Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Cool Person of the Day: Bill Cosby
The cool person of the day award goes to Bill Cosby.
Like all outspoken people, not everyone agrees with everything he says. He deserves recognition for speaking his mind his efforts.
As Chris Rock, Johnny Cochran, Jesse Jackson, Cosby and other black leaders have pointed out - at some point it became fashionable for black youths to act ignorant (or as Chris Rock says "it became cool to be a dumb nigga"). Media portrayals seemed to try to out do each other with the most ridiculous depiction of ignorant black people. Bill Cosby has stood up against this destructive trend.
A lot of white dudes like me don't talk about race due to fear or whatever other reason. Worse, many do not even recognize that there is a problem. Problem isn’t the word, "epidemic" is more accurate. There is a serious problem when we have communities in the United States where a black male has more likelihood of dying or going to prison than reaching his 30th birthday. Cosby has worked hard to change this and people should take notice.
Cosby has also been very active in helping parents in communities such as Springfield Mass take on responsibility that can help improve the lives of their children and others in their community.
Congratulations Mr. Cosby on the Brumax cool person of the day award.
¶ 9:15 AM
Like all outspoken people, not everyone agrees with everything he says. He deserves recognition for speaking his mind his efforts.
As Chris Rock, Johnny Cochran, Jesse Jackson, Cosby and other black leaders have pointed out - at some point it became fashionable for black youths to act ignorant (or as Chris Rock says "it became cool to be a dumb nigga"). Media portrayals seemed to try to out do each other with the most ridiculous depiction of ignorant black people. Bill Cosby has stood up against this destructive trend.
A lot of white dudes like me don't talk about race due to fear or whatever other reason. Worse, many do not even recognize that there is a problem. Problem isn’t the word, "epidemic" is more accurate. There is a serious problem when we have communities in the United States where a black male has more likelihood of dying or going to prison than reaching his 30th birthday. Cosby has worked hard to change this and people should take notice.
Cosby has also been very active in helping parents in communities such as Springfield Mass take on responsibility that can help improve the lives of their children and others in their community.
Congratulations Mr. Cosby on the Brumax cool person of the day award.
¶ 9:15 AM
