Imus is told that Jones has “been arrested six times since being drafted by Tennessee in 2005.�

Imus asks: “What color is he?�

“He’s African-American,� the host is informed by one of his on-air sidekicks.

“Well, there you go,� Imus said. “Now we know.�

After this story broke earlier today Imus quickly responded saying that he didn’t mean anything racial at all with his comments about Jones.

“I meant that he was being picked on because he’s black,” said Imus, in a statement to the AP.  Imus is expected to address the issue at the beginning of tomorrow’s show.

I can sort of see both sides of this coin.  But it is hard to give Imus the benefit of the doubt after his comments last year about the Rutgers women’s basketball team.  Also, if he meant it as he says he meant it then I believe he would have said more when he originally said it in regard to his opinion that Pacman is being picked on because of his race.

I don’t think he will or should lose his job though.  I know race is a sensitive issue in the U.S. but if Howard Stern can keep his job considering the things that he says and does to women on his show then Imus should be able to hold onto his as well.  I mean he is a shock jock and without the shock he would probably be doing puzzles at the Senior Center by now.