By Jueseppi B.
‘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 has 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.
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Jueseppi B.
I look upto to Mr. Crosby, he is a very intelligent person ! I am concerned with the thought of some statements though. He has a right to speak up to and about his people. I have two son’s that , like most use slang Language, not at all times. Most often in a conversation with friends. Trying to be cool in aspect of it all. However we are caucasian , And I do think. We meaning all nationalities, could definitely learn a thing or two from Mr. Crosby. We all learn from our surroundings, unless we broaden them.
I agree 5000%. Sometimes we hate to hear the truth. Thank you for a very common sense comment on this issue.
This isn’t just an issue with Black Folk. You should try and interpret the speech of the some of the knuckleheads running around in the mountains. “Ain’t nair heard… over yonder way… shore-nuff… that’s hizzon…” It gets even worse when they blend hip-hop lingo into the mix. “Gotta fetch my homie…”
Folks up here like and admire the Latinos that have moved in. Good folk. Work hard. Family folk. And boy are they getting a terrible rendering of the English language.
Almost makes me embarrassed to be a hillbilly. Shore-nuff.
No wonder America is steadily falling behind other developed nations in education and STEM courses of study. Yes, it does go beyond race, and not just exclusive to the Black culture but Dr. Cosby is only qualified to speak to the Black community. If you follow my meaning.
Oh I understand about Dr. Cosby being qualified. You might be surprised what would fly out of people’s mouths when they heard my accent as I traveled about back in the day. Liberties were often taken by these people. At which time they were often surprised by what flew into their mouths in the way of education. Only another hillbilly calls a hillbilly a hillbilly. Most Black Folk understood that from jump. Suburban White folk often did not.
So yes, when you talk about the qualifications to address one’s own community… I get it.
Good. A lot can be misconstrued when typing. I am glad you got what I meant.
Thanks Dr.Crosby.When my children and grandchildren speak perfect English ,these illiterates have the adacity to think they speak like”White People”.This is so sad.
Yes, it is sad, even sadder when speaking proper English means being ridiculed.
SMILING … Have A Happy Day …
I have always thought the Cos had a lot of common sense. Thanks for posting this.
Dr. Cosby is right on the money with this opinion.
Yes and Mr Bill Cosby has earned his right to speak up, when he feels his people needs to be spoken to. Amen Mr Cosby, Amen!
Thanks to you Ms. Shelley for providing this….you are always on point.