Updated: Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Cosby Remarks Could Be Cultural Story of the Year
"Bill Cosby is on his way to having created the cultural story of the year for people of color," Richard Prince's Journal-isms reports.
"His remarks about the conduct of some lower-class blacks continue to prompt an outpouring of news stories and commentary, with white columnists and editorial pages joining in on a subject debated at first primarily by African American columnists and a few other columnists of color," Journal-isms adds. "As recapped by Martin C. Evans ... in Newsday: 'While being honored in Washington by the NAACP, [Cosby] blamed parental failures for high dropout rates, teen pregnancy, foul-mouthed behavior and a lack of respect within the black community. He made similar remarks July 1 at a Rainbow/PUSH Coalition convention in Chicago.'"
Here's a sampling of the furor over the 66-year-old entertainer's remarks:
Kelly Brewington, Baltimore Sun: No lull seen in furor over
Cosby remarks
Ken Davis, Hartford Courant: Cosby Does Serious Stand-Up
Brian DeBose, Washington Times: Black leaders back Cosby's
straight talk
Martin C. Evans, Newsday: Cos and effect: Comedian's remarks
spark debate
Julie Henry, London Telegraph: Cosby backs school's ban on
street slang
Mary Ellen O'Shea, Springfield (Mass.) Republican: Youths find
friend in Cosby
Mary Ellen O'Shea, Springfield (Mass.) Republican: Honors go
to Cosby and kids
Ronnie Ratliff Jr., Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk: Hampton Roads
activists concerned with black youth
Jennifer Rosinski, Boston Herald: Hub on Bill: Words serve
as `wake-up call'
"Talk of the Nation," National Public Radio: Bill Cosby's Controversial
Comments
Deidre William, Buffalo News: Bill Cosby has people talking
Jamal Watson, Chicago Tribune: Cosby brings his frank talk to town
Lawrence Aaron, The Record, Hackensack, N.J.: Cosby needs to
show more compassion
James H. Burnett III, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: It's not
what Bill Cosby said - its the reaction to it
Barbara Ehrenreich, New York Times: The New Cosby Kids
Howard Goodman, South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Bill Cosby was
politically incorrect, but honest
Stebbins Jefferson, Palm Beach Post: What I hope Bill Cosby
meant
Roger T Jones, Cleveland Free Times: Bill Cosby's racial slurs
are beyond mean-spirited
Gregory Kane, Baltimore Sun: Oblate nuns get deserved praise
from Cosby's wife
Gregory Kane, Baltimore Sun: Officer's killing makes black
leaders' misplaced
Wil LaVeist, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.: Wrong delivery
hurts Cosby's message
Acel Moore, Philadelphia Inquirer: The Praise and Blame of
Bill Cosby
Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune: Cosby's `deal' to quell poverty
cuts both ways
Leonard Pitts Jr., Miami Herald: Cosby's remarks on blacks'
woes are refreshing
Deborah Simmons, Washington Times: Heard the one about . .
.?
Joan Vennochi, Boston Globe: Cosby's comments cut deep
Adrienne Washington, Washington Times: Cosby's barbs could
do more harm to blacks
James
Werrell, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.: Will Cosby remarks give fodder to
racists?
Michael Paul Williams, Richmond Times-Dispatch: Cosby should
widen target of criticism
Danielle
Worthy, Pacific News Service: Cosby's 'Black Guilt' Trip
Gary Younge, The Guardian, London: Space for the embattled
Other Commentary
Yvonne R. Davis and Stephen Balkaran, Hartford Courant: Cosby's
Criticism Was On The Mark
Editorial, Boston Herald: Cosby's tough words need deeds to
follow
Editorial, Florida Today (Melbourne): Bill Cosby's critique
Editorial, Louisville Courier-Journal: Caring for children
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Los Angeles Times: Mr. Cosby, Stop Blaming
the Victim
Letters to the Editor, New York Times
Theresa Nance, The Record, Hackensack, N.J.: Creating a future
for black kids
Star Parker, Capitol Hill Blue: Bill Cosby and the Bitter String
of Truth
Ron Walters, Black Press USA: Unreconstructed Bill Cosby -- Part I
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