Why is Bill Cosby still trying to get blacks to take responsibility when they do not listen?

Question

Tells them not to have children they cannot afford
Do not join gangs
Get an education
Plan on getting a good job someday

He is dismissed by blacks as a rich man who is cutting down the poor.

I think he is really trying to help and I agree with him. What do you think? Why aren't blacks listening to him?

Answer 1

Bill Cosby is one of the few blacks who truly understand the problems facing American blacks. Activists like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson have so drilled into the heads of the black community the principles of entitlement that they've begun to believe it.

The problem with entitlement is that it's reactive, not proactive. Instead of actively seeking to better their social and financial standing, blacks, because of this entitlement mentality, are generally found only to blame others, namely the government, for their lack of progress, under the familiar "racist" accusation.

Whether or not those people who oppress blacks are racist, it makes no difference. If there's any single lesson that life should teach us, it is that we are all responsible for our own actions, and therefore our futures. It is this principle that Bill Cosby undersands and advances. Blacks cannot afford to defend every single slight against them that might be construed as racist-motivated.

Ultimately, I think that Bill Cosby is catering simply to reality, not to childish notions of "we are entitled, because we were oppressed." Oppressed or not, entitled or not, it doesn't necessitate complacency.

Thank God for Bill Cosby: A man with a clue, lost in a sea of naysayers.

Answer 2

Some people do listen, but he's an older generation and a little out of touch. Younger men could deliver a similar message, with better effect.

Your phrasing "get blacks to take responsibility when they do not listen" smacks of moralistic condescension. Perhaps both you and Mr. Cosby share generational barriers as well as an air of sanctimony when communicating with the unrepentant.

Answer 3

Well many blacks have fallen into the culture of "gansta" kinds of things where getting an education and having a career is seen as being a sell out and being too white, so they dismiss him as sort of an Uncle Tom of sorts, the same happened with Oprah a while back when she tried to say the same thing. Of course its not all blacks, but the ones who are dismissing them have fallen into this anti white society and are doing everything they can to keep from staying mainstream

Answer 4

To be honest. I think he is trying to make a difference in the black community but I guess most of them don't want to approve his toughts because maybe they think that Bill wants blacks to be like whites, and really that's not the case. Race has nothing to do with being smart or having an education but unfortunately that's how some of them think. That because a black boy goes to college he is trying to be white, or because a black family own a 2story house, a mercedes, and an underground pool they are trying to be white! Heck No. You Get Me? That's just a superstition that some folks have not just blacks.

Answer 5

Bill is just a decent man who's, age old, advice forms a solid foundation for anyone who wants to have a chance for a decent life. Personal conduct and acting responsibly has nothing to do with race, creed or gender, but everything to do with how well you will be rewarded for the choice's that you make during your lifetime.

Answer 6

I love how a lot of the people that answer act as if you are against the Black race. I can tell your not and are truely concerned about why they aren't following this sound advice. It's not all Black people (and yes their are people like this in all races, some of the whites that are doing it are trying to get the Black's to accept them.) that aren't listening to this sound advice, but too many of them still like their gansta attitude. And the other races that act this way also think it's cool and don't realize how they are messing up the lives of the kids they have. (I'm not saying all kids born to people who want to live the gansta life style grow up to be like their parents, but enough of them do grow up to follow in their fathers footsteps.)

No matter what anyone think, kids first roll model is their father. Mine was hard working and stayed in the same job (3M) for over 30 years. (He wasn't perfect), but he was a good roll model in how to work hard to make a good, comfortable life for yourself.

That's why it's a terrible thing to see anyone want to live in a gansta type lifestyle. Since they aren't good role models to their kids.

Answer 7

I think Bill Cosby is a great guy who is really telling iy like it is. Most Black "leaders". the Al Sharptons and Jesse Jacksons and Farrakhan are forever telling them they should be victims or spout reverse hate mongering. I guess it's easier to blame everybody else for your problems than to take personal responsibility.

Answer 8

Unfortunately people do not like to look at themselves,it might be too disturbing it is much easier to blame others than to look in the mirror I really don't know what the solution is. Another example of people not looking at themselves are Muslim they will blame everyone else for their problems but wil not take a serious look at the behavior of some of their followers and demand changes.

Answer 9

Bill Cosby is an incurable optimist. But then again so am I.

I definitely agree with him, and so do a lot of others.

Thank you very much, while you're up!!

Answer 10

I think that some people do listen to him. He is an intelligent and personable man and he gives his message in a way that everyone should be able to understand it.

Actually, it is not just a message for any particular race - what he says should apply to everyone. And I agree, more people should listen to him.