Guess I wasn’t the only one listening to Cosby last Sunday on Meet the Press, considering some of the controversy stirred up by his appearance. There are many who accuse him of airing the black race’s dirty laundry in public. While this accusation is true, it is nonetheless unavoidable. If America were truly as segregated as some folks hope and others fear, no one would get to see many of us acting like fools, killing each other, having baby after baby with no ring and no prospects of one, hitching our starts to our rappin’, hoop-shootin’ offspring. Not all of us, mind you and poor choices are not confined to the ghetto nor are the well-to-do exempt. But we are out there in this world, free to be judged, dismissed, villified or even exalted as the case may be by ourselves and others, whether or not we earn what we get back.
However, I’ve come to rely on the positive, not the negative. By that, I mean, I can’t dwell too much on what people say is wrong with the black community. My focus is on what we should feel pride in. If you want to know what I mean, watch the video.
It’s time to reclaim our fame and move on to bigger, brighter, better things!
I saw last Sunday’s show, too.
Paz