bill cosby is one brave dude
my hero bill cosby is one brave character. he is railing against the whole "victim" mentality prevalent in large swaths of our society today. he is becoming a relentless campaigner for "getting with the program" for america's black youths. his total lack of fear is refreshing. he has slowly become america's dad, through years of "the cosby show" and various venues including books and concerts. it's good when dad finally talks tough. the only problem: who is hearing him? his intended audience or guys like me?
posted by bothenook at 20:58
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I just read an article about that on AP. And I thought "Go, Bill!"
I do hope that his intended audience is paying attention. I also wonder if white folks like myself who agree with Cosby will be perceived as racist for doing so.
He gave that speech a while back to the NAACP convention. Caused quite an uproar, but the more reasoned African-American pundits in the press were in total agreement with him.
i'm with you Ali. what frieght does agreeing with cosby carry if you're not black? sad to think that in today's society, this is still an issue. if something is messed up, everyone in the society is affected, and should/could have a say. and anon. i read the first speech cos gave that started the storm. i remember reading that there was a backlash against him from the "let's keep our dirty laundry to ourselves" crowd. i'm glad he's carrying the message forward. more and more of the people that he's trying to reach need to hear that message.
Nook,
The comment from Anon above was actually from me (n4ku). I finally took the plunge and signed up with Blogger.
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