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Originally Posted by spirit4711  Why? Wasn't it true what Cosby said? What bothered you? |
He turned it into us vs. him. That's never a good thing. He was kicking Blacak people while they were down. He wasn't trying to help, he was complaining and pointing fingers. No good could ever come from his comments because he wasn't trying to help. He generalized in instances. He said, “You’ve got to stop beating up your women because you can’t find a job, because you didn’t want to get an education and now you’re (earning) minimum wage,” This implies that all black men who beat their women have no education and are basically "stupid." Have you heard of Chris Brown? The educated, rich, singer/songwriter... I didn't hear Cosby go at high profiled celebrities who beat their women. Plus, Black men aren't the only people beating their women but he chose not to address that. Again, he wasn't trying to help.
I saw one of his complete speeches (I think he made at least 2 or 3) and I was very disappointed when he made comments about Black names. He said, "With names like Shaniqua, Shaligua, Mohammed and all that crap and all of them are in jail." That was probably the worst comment of all. A name doesn't define a person. Attacking a person's name and coorelating it with crime is absurd.
Cosby was not talking about me but I still took offense. A person of his stature can do a lot with his words. He chose to use his words to attack his own people. Nothing was accomplished. He didn't talk about how the problem began or what could be done to solve the problem. He didn't talk about how this problem has been going on for decades. Instead, he made it us (the upper/upper-middle class) vs. them (the lower class). As I said before, I lost a lot of respect for Cosby because of his comments.