So... I am stepping on to my soap box and broadcasting this across the Internet. I am sick and tired of people telling me that a certain race is a minority, or they feel be-litted by people. Step up people, and stand up for yourself. It isn't about everyone else, it's about you! It's about how you react to a situation, and what you do to retaliate. I am taking a stand, putting my self on a pedestal and announcing my opinion to the Internet. Heaven help me, I know this may get me in to trouble. But... I am not doing this alone, I am taking assistance from the well known comedian, and family man... Bill Cosby... this is his opinion, and coincidentally, I share his opinion on this particular issue in today's society... I don't mean to separate out or discriminate against anyone in particular, or any specific people in particular. It's simply this is an issue we all hear about on a daily basis. It's one we all are able to relate to in one way or another. We are all living in the same world. We all share the same air. We all have to take repercussions from everyone's actions. I have said this many, many times, and I will say it until I am blue in the face. It isn't about everyone else, it's about you!
'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? Isn't it a sign of something when she has her dress all the way up and got all types 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 ...... I say this all of the time. It would be like white people saying they are European-American. That is totally stupid. I was born here, and so were my parents and grand parents and, very likely my great grandparents. I don't have any connection to Africa, no more than white Americans have to Germany, Scotland, England, Ireland, or the Netherlands. The same applies to 99 percent of all the black Americans as regards to Africa. So stop, already! ! ! 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. We, as 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.
Thank you very much Bill Cosby! It's NOT about color... It's about behavior!!! Again, this isn't discriminating against anyone in particular. It's showing that no one should be held above another. It's about living in a world peacefully, because the economy is going down hill, and it isn't the fault of one race, creed, etc... it's everyone in this nation. We all helped make this mess, it's our responsibility to make it better and fighting about racism isn't helping anyone. It isn't about everyone else's problems, it isn't how everyone else started it... It's about how YOU react. It's about YOU learning, and YOU taking care of yourself. YOU choose to be happy, and YOU choose to feel offended. So, step off your island there, put a bandaid on your owie, and for the love of all that is good in this world, live up to the potential you have! It's all about the can do's, and the will, but only YOU can make it happen, because You are the Creator, and the leader in your life!
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? Isn't it a sign of something when she has her dress all the way up and got all types 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 ...... I say this all of the time. It would be like white people saying they are European-American. That is totally stupid. I was born here, and so were my parents and grand parents and, very likely my great grandparents. I don't have any connection to Africa, no more than white Americans have to Germany, Scotland, England, Ireland, or the Netherlands. The same applies to 99 percent of all the black Americans as regards to Africa. So stop, already! ! ! 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. We, as 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.
Thank you very much Bill Cosby! It's NOT about color... It's about behavior!!! Again, this isn't discriminating against anyone in particular. It's showing that no one should be held above another. It's about living in a world peacefully, because the economy is going down hill, and it isn't the fault of one race, creed, etc... it's everyone in this nation. We all helped make this mess, it's our responsibility to make it better and fighting about racism isn't helping anyone. It isn't about everyone else's problems, it isn't how everyone else started it... It's about how YOU react. It's about YOU learning, and YOU taking care of yourself. YOU choose to be happy, and YOU choose to feel offended. So, step off your island there, put a bandaid on your owie, and for the love of all that is good in this world, live up to the potential you have! It's all about the can do's, and the will, but only YOU can make it happen, because You are the Creator, and the leader in your life!
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AMEN!
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