All the African-Americans at my job think Imus is not racist - just an idiot. One even pointed out that worse things are said on Mad TV. And, of course, then there’s Borat ...
Don't know if you ever saw the movie "Coach Carter", with Samuel L. Jackson - to be brief, some of his players were calling each other "my n----" this, "my n----" that (as a compliment), and Jackson made a point of "if a white person said that, you'd be ready to fight. Your using it gives him the freedom to use it." Until the black comics stop throwing around that term, and others like them, they will continue to prove what superlative hypocrites they are.
p.s. never saw Borat.