Is this racist...or does it depend on who said it?
'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?
Or are you waiting for Jesus to pull his pants up?
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.
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. 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.
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?
Or are you waiting for Jesus to pull his pants up?
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.
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. 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.
posted by Meg Kelso | 7:55 AM
8 Comments:
If you don't like what was written above, you'll have to take it up with Bill Cosby...he said it, I didn't.
:):):)
Wouldn't it be nice if just ONE black person agreed with the things Dr. Cosby said?
I'm quite sure that most probably do. It's just like everything else in America, we only hear from the whack jobs.
Just thought I would throw my 2 cents into this.
My son wears his pants down low. I hate it with a passion. But. He is a good kid for the most part. He is an athlete who does fairly well in school. I refuse to get into a battle over clothes when there are potentially other battles in our future. His father and I have decided that if listening to rap music and wearing baggy clothes is the worst thing he ever does--we are blessed.
As a parent of a son who can't keep his pants up... please don't judge the parents for it. We DO care, we are just waiting for this phase to pass.
Tracie
Tracie,
Once again, these were not my words. I certainoy wouldn't judge a kid who expressed him or her self through wierd clothing, I remember the 60's. And I think you and his fathe are handling it exactly how I would. I like to choose my battles carefully.
Let his pants hang down to his knee's, I don't care. And congrats on having a kid who does nothing worse than exactly what each andevery one of us did. It means he's "normal"...whatever that is.
:)
Oh, I know you didn't say it...I have actually read that before. As with everything else in life, there is always an exception to the rule.
I do get dirty looks in public now and then because of how my son dresses. And that is okay with me. Assumptions will always be made from appearances--and they are seldom what the reality is.
I am in a unique situation: My daughter is mixed and went through a "goth" phase. (dark clothes, black lipstick, etc...not a good look for anyone...lol). My son is white and listens to rap and wears baggy clothes. I get alot of double takes when I have both of them in public....lol. I have learned from them and their friends that you just can't judge who a person is by how they dress or look.
I will also be the first to say that some parents just do not care at all what their kids do. Or where they are. Or how they act in school. I could go on and on. And on. My firm belief is that both parents have to be involved in every aspect of a child's life. Period. Unfortunately that doesn't always happen.
I could write a book about this topic but I will save ya and shut up now : )
Tracie
I don't know where you live but a family like that could get some funny looks in some parts of the country and in other parts, you guys wouldn't even be noticed.
You know how I feel about people who think that THEY are better if they can taunt others. Screw 'em!
I totally agree with you. I was thinking this morning about just that...color doesn't matter. Education and unfortunately, money, do seem to matter. And, no matter what color a kid is, they will almost always do better when there are 2 parents in the home.
I really, really think that people need to leave race out of so many issues. It seems to perpetuate anger and that's not good for anyone. Poor, uneducated people, no matter what color, all suffer from the same problems. And naturally, every person thinks their own problems are worse than anyone elses. That's just human nature.
The difference between the haves and have-nots is an issue. Black people can be rich as easily as white people can be poor. My father grew up during the depression and he told me that in the neighborhood he grew up in, people of all color lived together peacefully because they were all so dirt poor that they needed to come together to help each other. I wonder if we could do that nowadays?
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