'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,
What he drive,
Where he stay,
Where he work,
Who you be...
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
In fact you will never get any kind of job making a decent living.
People marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an Education,
and now we've got these knuckleheads walking around.
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 they won't spend $200 for Hooked on Phonics.
I am talking about these people who cry when their son is standing
there in an orange suit.
Where were you when he was 2?
Where were you when he was 12?
Where were you when he was 18 and how come you didn't
know that he had a pistol?
And where is the father? Or who is his father?
People putting their clothes on backward:
Isn't that a sign of something gone wrong?
People with their hats on backward, pants down around the crack,
isn't that a sign of something?
Isn't it a sign of something when she has her dress all the way up
and got all type of needles [piercing] going through her body?
What part of Africa did this come from??
We are not Africans. Those people are not Africans;
they don't know a thing about Africa .....
I say this all of the time. It would be like white people saying
they are European-American. That is totally stupid.
I was born here, and so were my parents and grand parents and, very likely my great grandparents. I don't have any connection to Africa, no more than white Americans have to Germany , Scotland , England , Ireland , or the Netherlands. The same applies to 99 percent of all the black Americans as regards to Africa .
So stop, already! ! !
With names like Shaniqua, Taliqua and Mohammed and all of that crap ..........
And all of them are in jail.
Brown or black versus the Board of Education is no longer the
white person's problem.
We have got to take the neighborhood back.
People used to be ashamed. Today a woman has eight children with eight
different 'husbands' -- or men or whatever you call them now.
We have millionaire football players who cannot read.
We have million-dollar basketball players who can't write two paragraphs.
We, as black folks have to do a better job.
Someone working at Wal-Mart with seven kids, you are hurting us.
We have to start holding each other to a higher standard..
We cannot blame the white people any longer.'
Dr.. William Henry 'Bill' Cosby, Jr., Ed.D.
Wow what a post! He certainly did not leave much out in this did he? I applaud the part about where were you when they are so upset to see them in the orange suits. Have seen this a lot in my job
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Maggie
I just love Bill. He has a great outlook on life. It just makes sense when it comes out of his mouth. John Wayne is another of my favorite speakers too. Why can't people just act like people?!
ReplyDeleteAMEN! Bill is one fabulous man, sayin git like it is!
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Marydon
Love it! I'm with him ALL the way!
ReplyDeleteGreat man, great post!
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What a very wonderful post about him!
ReplyDeleteBill Cosby has been a favorite speaker of mine for eons. He is really speaking out lately and he means every word he says. I love his last statement about "We have got to start holding each other to a higher standard. We cannot blame the white people any longer." What a wise man.
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Amen!!! Great Post!
ReplyDeleteHey Deb. Great post and he is absolutely right! And I'm talking about all people not just blacks or African Americans. Why aren't people being a role model for their children? Why aren't people disciplining their children? The dumbing of America is an epidemic. I don't know it all but I have enough sense to know that a child wants and needs discipline. We're the parents, we should know that and our kids shouldn't have to teach us that.
ReplyDeleteOff my soapbox now. Hugs...Tracy :)
P.S. Hope all's good for you. You've been on my mind a lot.