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Originally posted by Gods Ivy
I would like to see the outcomes of his speeches and how it directly impacted us as a race and if it starts a movement because Malcolm and Martin did speak the truth but they also got in there and marched and walked and advocated. I still think these speeches are more insults to the black community and less can dos or we dos. It's more telling us what wrong instead of lets change this together. I really do not see a movement coming out of these speeches. His intensions are great but what will the outcome be? Us knowing what the media and society as already beat over our heads, ok then what. What now? We already knew what the problems are, how should we go about fixing them? Telling women on welfare to put more into their kids because the father's are not going to is motivation? Malcolm and Martin motivated and did not tear down.
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One thing to keep in mind, as well, is that the reality then was not the reality now. We don't really "get" what the media and society is telling us, because, if we were, we wouldn't be perpetuating this vicious cycle--of stupidity. It's like my parents used to say when I got in trouble: "Don't get mad. Don't do it".
Cosby, literally, puts his MONEY where his mouth is. I don't think he's as much as 'tattling' as he is serving as a reminder. Malcolm and Martin, yes, beyond the speeches, were dealing with a different type of struggle. Their struggle was against everyone else-the government, society and its constructs. Now? We're fighting against our ownselves. The biggest threat to our survivial is deliberate ignorance--to choose to ignore the damaging effects of our current situation.
I could only wish more people could have the means like Cosby to truly give back. I also wish more people could understand that the reasons why he is so harsh on Blacks is because, as Mccoyred pointed out earlier, he's been there and he knows what we are capable of. Simply put, he's saying, as a teacher would "Black people, you aren't working up to your potential. Get on the case--NOW!"
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