Cosby: Explain culture, instill pride
http://gwcommonwealth.com/articles/2008 ... news01.txt
Cosby spent the afternoon in Greenwood Thursday, leading a walk through South Greenwood that ended with a speech at Broad Street Park before heading to Wesley.
He recounted some things he had seen — litter-strewn yards, drug dealers on corners, tombstones turned over and grass grown up.
“Quit waiting for people to come and do things for you,” he said. “Nobody is showing any initiative. Cut your own grass for these lots that look so bad.”
...“The drug dealer is not in your culture, nor is the prostitute, nor is the glorified pimp if you teach black pride,” he said. “They have no pride. They don’t know their culture.”
..On sagging pants: “I never heard a girl yet say, ‘You know, that’s a nice crack.’”
...On crime: “It’s not the Ku Klux Klan riding through your neighborhood. It’s somebody’s son, and you know the person. He’s black, and he wants some money so he can buy some crack.”
...On “street smarts”: “There’s no geniuses on the corner.”
...On children who joined him on the walk: “Somebody said, ‘Oh, they love him.’ I said, ‘No, they just want to be on TV.’”
...On parents who come to school and curse out teachers: “I’ve never heard where the teachers say, ‘let me blankety-blank you.’”
...On “Grand Theft Auto” video game: “Cost your mother $250 to buy that for you so you can practice your entrance exam (to prison).”
- and a companion story -
‘America’s Favorite Dad’ inspires hope
http://gwcommonwealth.com/articles/2008 ... news02.txt
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I know these areas all to well. It's flat amazing that Bill Cosby can come into this area and say the much needed nonpolitically correct TRUTH and still get praised and honored. I pray his visits can somehow really help that community.
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