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"If I weigh a loudmouthed conservative racist announcer's thoughts and opinions against a 12-year-old child being shot," concern for the child wins, he said.

My Reply to Bill Cosby:

Well Bill, if you ever listened to some of these loudmouthed conservatives, you'd find they aren't racist at all. They want exactly what you want for the black youth of America. They want them to do what every American can, and should do. They want them to go to school and apply themselves, you know, learn a useful skill? (by the way, to any libs reading this, there is plenty of job training provided by the govenment for underpriveledged persons- It's called Public School- I'm not a big fan of the Public School system, but it is free, and if you apply yourself there, you can get your college paid for! Wow! what a country!) Once you have a skill, you can make money and be a productive member of society.
But Bill, this is where you go wrong in aligning yourself with the Liberal (read, Socialist) politicians in America. Liberals don't want you to have to provide for yourself at all. They want for you to be able to pick up your government supplied paycheck for producing nothing, so that you can continue doing nothing for the rest of your life. Unfortuanately, socialism has a tendency to devour itself over a certain period of time as the ratio of producers to leeches tilts more and more to the leeches.
This is what the black youth of America is learning from their parents. Either you become a Basketball star, or an entertainer (no offense to you Mr. Cosby, I know how hard you have worked to get where you are), or you collect welfare. That is the extent of many young black's ambition. And do you know what? It makes me sad.
I live on a street where there are many black families on welfare. I talk to their kids all the time. These kids are smart! They have so much potential! Unfortunately, you are right about how they speak. So, as a WASP American Conservative male I do what I believe to be my duty. I encourage them. I encourage them to work hard. I encourage them to learn to speak properly. I encourage them to read. I encourage them to ask questions. I encourage them to learn everything they can about anything at all. I encourage them to grow up to be whatever they want. Yes, many of them want to be football, or basketball players, or rappers- but many of them want to be doctors, or electricians, or military officers, and other professions as well. Regardless of what they want to do, I encourage them to work as hard as they can at what they do- and do it because they love to do it, not because of money.
Sadly, this is not what they get at home. I think you know what they get at home. So, I do what I can to help.

By the way Bill, I am a loudmouthed conservative and proud of it. Am I a racist? No.

Perhaps it's time you re-think just who your friends are, and who you align yourself with politically.

You may be more conservative than you realize.

Very Respectfully,
The Musical_Airman

Public schools are far from free. They are paid for with taxpayer dollars, and in the case of Indiana, property owners. Don't forget $100 to $200 for books, and other materials.

Granted it is cheeper that private schools. My children attended parochial schools for several years and we paid nearly $600 per child, plus the same $100 to $200 per child for books. This was only because we were members of the church.

Cosby was right, but his comments extend to Whites, hispanics and nearly every other ethnic and racial group. Many parents I have seen at my children's schools simply let the children run wild. Unfortunately, this same group accounts for the largest number of reports for domestic violence and child neglect. The system seems to feed on itself. but it's not just black families; poor white families fall into this same mix, often with the same results.

As an example, I was working as a substitute teacher at a small-town middle school. One student took the stapler off the desk behind my back, and was trying to drive staples into his arms, on a dare from another student. When I took the student to the office, I was fired for "bothering the administration with meaningless reports."