Wilson Barber wrote:
>In addition and
>ironically
>affirmative action has help to create an intra-racial
>class conflict within the Black community.
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That's why it was the chosen policy.
>Cosby is
>merely an expression of the intra-racial class
>conflict.
>Essentially he cannot speak crediably on the condition
>of most Black living in these urban areas. I severely
>doubt that Cosby lives anywhere near the "hood".
>
Course not, he lives in Bel Air. On the other hand, there's no question
that there's a psychopathology in the black community with respect to
learning/education and its value.... A kind of amplification of the more
general American "I'm ignorant and proud of it" that does not serve
anyone. I remember a long and chillilng routine on the subject in that
"kings of comedy" movie that Spike Lee(?) made a couple of years ago.
The routine based its humor on the fact that an audience member, when
asked for his occupation, responded that he was some sort of
professional. I forget the exact profession, but the comic got a lot of
yardage out of that, beginning with "You're an xxx? I bet you can't
even spell that..."
Until this changes, there's no hope.
Joanna
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>WB.
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