Give That Man a Jello(tm) Pudding Pop!
From WorldNetDaily and CJAD 800
Comedian Bill Cosby wants black Americans to follow the example of civil rights leaders in improving their neighbourhoods and reaching out for higher education.
"These people marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education and now we've got these knuckleheads walking around," he said Monday evening at an NAACP gala commemorating the anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision 50 years earlier.
"Take the neighbourhood back," Cosby said, chiding parents who do not take an active role in caring for their children.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the lower economic people are not holding up their end in this deal. These people are not parenting. They are buying things for kids – $500 sneakers for what? And won't spend $200 for 'Hooked on Phonics.'
He added: "They're standing on the corner and they can't speak English. I can't even talk the way these people talk: 'Why you ain't,' 'Where you is' ... And I blamed the kid until I heard the mother talk. And then I heard the father talk. ... Everybody knows it's important to speak English except these knuckleheads. ... You can't be a doctor with that kind of crap coming out of your mouth!"
"These are not political criminals," he said. "These are people going around stealing Coca-Cola. People getting shot in the back of the head over a piece of pound cake and then we run out and we are outraged, [saying] 'The cops shouldn't have shot him.' What the hell was he doing with the pound cake in his hand?"
Mark's Remarks
Finally, someone else is realizing what is plaguing the black community. Kudos to Mr. Cosby for his courage in speaking the truth as he sees it in front of such a hostile crowd. Mr. Cosby has it right. The Left in the black community has hijacked worthy goals and turned it into entitleism and lack of drive, along with calling people who are merely thugs political prisoners. Mr. Cosby has shown great insight and determiniation in his own efforts to improve the black community, and he should not be brushed off as an "uncle Tom." Mr. Cosby is one of the success stories, and he needs to get that message of working hard out, instead of the rampant advocates of entitlements and 'where's mine' that seem to pervade nowadays.Mr. Cosby, in my opinion, represents a growing group of African American folks who are sick and tired of the bastardization of their struggle by some in their community (namely the Jesse Jacksons, Kweasy Mfumes, Louis Farrakhans and the like) and are coming out against this self-inflicted suffering. More people of color should have the bravery of Mr. Cosby and come out and take a stand.
