[TonyB06]

Cosby is on point with this. His rhetoric may be harsh (judgemental?), but personal responsibility affects future outcomes. Nobody down here is coming to help us so we best get busy helping ourselves.

While I'm not wild on generalizing criticism of "our folk" out in public, Cosby has earned that right. He's put millions of his money in colleges/universities to make a difference.

If you can't drop $, put your time/talent in play to eradicate the problem you see. I used to listen a lot more to people complaining about what "we" won't/don't/should/could be doing. Now... after about 2-3 minutes, I politely ask what they are doing. If the answer is (or amounts to) nothing, I ease myself from the conversation.