Did yall really, really, really think Don Imus's career was over?

You know how it goes.  White Boy does something ridiculous.  White Boy apologizes profusely and then goes into hiding. White Boy makes a comeback and more money than he ever did.

Meanwhile, my brother is still talking shit about Al Sharpton's involvement in the Tawana Brawley case even though that went down twenty years ago. Whether you like Al or not, (I personally can do without his James Brown wannabe ass), you can't say he hasn't said some shit over the past two decades that needed to be said. Shit that no other Black politician would have the guts to say. But as far as my brother's concerned. Al can never get no love because he was down with Tawana back in 1987, and I'm sure there's thousands of people -- Black, White, Latino, Purple -- who agree with him.  But Don Imus just needs to fall back for eight months, and he's back on the air.

For real tho, I kinda believe he's sincere when he says that he's truly sorry. But on another tip, he's mad stupid to promise that shit won't happen again. How can he do that? His shit ain't scripted. The shit he says comes from the heart and outta his mouth. When he called them sistas on the Rutgers basketball team nappy-headed hos, that's what he was thinking right then and there. That's who Don Imus is truly is.  So unless homeboy's been in some top-secret intensive anti-racism therapy over the past eight months, he's bound to offend again. If I were him I wouldn't be making promises that some shit like that will never happen again 'cause he ain't gonna know what's gonna offend somebody until he actually says it. And like I said, what he says is off the cuff which means that what he says reflects what he's about. Maybe the next time the target won't be Black women, but trust that fool is gonna say something jacked up about somebody someday.  Trust.

And this whole thing about having a Black sidekick? Like that means shit. That ain't no preventative measure. Howard Stern is WAY worse than Don Imus, and he has a Black sidekick kissing his pasty ass. That chick Robin Quivers. Or as the standup comic Paul Mooney accurately calls her -- the maid. (Love me some Paul Mooney.)

Anyways, all this to say it's just another day in White-owned and controlled corporate media. Don Imus may be sincere, but just the fact that he's back means shit ain't truly changed. And it's just a matter of time when he opens his mouth and proves that.