Bill Cosby: 'Blacks Cant Speak English!'

Papa Shango

MINORITY REPORT
Bill Cosby: Blacks can't speak English
NAACP leaders stunned by remarks of prominent comedian

Posted: May 20, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern



© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com

In the presence of NAACP President Kweisi Mfume and other African-American leaders, comedian Bill Cosby took aim at blacks who don't take responsibility for their economic status, blame police for incarcerations and teach their kids poor speaking habits.

Cosby made his remarks at a Constitution Hall event in Washington Monday night commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Brown vs. Board of Education decision that paved the way for integrated schools, reported Richard Leiby in his Reliable Source column for the Washington Post.

Leiby said Cosby's remarks were met with "astonishment, laughter and applause."

When Cosby finally concluded, Leiby said, Mfume, Howard University President H. Patrick Swygert and NAACP legal defense fund head Theodore Shaw came to the podium looking "stone-faced."

Shaw told the crowd most people on welfare are not African American. He insisted many of the problems his organization addresses among blacks are not self-inflicted.

Cosby said, according to Leiby: "Ladies and gentlemen, 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 won't spend $200 for 'Hooked on Phonics.'

He added: "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' ... 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!"

The Post said Cosby also targeted imprisoned blacks.

"These are not political criminals," he said. "These are people going around stealing Coca-Cola. People getting shot in the back of the head over a piece of pound cake and then we run out and we are outraged, [saying] 'The cops shouldn't have shot him.' What the hell was he doing with the pound cake in his hand?"

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Well the Brown v Board school intergration decision is really paying off isnt it.

Cant beat a good edjewcation.

DMW

Fucking racist.

imported_inogenius

Is there a term as to when you hate your own kind?

I can however see where he's coming from, just I hear it from not only black people but also white, and every other race on earth. It almost hurts my ears to listen to them speak. It's just painful to think that someone could be so trashy that they can't even speak proper English.

Here's a sentence I hear from the pieces of shit everyday: "ANYBODYS GOTS ANY GUM?"

It's really quite sad.

DMW

I say good for him. It's nice to see a black man calling for accountability within the black community. Black Americans have been convinced by the likes of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton that they are always victims, and ideas of self accountability and responsibility are largely ignored by the black community. This is very refreshing.

Quack Handle

Black people need to end the self-perpetuation of miseducation. People are so quick to label it "Black culture" that we miss what it really is. It's simply the wrong way to speak and act.

Disco Raheem

I agree, there is nothing that signifies a lack of intellect then the use of such sayings as, "Dat be phat", "Sup homies", and "I da Man".

I mean, I da Man? Not only does it lack proper pronunciation, but it is a grammatical nightmare. Is it really that hard to say 'I am the man'? A lot of people say language skills are a true indicator of intelligence, and after seeing the evidence I'd have to agree.