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To: jsanders2001
Bill Cosby really covered all the bases at his 2004 speech at the NAACP convention, where he was invited to speak in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. Topeka Board of Education decision.

Just read the full transcript. You can find about two dozen of the best, most accurate, saddest and/or most entertaining quotes about the state of black America here:

Bill Cosby on Black America

Whoever first referred to this thing as the "Ghettoesburg Address" deserves a Pulitzer Prize. LMAO.

Just a little sample here:

"$500 sneakers? For what? They won't spend $250 on 'Hooked on Phonics.'"

23 posted on 08/24/2014 6:07:01 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("What in the wide, wide world of sports is goin' on here?")
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To: Alberta's Child

You do realize what’s on the rest of that page, right?


28 posted on 08/24/2014 6:17:13 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Alberta's Child

Oh yea, Cosby nailed it.


57 posted on 08/24/2014 7:57:56 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - a Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool])
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