Jul. 2nd, 2004
Hope nobody is wondering -
Jul. 2nd, 2004 12:07 pmIf you were to ask who I'd like to meet - anyone - I'd ask for Bill Cosby.
I'm glad that hasn't changed.
"Dogs, water hoses that tear the bark off trees, Emmett Till," he said, naming the black youth who was tortured and murdered in Mississippi in 1955, allegedly for whistling at a white woman. "And you're going to tell me you're going to drop out of school? You're going to tell me you're going to steal from a store?"
Cosby also said he wasn't concerned that some whites took his comments and turned them "against our people."
"Let them talk," he said.
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You got it. But he's been saying it for years. Who's listening?
I'm glad that hasn't changed.
"Dogs, water hoses that tear the bark off trees, Emmett Till," he said, naming the black youth who was tortured and murdered in Mississippi in 1955, allegedly for whistling at a white woman. "And you're going to tell me you're going to drop out of school? You're going to tell me you're going to steal from a store?"
Cosby also said he wasn't concerned that some whites took his comments and turned them "against our people."
"Let them talk," he said.
( Whole Text Behind Cut )
You got it. But he's been saying it for years. Who's listening?
Hope nobody is wondering -
Jul. 2nd, 2004 12:07 pmIf you were to ask who I'd like to meet - anyone - I'd ask for Bill Cosby.
I'm glad that hasn't changed.
"Dogs, water hoses that tear the bark off trees, Emmett Till," he said, naming the black youth who was tortured and murdered in Mississippi in 1955, allegedly for whistling at a white woman. "And you're going to tell me you're going to drop out of school? You're going to tell me you're going to steal from a store?"
Cosby also said he wasn't concerned that some whites took his comments and turned them "against our people."
"Let them talk," he said.
( Whole Text Behind Cut )
You got it. But he's been saying it for years. Who's listening?
I'm glad that hasn't changed.
"Dogs, water hoses that tear the bark off trees, Emmett Till," he said, naming the black youth who was tortured and murdered in Mississippi in 1955, allegedly for whistling at a white woman. "And you're going to tell me you're going to drop out of school? You're going to tell me you're going to steal from a store?"
Cosby also said he wasn't concerned that some whites took his comments and turned them "against our people."
"Let them talk," he said.
( Whole Text Behind Cut )
You got it. But he's been saying it for years. Who's listening?
Hope nobody is wondering -
Jul. 2nd, 2004 12:07 pmIf you were to ask who I'd like to meet - anyone - I'd ask for Bill Cosby.
I'm glad that hasn't changed.
"Dogs, water hoses that tear the bark off trees, Emmett Till," he said, naming the black youth who was tortured and murdered in Mississippi in 1955, allegedly for whistling at a white woman. "And you're going to tell me you're going to drop out of school? You're going to tell me you're going to steal from a store?"
Cosby also said he wasn't concerned that some whites took his comments and turned them "against our people."
"Let them talk," he said.
( Whole Text Behind Cut )
You got it. But he's been saying it for years. Who's listening?
I'm glad that hasn't changed.
"Dogs, water hoses that tear the bark off trees, Emmett Till," he said, naming the black youth who was tortured and murdered in Mississippi in 1955, allegedly for whistling at a white woman. "And you're going to tell me you're going to drop out of school? You're going to tell me you're going to steal from a store?"
Cosby also said he wasn't concerned that some whites took his comments and turned them "against our people."
"Let them talk," he said.
( Whole Text Behind Cut )
You got it. But he's been saying it for years. Who's listening?
Your Moment of WTF
Jul. 2nd, 2004 06:46 pm
Uh.
Colin Powell (news - web sites), US Secretary of State, performs a version of the Village People's hit disco song 'YMCA' at the conclusion of Asia's largest security meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Friday July 2, 2004. Powell took to the stage, dressed as a construction worker Friday, with other unidentified US diplomats to deliver their rendition of the 1970's hit song to an audience of Asia Security meeting delegates. (AP Photo / APTV)
Yeah.
Your Moment of WTF
Jul. 2nd, 2004 06:46 pm
Uh.
Colin Powell (news - web sites), US Secretary of State, performs a version of the Village People's hit disco song 'YMCA' at the conclusion of Asia's largest security meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Friday July 2, 2004. Powell took to the stage, dressed as a construction worker Friday, with other unidentified US diplomats to deliver their rendition of the 1970's hit song to an audience of Asia Security meeting delegates. (AP Photo / APTV)
Yeah.
Your Moment of WTF
Jul. 2nd, 2004 06:46 pm
Uh.
Colin Powell (news - web sites), US Secretary of State, performs a version of the Village People's hit disco song 'YMCA' at the conclusion of Asia's largest security meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Friday July 2, 2004. Powell took to the stage, dressed as a construction worker Friday, with other unidentified US diplomats to deliver their rendition of the 1970's hit song to an audience of Asia Security meeting delegates. (AP Photo / APTV)
Yeah.