Minority and special interest groups will be blaiming whites for their troubles (Bill Cosby won't get an invite).
The left is in denial. And Mr. Cosby points out - it's a cover-up as well. The left cannot say they've been wrong all these years - so they must allow their handywork to crumble and decay. ---------------------------------------
Also, here's a few snippets from today's Wall St. Journal editorial:
He's not backing down. At Stanford University Sunday, after a speech to teachers, Bill Cosby didn't mince words when he spoke of parents not doing right by their children. "Some of these children," the San Jose Mercury News quotes him as saying, "have been raised like pimps."
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By week's end Mr. Cosby had issued a statement pointing out that most of the news accounts dropped the context within which his remarks were delivered: a 50% high school dropout rate for inner-city African-American males that he rightly characterized as an "epidemic." In other words, Mr. Cosby's argument is that 1) a 50% black dropout rate ought to be regarded as a national scandal in a post-Brown America; and 2) dysfunctional behavior is dysfunctional whatever one's skin color.
Surely it says something about Mr. Cosby's critics that they are more disturbed by his speaking out than they are about the underlying crisis he's trying to address.
I would venture a guess, he's talking about "political prisoners" like Mumia Abu-Jamal?
The writer Taylor Caldwell summed it up best in her autobiography years ago.. liberals are the true racists. Where would they be without the "downtrodden" minorities?
Admittedly, a far cry from "The Chicken Heart That Ate New York." :)
Bill may as well talk to the wall.
That is very true. However, it seems most of them were outside smoking. :o)
Don't recall seeing too many blacks in the library though.
It's as if the schools and the music and all that are purposely bad to dehumanize that community.
I know this is going to get me in trouble, but, after listening to Zell Miller, along with a bunch of other southern politicians, why do they hang on to this extreme southern accent, (which grates on northern ears), and contributes to the stereotypes of bubbas? It's like a form of eubonics for white dodo birds.
I see Mr. Cosby's popularity and evidence of his solid values - then I view those critics of his. I believe Mr. Cosby lives his conviction.
Indeed.
The bulk of black parents, when explained what vouchers do and how they work, support them and their implementation. But the black establishment; especially those in the education sector, are either not given the whole story, or are complicit in keeping the public schools behind.
I think there are folks who fall into both categories.
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I was just sitting here wondering how long it would take for the black community to call Bill an "Uncle Tom."
I appreciate what Cosby is trying to do. He's provided every positive example he can, over the years. He's tried every positive approach to the Black community. It must be frustrating to see progress stay stymied. He's been beating his head against the wall for years. What he is trying to do here is beat THEIR heads against the wall. This latest attempt, on his part, to make positive changes might appear to them to be "negative." But, they need to hear the truth.
Cosby very likely offended the La Raza groups with this one. How much money is being wasted on bilingual programs which have the goal of keeping kids from speaking the language of this country, keep them from communicating with other Americans.
Good for Bill Cosby. I'd like to see him become more active in pushing the thoughts and ideas he has articulated in this piece. Perhaps he can go a few steps futher and blast Liberals who oppose school vouchers for inner city Blacks.
Cosby can still kiss my ass for his comment about loudmouthed conservative racist announcers the other day.
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