Sunday, May 23, 2004
I can't change your mind...you can't change my color...
Bill Cosby has apparently stepped into some controversy.
An article in last week's Washington Post says that Cosby gave a speech at a gathering commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Brown vs Board of Education decision. Cosby apparently gave a rather memorable speech.
According to the Post's Richard Leiby, Cosby slaughtered some pretty sacred cows:
"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!"
Mr Leiby also reports:
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?"
Yikes.
I can't decide if Cosby is incredibly brave or incredibly stupid.
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An article in last week's Washington Post says that Cosby gave a speech at a gathering commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Brown vs Board of Education decision. Cosby apparently gave a rather memorable speech.
According to the Post's Richard Leiby, Cosby slaughtered some pretty sacred cows:
"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!"
Mr Leiby also reports:
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?"
Yikes.
I can't decide if Cosby is incredibly brave or incredibly stupid.
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