Cosby, Saying the Darndest Things

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By Richard Leiby
Wednesday, May 19, 2004; Page C03

Cosby, Saying the Darndest Things

• Bill Cosby was anything but politically correct in his remarks Monday night at a Constitution Hall bash commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision. To astonishment, laughter and applause, Cosby mocked everything from urban fashion to black spending and speaking habits.


Bill Cosby, ready to let off steam. (Lawrence Jackson - AP)

"Ladies and gentlemen, the lower economic people are not holding up their end in this deal," he declared. "These people are not parenting. They are buying things for kids -- $500 sneakers for what? And won't spend $200 for 'Hooked on Phonics.' . . .

"They're standing on the corner and they can't speak English," he exclaimed. "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!"

The Post's Hamil Harris reports that Cosby also turned his wrath to "the incarcerated," saying: "These are not political criminals. 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?"

When Cosby finally concluded, Howard University President H. Patrick Swygert, NAACP President Kweisi Mfume and NAACP legal defense fund head Theodore Shaw came to the podium looking stone-faced. Shaw told the crowd that most people on welfare are not African American, and many of the problems his organization has addressed in the black community were not self-inflicted.

this is a recent headline of the asociated press wire. apparently, cosby made some comments that some black leaders are finding to be insensetive. i guess they're forgetting that he's a comedian, not to mention, the comments have some truth to them.

i understand both points of view, because on the one hand, there seems to be a pervasive lack of accountability, but on the other, i don't think that is exclusive to any one race. in fact, it seems to be the american way these days.

what say you?

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Cosby never was political nor abusive, I even think all of his stand-ups were actually clean, and he liked talking about hs childhood and finding funny shit there (I'm too lazy to check it, but I think it's correct).
So I can just imagine how pissed he is right now, is he's taking that road after all those years. And he's right, but it's easier for him to make jokes about blacks cuz he's black. You never hear any white comedian doing black jokes...



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