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Bill Cosby speaks bluntly about black people and education

August 19, 12:49 AMEducation ExaminerDonna Gundle-Krieg
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Bill Cosby spoke about his feelings regarding black people and education in his recent rant called We Cannot Blame the White People Any Longer.

Cosby is probably the only person who could get away with talking the way he does because he is well respected among people of all races.
 
“People marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education, and now we've got these knuckleheads walking around,” he says.
 
“They're standing on the corner and they can't speak English. I can't even talk the way these people talk….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.” 
 
Cosby is especially upset that we have millionaire football players who cannot read or write two paragraphs.
 
“We, as black folks, have to do a better job,” he stated. “We have to start holding each other to a higher standard.”
 
He believes that “Brown or black versus the Board of Education is no longer the white person's problem. We have got to take the neighborhood back.”
 
For the entire rant, see:
 
 

 

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