Posted on 10/16/2007 7:45:19 AM PDT by shrinkermd
They are a longtime odd couple, Bill Cosby and Harvard’s Dr. Alvin Poussaint, and their latest campaign is nothing less than an effort to save the soul of black America...
...There is a sense of deep sadness and loss — grief — evident in both men over the tragedy that has befallen so many blacks in America. They were on “Meet the Press” for the entire hour Sunday, talking about their new book, a cri de coeur against the forces of self-sabotage titled, “Come On, People: On the Path From Victims to Victors.”
There weren’t many laughs over the course of the hour. Speaking about the epidemic of fatherlessness in black families, Mr. Cosby imagined a young fatherless child thinking: “Somewhere in my life a person called my father has not shown up, and I feel very sad about this because I don’t know if I’m ugly — I don’t know what the reason is.”
Dr. Poussaint, referring to boys who get into trouble, added: “I think a lot of these males kind of have a father hunger and actually grieve that they don’t have a father. And I think later a lot of that turns into anger. ‘Why aren’t you with me? Why don’t you care about me?’ ”
The absence of fathers, and the resultant feelings of abandonment felt by boys and girls, inevitably affect the children’s sense of self-worth, he said.
It’s a tough book. Victimhood is cast as the enemy. Defeat, failure and hopelessness are not to be tolerated.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
If anyone watched the Meet the Press interview, I believe the first thing Cosby blamed was “massive institutionalized and systemic” racism. Another couple of talking heads following the ‘blame racism first’ script. Kind of dilutes their subsequent arguments.
She probably got her degree from TSU. As a corporate manager in TN, I received lots of resumes from both TSU and Fisk grads (both black colleges). The TSU grads were all at least cum laude, but their resumes displayed the writing skills of what I would consider an 8th grader. I'm sure that is not true of all TSU students, but was my overwhelming experience. On the other hand, those from Fisk went to the top of the pile. They had been taught well, and they had the attitude that success in life depended on hard work. Fisk grads made great employees. My impression of TSU grads was "i got my degree, now where's my paycheck?". The shame of it was that they seemed to have all been taught that they were owed something, rather than having the opportunity to earn something.
How then do we fix the problem? Merely electing new legislators of either party will not accomplish the goal. Those interested in elective office, be they Republicans or Democrats, by and large believe in government. They believe it is beneficial rather than pernicious. They also revel in power. Kissinger was right when he called power the the ultimate aphrodisiac. The power of Congress arises in part from its ability to tax and spend, and it will not give up that power willingly.
The solution therefore lies in the Constitution or rather an amendment to the Constitution to accomplish several things: to impose term limits on Congressmen, to require that every Federal law be reauthorized or deemed repealed every ten years, to require a balanced budget, to prohibit any payment to a Congressman or any employee of a Congressmen on account of past service, and to require that every law passed by Congress apply to it as well as the citizenry.
Such an amendment would return us to a world of citizen politicians who would of necessity view legislation critically with a view to its utility and efficiency. Gone would be the preening permanent political plutocrats that we have today. Service in Congress would once again be a service rather than a sinecure.
Congress has usurped its power. Only we can take it back.
She was born and raised in Tennessee and spoke some kind of street gibberish that no one could follow. She had been counseled about the language issue, but didn’t see any need to change as she considered it her right, her “black heritage”. She was angry, non-productive, disruptive and had an enormous sense of entitlement. Her career did not thrive and she was eventually terminated.
Cuz talkin like whitey makes you a sellout to the race.
I fear that the tyrants have learned not to stir up all the hornets at once, and will continue to slowly advance their death grip.
I often feel guilty about the level of charity I can realistically give, maybe some day I will be blessed with the ability to help give freedom to the next generation...
I've seen that term in print several times over the past week. Must be the new gravitas.
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