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Originally posted by TheEpitome1920
The language used when describing his remarks bothers me. I've seen "tirade" and "harsh" when I don't think either describes what he was saying. But Dr. William Cosby speaks the truth!
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Once again, I agree with you. I get upset when the media cover his remarks and present it as if blacks were so outraged and shocked. When he first made his remarks, the black people in the audience cheered and most of the commentary among blacks that I have heard since has been in agreement with what he has said. I hate it how people want to think that the problems Mr. Cosby has identitfied are are not ones that many others have been frustrated about and trying to come up with solutions for.
You've got hundreds of community organizations, including my own, working with kids every day trying to fight these external influences coming at them. You have protests going on at Black college campuses (i.e. Spelman). You've got hundereds of thousands of parents meeting with each other trying to organize against the music industry, etc. etc. etc. By the way, none of these things include sitting around waiting for the government to do anything. Why aren't these things being shown more so people can see it and jump on the bandwagon? Could it be that the media consistently opts out of covering things like this??? hmmmmm.
So, yeah, I hear what Bill is saying and all that, but I would have prefered reading/hearing about more things that are being done by those people who were glad to hear him say what he said! I would have even wanted to hear more about what HE has done, which is a LOT, for these causes.