That’s what bothers me about high profile Blacks. Of course they shouldn’t be seen as any different than Whites when it comes to issues of wrong-doing, but I want high profile Blacks kids can look up to, emulate.
When a Barack Obama, or a Bill Cosby, or a Charles Barkley, or any other high profile Black acts anti-socially, it gives kids the idea it’s okay unless you get caught.
I can’t help but wonder if a young Bill Clinton visiting JFK’s White House, found that it wasn’t so bad to treat women like sex objects to be used and discarded.
Role models are important.
Obama and Cosby should hang their heads in shame, and as you state, Cosby only if the charges are true. And at this point, it’s looking pretty bad for Cosby.
As a 50 year serial rapist with victims who today range in age from their mid 20s to their mid 70s, Cosby is a monster of epic proportions, not just a bad guy.
“That’s what bothers me about high profile Blacks. Of course they shouldn’t be seen as any different than Whites when it comes to issues of wrong-doing, but I want high profile Blacks kids can look up to, emulate.
When a Barack Obama, or a Bill Cosby, or a Charles Barkley, or any other high profile Black acts anti-socially, it gives kids the idea it’s okay unless you get caught.”
I don’t see a lot of young Black men imitating Bill COsby in anyway other than the alleged indiscretions. COme to think of it, I do not see any young Black men behaving like Obama. No matter what we think of him, he tries to impart a professional appearance and a certain ability that is clearly lost to most young people.
“That’s what bothers me about high profile Blacks. Of course they shouldn’t be seen as any different than Whites when it comes to issues of wrong-doing, but I want high profile Blacks kids can look up to, emulate.
When a Barack Obama, or a Bill Cosby, or a Charles Barkley, or any other high profile Black acts anti-socially, it gives kids the idea it’s okay unless you get caught.”
I don’t see a lot of young Black men imitating Bill COsby in anyway other than the alleged indiscretions. COme to think of it, I do not see any young Black men behaving like Obama. No matter what we think of him, he tries to impart a professional appearance and a certain ability that is clearly lost to most young people.