Bill Cosby to Afr. Americans: Your dirty laundry gets out of school @ 2:30 every day

[NFS4]

LMAO, I love it how Bill tells it like it is (and then the black community turns around and gets pissed when he tells the f**king truth!).

But then again, according to my wife who's an elementary school teacher, the "I don't care" parental attitude is color blind.

As the keynote speaker for the annual Rainbow/PUSH Coalition conference, Cosby delivered another masterful soliloquy aimed at the destruction of the current state of African-Americans. Invited by the Reverend Jesse Jackson, Cosby blasted young African-Americans, whom he believes betrayed the legacy of the civil rights victories of the '50s and '60s.

One of the highlights of the onslaught included a rant from Cosby, in which he said:

"There is a time, ladies and gentlemen, when we have to turn the mirror around. Your dirty laundry gets out of school at 2:30 every day. It's cursing on the way home, on the bus, train, in the candy store. They are cursing and grabbing each other and going nowhere. The book bag is very, very thin because there's nothing in it. Don't worry about the white man, he added. I could care less about what white people think about me ... let them talk. What are they saying that is so different from what their grandfathers said and did to us? What is different is what we are doing to ourselves.”

And for those who say Cosby is just an elitist who, “got his piece of the pie already” and doesn't understand the plight of the Black poor, he reminds us that, "We're going to turn that mirror around. It's not just the poor — everybody's guilty."

Cosby continued his tirade,

“Teach our children to speak English. There's no such thing as "talking white." When the teacher calls, show up at the school. When the idiot box starts spewing profane rap videos; turn it off. Refrain from cursing around the kids. Teach our boys that women should be cherished, not raped and demeaned. Tell them that education is a prize we won with blood and tears, not a dishonor. Stop making excuses for the agents and abettor’s of Black on Black crime.”

http://globalgrind.com/news-politic...y-gets-out-school-230-every-day#ixzz1O8abCL1j

 

[Vette73]

I gew up in a poorer area and am white and can say trash comes in all colors.

 

[ElFenix]

But then again, according to my wife who's an elementary school teacher, the "I don't care" parental attitude is color blind.

my mom, who's a high school teacher, would say pretty much the same thing

 

[Train]

I gew up in a poorer area and am white and can say trash comes in all colors.

True. But you could at least say that in most races, being trash is taboo. In the black community it is almost celebrated.

 

[Numenorean]

Racist!

 

[bignateyk]

I gew up in a poorer area and am white and can say trash comes in all colors.

Yeah but poor white people don't blame black people for their state of affairs.

I've always admired Cosby for telling it like it is.

 

[Vette73]

Yeah but poor white people don't blame black people for their state of affairs.

I've always admired Cosby for telling it like it is.

They did when I was growing up.

Blacks taking our jobs due to Affirmative action. Now it’s the damm Hispanics taking our jobs as they do it to cheap.

Every race or group wants to find 1 solid place to put blame for their issues. If its not race it sex, age, religion, etc…

 

[BoberFett]

Yeah but poor white people don't blame black people for their state of affairs.

Well, some of them do. That's where the white supremacists come from. They're marginalized though, and mocked by most people.

 

[bignateyk]

They did when I was growing up.

Blacks taking our jobs due to Affirmative action. Now it’s the damm Hispanics taking our jobs as they do it to cheap.

Every race or group wants to find 1 solid place to put blame for their issues. If its not race it sex, age, religion, etc…

Yeah.. well affirmative action and illegal immigrant complaints at least have some legitimacy to them.

 

[Gibson486]

I lived in a poor area.

It's all races.

However, I am in Cambridge now. I can see where Cosby is coming from.

 

[ShawnD1]

Don't worry about the white man, he added. I could care less about what white people think about me ... let them talk. What are they saying that is so different from what their grandfathers said and did to us? What is different is what we are doing to ourselves.”

Short and to the point. Nice

ell them that education is a prize we won with blood and tears, not a dishonor.

This needs to be stated more often. There was a time when black people were not allowed to be educated. They fought hard to change that.

 

[Vette73]

Yeah.. well affirmative action and illegal immigrant complaints at least have some legitimacy to them.

So seperate areas, not allowed into schools, etc... you don't think that could have something to do with blacks not being on average as educated as whites in the US?

Funny how you say their compliants don't have "legitimacy" yet whites do.

How about this. What percent of the US population is white male. Now what percent of the top 100 companies in the US are run by someone other than white male?

 

[Texashiker]

This should apply to all races

Teach our boys that women should be cherished, not raped and demeaned. Tell them that education is a prize we won with blood and tears, not a dishonor.

Some of the music out there shows an absolute disrespect towards women.

If someone does not want to get a formal education, at the very least take the time to learn a skill or trade.

 

[Train]

So seperate areas, not allowed into schools, etc... you don't think that could have something to do with blacks not being on average as educated as whites in the US?

Funny how you say their compliants don't have "legitimacy" yet whites do.

How about this. What percent of the US population is white male. Now what percent of the top 100 companies in the US are run by someone other than white male?

And thats the biggest problem, you assume because there isnt equal representation, there must be discrimination. This is where the NAACP is failing.

At least with Affirmative action, the discrimination is clear as day. Thats where the legitimacy part comes in.

How many black males are event TRYING to get a Fortune 100 job? When you have a culure that despises "acting white", you wont get many guys who try to land a management position at fortune 100 corps.

 

[ichy]

True. But you could at least say that in most races, being trash is taboo. In the black community it is almost celebrated.

There's trash of all colors. Unfortunately judging by crime, drug use, education and out of wedlock pregnancy statistics blacks, especially young black men, are buying into the trash culture at a higher rate than any other group.

 

[Linflas]

They did when I was growing up.

Blacks taking our jobs due to Affirmative action. Now it’s the damm Hispanics taking our jobs as they do it to cheap.

Every race or group wants to find 1 solid place to put blame for their issues. If its not race it sex, age, religion, etc…

You seem to be missing the essential point that when a so called white trash kid decides he wants to take advantage of all the educational opportunities being provided he doesn't face a culture that tells him he is "acting yellow" for studying and getting good grades and speaking proper English.

 

[bignateyk]

So seperate areas, not allowed into schools, etc... you don't think that could have something to do with blacks not being on average as educated as whites in the US?

Funny how you say their compliants don't have "legitimacy" yet whites do.

How about this. What percent of the US population is white male. Now what percent of the top 100 companies in the US are run by someone other than white male?

These are all choices. Look at what obama did. If a black person truly wanted a job at a top 100 company, they could do it.

There are no black people in my neighborhood. It isn't because we don't allow them. It's because they choose not to live there.

 

[PricklyPete]

True. But you could at least say that in most races, being trash is taboo. In the black community it is almost celebrated.

I don't know...in parts of SC where my wife is from...being trash is celebrated as well.

 

[highland145]

These are all choices. Look at what obama did. If a black person truly wanted a job at a top 100 company, they could do it.

There are no black people in my neighborhood. It isn't because we don't allow them. It's because they choose not to live there.

He wasn't raised in a poor black neighborhood. Otherwise, I 100% agree.

 

[Whisper]

These are all choices. Look at what obama did. If a black person truly wanted a job at a top 100 company, they could do it.

There are no black people in my neighborhood. It isn't because we don't allow them. It's because they choose not to live there.

I agree to an extent, but I'm also going to say that racism and prejudice are obviously both very much alive and well today. Here in Louisiana, I literally can't count the number of times I've been surrounded by a group of white businessmen who've said, verbatim, "I'd never hire a n*gger for _____." And if you think this type of attitude is limited to Louisiana, you'd be quite mistaken. As much as we like to say it's a choice, I have absolutely no idea how it would've affected me if, growing up and due to no fault of my own, I faced that type of attitude (overtly and covertly) every day.

I'm not saying this type of talk doesn't also occur amongst blacks (or any other ethnic or racial group); it of course does. But there is a very real difference when the discrimination is at the hands of those "in power" vs. those not.

 

[phreaqe]

We need more people like Bill Cosby in this world.

 

[Whisper]

We need more people like Bill Cosby in this world.

Very much agreed.

 

[bignateyk]

I agree to an extent, but I'm also going to say that racism and prejudice are obviously both very much alive and well today. Here in Louisiana, I literally can't count the number of times I've been surrounded by a group of white businessmen who've said, verbatim, "I'd never hire a n*gger for _____." And if you think this type of attitude is limited to Louisiana, you'd be quite mistaken. As much as we like to say it's a choice, I have absolutely no idea how it would've affected me if, growing up and due to no fault of my own, I faced that type of attitude (overtly and covertly) every day.

I'm not saying this type of talk doesn't also occur amongst blacks (or any other ethnic or racial group); it of course does. But there is a very real difference when the discrimination is at the hands of those "in power" vs. those not.

Yeah.. well I think that's kind of cosbys point. 50 years ago they (black people) would have done something about it. They would have used something like you describe as motivation to better themselves as a race and demand better.

Now they'll just make a rap video about it, rob a liquor store, and tell their kids never to trust whitey. It's all just an excuse now.

 

[nublikescake]

Short and to the point. Nice



This needs to be stated more often. There was a time when black people were not allowed to be educated. They fought hard to change that.

Yet you can count on your fingers the number of black folk in some campuses.

 

[Vette73]

These are all choices. Look at what obama did. If a black person truly wanted a job at a top 100 company, they could do it.

There are no black people in my neighborhood. It isn't because we don't allow them. It's because they choose not to live there.

You do know Obama is half white and was mostly raised by his grandparents, also white. They pushed education on him as it has been built up well over time in their family.
Blacks do not have that advantage as their education options were limited. Yea its open now and rates are getting better on average but unless your family has a history of pushing it and expecting better with every generation it does not move very quickly.

My parents neither have a BS degree; I did a double in college. Me and my wife started our sons college fund before he was 1, something my parents did not do and so forth.
What Cosby it trying to do is speed up the process that education is something that all should reach for now, not build up from 1 gen to another.