Posted on 05/20/2004 5:24:48 PM PDT by abigail2
BLACK AUTHOR SAYS: "BILL COSBY IS RIGHT!"
Los Angeles- Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, author of SCAM: How the Black Leadership Exploits Black America, is speaking out in support of comedian Bill Cosby, who stunned NAACP leaders with his remarks at a Constitution Hall event in Washington on Monday commemorating the 50th anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education.
According to news reports, Cosby said: ".The lower economic people are not holding up their end in this deal. These people are not parenting. They're buying things for their kids--$500 sneakers for what? And won't spend $200 for 'Hooked on Phonics.'"
He added: "They're standing on the corner and they can't speak English. I can't even talk the way these people talk: 'Why you ain't,' 'Where you is'. And I blamed the kid until I heard the mother talk. And then I heard the father talk. .Everybody knows it's important to speak English except these knuckleheads. .You can't be a doctor with that kind of crap coming out of your mouth!"
Rev. Peterson responded: "Bill Cosby is right! It's about time that high profile blacks openly spoke the truth about the problems in the black community. This is what most blacks say in the privacy of their homes, barbershops and amongst other blacks. I'm surprised that he [Cosby] made these comments in front of NAACP leaders."
The report stated that Cosby's remarks were met with "astonishment, laughter and applause from the audience, while NAACP head Kweisi Mfume, and other black leaders looked "stone-faced." Rev. Peterson said, "The establishment black leaders don't want blacks to take responsibility for their mistakes. They want blacks to continue blaming the "white man." This type of honest dialogue is long overdue-It's the only way to help black Americans. "
Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson is the founder and president of BOND, the Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny, whose purpose is "Rebuilding the Family by Rebuilding the Man." Since 1990, BOND has been working to strengthen men and their families.
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Dr. Cosby is an example of the type of "leftist" we all hope to encounter -- someone who is thoughtful and willing to go against the usual Liberal line. They are few and far between, since the left is squeezing any true compassion out of their side. The Left is about keeping poor and especially people of color down as long and as far as possible to advance the agenda of white superiority wrapped up in the dressing of handouts and socialism.
Dr. Cosby sees this but cant quite break with his roots enough to join Rev Peterson. But his telling blacks the truth has a lot more gravitas than anyone from the Right.ç
LOL! How right you are...
"Why you ain't"
"Where you is"
I hear white kids speak this way all of the time!
Tell that to the illegals (and even the legals don't speak English if there is one latino around).
Oh, thank you Ronnie. I'm getting old and get confused easily...!!
Gee, maybe Cosby finally got out in the real world!
That's right, while Bill has been silent and making the big bucks, Jesse Lee Peterson has been slowly chipping away at the facade of the poor victim and their wretched leaders for a long time; only a handful in the whole country were daring to speak up.
Ohh, Bill you better watch your back now...How is Maxine Waters gonna take this?
Not according to the left. Can you inageine if someone WHITE were to say what Dr. Cosby said??? RACIST RACIST RACIST
The Left invents its truth as it goes. And frequently gets tangled up because it is all about agenda and power and zero about doing good.
Yes, that was really sad.
Prayers for the American Black Family - God knows their "leaders" want to destroy them.
That is funny if it wasn't so sad!!
Neither do I. Also, and I'm probably going to make a fool of myself by asking this, are there really any widely sold $500 sneakers? $200, I can believe.
His wife is very liberal. Remember when she blamed whites for her son's death?
Trickle down stupidity...
Bill hit a homerun. Too bad the people that need to hear it and act on what he said have already closed their ears and minds to his message. The black community will never get out of the ghetto until they pull themselves out.
How could it have ANY coherant structure without the use of verbs?
Hi AuntB...
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