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Originally posted by Gods Ivy
Again Rudy, I do not knock what his goal is I just think his strategy is weak and will have no effect on the black community. Phalanthropy is great when you give money and speeches and have earned your way, however, I have never seen Bill in a protest or march on in the hood speaking directly to drug dealers or doing what he says black churches need to be doing and the women of families out to be doing. I just think you will have a better result in our community if you don't judge first. Until he has walked a mile in some of these people shoes (meaning sympathize or empathize with folks who weren't given honorary degrees, there is no way he can begin to make grave change.) Folks like Jesse and Al have been to the hood and walked in protest with folks who are directly affected by poverty and the audience that Bill is speaking about.
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I've heard he doesn't have just honorary degrees but a real PhD (Edited to add: I found out that he got his phd at a teaching school so even though it wasn't honorary, it's not exactly something he busted his butt to get). He grew up in Philly and I don't know if that's the hood or not but he also dropped out of high school and had to get a GED and then scholarships to go to college. I'm not gonna lie, I don't know enough about his life and what protests he's done but I did find this:
* During the 1970s, Cosby was on the "enemies list" of President Richard Nixon.
* He was the first bigtime entertainer to cancel an appearance in Cincinnati after a boycott was called in response to the 2001 Cincinnati Riots. His support of this cause encouraged other stars to follow.
-Rudey
--I guess I'm just saying that his words have been twisted in the media and people might feel differently if they actually read his speeches instead.