"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: