By DON BABWIN, Associated Press Writer
CHICAGO - Bill Cosby (news) went off on another tirade against the black community Thursday, telling a room full of activists that black children are running around not knowing how to read or write and "going nowhere."
He also had harsh words for struggling black men, telling them: "Stop beating up your women because you can't find a job."
Cosby made headlines in May when he upbraided some poor blacks for their grammar and accused them of squandering opportunities the civil rights movement gave them. He shot back Thursday, saying his detractors were trying in vain to hide the black community's "dirty laundry."
"Let me tell you something, your dirty laundry gets out of school at 2:30 every day, it's cursing and calling each other n------ as they're walking up and down the street," Cosby said during an appearance at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition & Citizenship Education Fund's annual conference.
"They think they're hip," the entertainer said. "They can't read; they can't write. They're laughing and giggling, and they're going nowhere."
In his remarks in May at a commemoration of the anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education desegregation decision, Cosby denounced some blacks' grammar and said those who commit crimes and wind up behind bars "are not political prisoners."
"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," Cosby said then. "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."
Cosby elaborated Thursday on his previous comments in a talk interrupted several times by applause. He castigated some blacks, saying that they cannot simply blame whites for problems such as teen pregnancy and high school dropout rates.
"For me there is a time ... when we have to turn the mirror around," he said. "Because for me it is almost analgesic to talk about what the white man is doing against us. And it keeps a person frozen in their seat, it keeps you frozen in your hole you're sitting in."
Cosby lamented that the racial slurs once used by those who lynched blacks are now a favorite expression of black children. And he blamed parents.
"When you put on a record and that record is yelling `n----- this and n----- that' and you've got your little 6-year-old, 7-year-old sitting in the back seat of the car, those children hear that," he said.
He also condemned black men who missed out on opportunities and are now angry about their lives.
"You've got to stop beating up your women because you can't find a job, because you didn't want to get an education and now you're (earning) minimum wage," Cosby said. "You should have thought more of yourself when you were in high school, when you had an opportunity."
Cosby appeared Thursday with the Rev. Jesse Jackson (news - web sites), founder and president of the education fund, who defended the entertainer's statements.
"Bill is saying let's fight the right fight, let's level the playing field," Jackson said. "**** people can't do that. Illiterate people can't do that."
Cosby also said many young people are failing to honor the sacrifices made by those who struggled and died during the civil rights movement.
"Dogs, water hoses that tear the bark off trees, Emmett Till," he said, naming the black youth who was tortured and murdered in Mississippi in 1955, allegedly for whistling at a white woman. "And you're going to tell me you're going to drop out of school? You're going to tell me you're going to steal from a store?"
Cosby also said he wasn't concerned that some whites took his comments and turned them "against our people."
"Let them talk," he said.
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Once again the man is on point.....
People wanna get on Dr. Bill Cosby's case about the " inappropriate and outta line comments he makes " but he is only speaking the truth. People want things sugarcoated all the time, to make things seem not as bad and extreme as they are. Hell, he is absolutley right with everythinghe says, and I dont see any problem with the way he gets his message across...
he already spelled out his... buy more hooked on phonics and less sneakers...
'nuff said.. 8) :arrow:
*clicks stop watcing topic button*
Thats bs!!!! I dont care how many A's a child gets ,he/she can still be the dumbest person on the block.These kids need to learn more than whats in a book.Mr.Cosby is telling the truth but unless he has a plan to help,he should stop complaining.Like I said before he should put his words to action.
Key point is we have needed somebody to step up and say this for a long time. Bill Cosby is just stepping up and saying what needs to be said. If we keep sweeping stuff like this under the rug it will never get taken care of. I just hope that it starts waking people up :? .
he already spelled out his... buy more hooked on phonics and less sneakers...
'nuff said.. 8) :arrow:
*clicks stop watcing topic button*
Thats bs!!!! I dont care how many A's a child gets ,he/she can still be the dumbest person on the block.These kids need to learn more than whats in a book.Mr.Cosby is telling the truth but unless he has a plan to help,he should stop complaining.Like I said before he should put his words to action.
he's his part in helpin' black folk...look at all the money he's giving to spelman. plus, i think he;s trying to get us to wake up and do our own part with his message...
or else...
"she be gettin' herself pregnant by halftime.. :roll: "
he already spelled out his... buy more hooked on phonics and less sneakers...
'nuff said.. 8) :arrow:
*clicks stop watcing topic button*
Thats bs!!!! I dont care how many A's a child gets ,he/she can still be the dumbest person on the block.These kids need to learn more than whats in a book.Mr.Cosby is telling the truth but unless he has a plan to help,he should stop complaining.Like I said before he should put his words to action.
he's his part in helpin' black folk...look at all the money he's giving to spelman. plus, i think he;s trying to get us to wake up and do our own part with his message...
or else...
"she be gettin' herself pregnant by halftime.. :roll: "
what?!?!?! :arrow: What does giving to Spelman have to do with helping our black youth???
i knew you we're going to say that...
trickle down economics!!!!!
*republicans on this board laugh*
but he's contributed bouco bucks to various charities for inner city kids....
and what else has he done for the young ones you ask?
did you hear his speach a few days ago?
nuff said... 8) :arrow:
^^Dem...thas probably the one thing i've ever agreed w/ u tha most on...
& REALity...i don't have to hear what he said to know the appropriateness or whatever....
EVERYthing he said was right - EVERYTHING...
& like it says at the very end, it's quite funny and crazy how the media has attempted to "turn him" against us....by airing his words about us...or most of us, at least....
those words aren't HARSH...they're REALITY....TRUTH...and Black people need to take HEED instead of offense...
I hate to say it, but any who tries to take offense to what he said are probably the ones he's talking about :roll:...
Unfortunately, our generation and younger are not trying to hear his voice as much as we would if Snoop...50...or shoot, Kanye West...were to say it :roll:
we need to listen to him....for real...
why don't we ever agree on anything...?
lol...'cause u got a love affair goin' on with prez AMbush...& i caint STAND tha man...
jus' like slim...he cool peoplez, but we agree on just about nada....& ironically, he loves him some Bush too :?...or @ least loves takin' up 4 him....
provAKAtive wrote:
HARTline wrote:
provAKAtive wrote:
smh...All this talk and no solutions!!!!!
he already spelled out his... buy more hooked on phonics and less sneakers...
'nuff said.. 8) :arrow:
*clicks stop watcing topic button*
Thats bs!!!! I dont care how many A's a child gets ,he/she can still be the dumbest person on the block.These kids need to learn more than whats in a book.Mr.Cosby is telling the truth but unless he has a plan to help,he should stop complaining.Like I said before he should put his words to action.
proAKAtive, i do feel what u sayin', but u gotta realize that that "beyond the book" mentality doesn't necessarily need to go in effect that early, i don't think....i think that "hooked on phonics" or whatever else they need to progress in the formal education world is a better step than havin' rap videos teach them a thing or two about life...
formal education is where it's grounded....it's the foundation....if you don't know your ABCs and 123s or how to read, none of that other stuff will even matter...
Honestly, Bill Cosby has done many things for the black community. Why does he need to come up with a plan. Hell, he's exauhsted from "doing". It was our parents turn to "do". Many of them, however, failed. Now you have millions of young people who don't really give a damn about bringing about more change. It out turn to "do". It not our place to sit around and point fingers and complain. We haven't earned it. Dr. Cosby has earned that right. His generation worked too damn hard to give us opportunities that we casually misuse in this day and age. Let him sit and complain. He's right and many should feel ashamed.
CHICAGO - Bill Cosby (news) went off on another tirade against the black community Thursday, telling a room full of activists that black children are running around not knowing how to read or write and "going nowhere."
He also had harsh words for struggling black men, telling them: "Stop beating up your women because you can't find a job."
Cosby made headlines in May when he upbraided some poor blacks for their grammar and accused them of squandering opportunities the civil rights movement gave them. He shot back Thursday, saying his detractors were trying in vain to hide the black community's "dirty laundry."
"Let me tell you something, your dirty laundry gets out of school at 2:30 every day, it's cursing and calling each other n------ as they're walking up and down the street," Cosby said during an appearance at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition & Citizenship Education Fund's annual conference.
"They think they're hip," the entertainer said. "They can't read; they can't write. They're laughing and giggling, and they're going nowhere."
In his remarks in May at a commemoration of the anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education desegregation decision, Cosby denounced some blacks' grammar and said those who commit crimes and wind up behind bars "are not political prisoners."
"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," Cosby said then. "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."
Cosby elaborated Thursday on his previous comments in a talk interrupted several times by applause. He castigated some blacks, saying that they cannot simply blame whites for problems such as teen pregnancy and high school dropout rates.
"For me there is a time ... when we have to turn the mirror around," he said. "Because for me it is almost analgesic to talk about what the white man is doing against us. And it keeps a person frozen in their seat, it keeps you frozen in your hole you're sitting in."
Cosby lamented that the racial slurs once used by those who lynched blacks are now a favorite expression of black children. And he blamed parents.
"When you put on a record and that record is yelling `n----- this and n----- that' and you've got your little 6-year-old, 7-year-old sitting in the back seat of the car, those children hear that," he said.
He also condemned black men who missed out on opportunities and are now angry about their lives.
"You've got to stop beating up your women because you can't find a job, because you didn't want to get an education and now you're (earning) minimum wage," Cosby said. "You should have thought more of yourself when you were in high school, when you had an opportunity."
Cosby appeared Thursday with the Rev. Jesse Jackson (news - web sites), founder and president of the education fund, who defended the entertainer's statements.
"Bill is saying let's fight the right fight, let's level the playing field," Jackson said. "**** people can't do that. Illiterate people can't do that."
Cosby also said many young people are failing to honor the sacrifices made by those who struggled and died during the civil rights movement.
"Dogs, water hoses that tear the bark off trees, Emmett Till," he said, naming the black youth who was tortured and murdered in Mississippi in 1955, allegedly for whistling at a white woman. "And you're going to tell me you're going to drop out of school? You're going to tell me you're going to steal from a store?"
Cosby also said he wasn't concerned that some whites took his comments and turned them "against our people."
"Let them talk," he said.
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Once again the man is on point.....
