tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20488696.post114790027483799914..comments2023-09-28T05:21:47.397-05:00Comments on BLAXPLANATION: Calling Out CosbyAnother Conflict Theoristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03611335993936210835noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20488696.post-1148488228280660522006-05-24T11:30:00.000-05:002006-05-24T11:30:00.000-05:00I am having a hard time figuring out whre I stand ...I am having a hard time figuring out whre I stand on this issue. On the one hand I don't like the way he generalized a whole generation of the race with some of his statements. On the other hand, I agree with allot he has said and I see the evidence of it everyday. There really isn't a time limit on what age you can start speaking out about the condition of yoru people. Even Malcolm Little was a hustler before he became Malcolm X. I think we still have a problem with our business being put in the street because we are not ready to admit that everything we have tried to get it right has not worked.Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389032037779987856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20488696.post-1147964734654676022006-05-18T10:05:00.000-05:002006-05-18T10:05:00.000-05:00This one is tricky. Mostly because to be honest wi...This one is tricky. Mostly because to be honest with you, I agreed with what The Cos said two years ago. I agreed with the venue in which he said it -- a room full of uppity black folks with money and status who had the potential to help with the problems he was addressing. We are in a world of hurt. We are our own worst enemy. Two weeks before he said what he said in 2004 he was at Howard University pleading with the students to be proactive, accountable, interactive, hardworking. Our culture is following rap artists and sports figures and half naked hip hop queens for the sake of looking good. All for instant gratification. I agree with you that the nations poor in general have problems equally. But when i would come home with a bad grade in geometry and tell my mom that the whole class did badly, her response was always "I'm not worried about what everyone else is doing, I'm worried about what you're doing." I think his participation in the movement is a moot point. We all have done or not done things and looked back and said "hmmm. maybe that wasn't such a good choice." Maybe that's where he is now, I don't know. But his wanting to look out for the welfare of his race should not be looked down upon. Mostly, people are having problems with the way that he said it. Well, it's not getting done any other way. I volunteered on a mayoral campaign once, and kept hearing from the people in Southeast DC "What has he (this particular candidate) done for me?" I would look them straight in the eye and ask them "What have you done for yourself?"<BR/>I have a little sister (11 years old) and her mother is fighting to keep her out of the Beyonce' circle of females who want to look, dress and act like Beyonce', who is constantly portrayed as a sex symbol. Guess what, my little sisters' family (she's my half sister) fits under the poverty guidelines....at least her mother is trying to teach her how to act. Which, I believe was the point Bill was trying to make.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com