[new yorker 77]

Did you ever wonder why?

[theDentist]

!!

I wonder if he's attempting to precipitate a retirement?

[PeterFinn]

I think the word "negro" is a really good word because Andy Rooney having said it on national radio will likely lose his job over it.

[silverleaf]

Let Andy choose to use this language on air and see if the CBS executives get "the buckwheats" (in Dan Rather's memorable words)

[Semper Paratus]

Negro is Spanish for black. It's the derivative that's the the problem.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Seems like Andy and Dave Chappelle are in agreement - I see Chappelle use this word all the time.

[Mulch]

Well the word is in the dictionary:
Ne·gro

1. A Black person. See Usage Note at black.
2. A member of the Negroid race. Not in scientific use.

[MaryFromMichigan]

I've looked and looked, but I can't find the article at Drudge.
Do you have a more direct link?

[gondramB]

He would have been better to go with "black."

[G.Mason]

Why can't we all just call the blacks white? After all, we don't call bums bums, we call them homeless.

Lunatics are called mentally challenged, or Democrats.

Black is white, white is black and we will never have to utter the N word again. Either ni**er or ne*gro.

There ... all better now Yankee? ;)

[veronica]

He's hitting the Cutty Sark kinda' early, isn't he?

[PilloryHillary]

Good job Andy! He just talked himself into retirement. Or not. Only conservatives can make racist comments. Andy's liberal friends will probably chalk it up to Andy's advanced age, or just say it was an "unfortunate comment that deserves an explanation and an apology". Yea, just say you're sorry Andy.

[Hatteras]

Honky Honky!

[JennysCool]

"Didja ever open the door and instead of finding Leslie Stahl in a mink with nothing on under it, you find a Negro? Don't you hate that?"

[MediaMole]

Did you ever notice how Alzheimers makes you say the most inappropriate things in public?

[Casloy]

I guess Ali G was correct in calling him a racialist.

[Oztrich Boy]

According to Senator Byrd another perfectly good word is n...

[Gay State Conservative]

I heard him say it on Imus this morning.He started out by asking why the term "African American" is now so widely used.He then said that the word 'Negro" is a reasonable word to use.

Very interesting words from one who is so PC.

[macamadamia]

Andy Rooney on Imus


Rooney and Imus are gay?!!! (I think I'm gonna vomit)

[cynicom]

Are white people to be offended when they are described in that fashion????

[TX Bluebonnet]

What's the current status of "negroid"? When I was in biology, that was the scientific racial class for black Africans.