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ladysycamore · 07-02-2004, 04:29 PM

The truth fucking hurts. Didn't hurt ME though. I heard about this this morning, and I applauded...loudly!

My whole family would also be clapping and agreeing because we were ALL raised by "old school" black folk. Practically all of my relatives on both my Mom and Dad's side of the family were born at the tail end of the Depression Era and at the beginning of the 40s (as far as the adults; aunts and uncles). They all raised their kids the "old fashioned" way: rewarded if we did good, and the ass-beatdown if we got out of line. Where the neighbors got involved and told on your ass if they saw you doing something wrong. Where you had to be inside the house when the street lights came on and you could not play out of sight (or at least, yelling distance) from your house (and boy do I remember many days where my Dad would call me from the other side of the damn neighborhood and you had better be home within MINUTES!). When parents kept track of your progress at school, and went to pratically every PTA meeting (and you had to go with them!). Basically...when parents were parents.

It is sadly not like the "good old days" anymore (hm...sound familiar), and that's a shame because it only hurts the future generations of blacks.

Everything that Cosby has said has been "on point". Too goddamned bad if other blacks can't see that. They need to stop whining and start listening to what Cosby and countless others have been saying for decades now!

And I also wonder, Elspode, how many will see Cosby's remarks as "betraying" the "race". Such complete and utter bullshit.

I'd love to see/hear what Tavis Smiley, Dr. Cornell West, Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Micheal Eric Dyson has to say about all this.

07-02-2004, 04:29 PM	#3
ladysycamore "I may not always be perfect, but I'm always me." Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: In Sycamore's boxers Posts: 1,341	The truth fucking hurts. Didn't hurt ME though. I heard about this this morning, and I applauded...loudly! My whole family would also be clapping and agreeing because we were ALL raised by "old school" black folk. Practically all of my relatives on both my Mom and Dad's side of the family were born at the tail end of the Depression Era and at the beginning of the 40s (as far as the adults; aunts and uncles). They all raised their kids the "old fashioned" way: rewarded if we did good, and the ass-beatdown if we got out of line. Where the neighbors got involved and told on your ass if they saw you doing something wrong. Where you had to be inside the house when the street lights came on and you could not play out of sight (or at least, yelling distance) from your house (and boy do I remember many days where my Dad would call me from the other side of the damn neighborhood and you had better be home within MINUTES!). When parents kept track of your progress at school, and went to pratically every PTA meeting (and you had to go with them!). Basically...when parents were parents. It is sadly not like the "good old days" anymore (hm...sound familiar), and that's a shame because it only hurts the future generations of blacks. Everything that Cosby has said has been "on point". Too goddamned bad if other blacks can't see that. They need to stop whining and start listening to what Cosby and countless others have been saying for decades now! And I also wonder, Elspode, how many will see Cosby's remarks as "betraying" the "race". Such complete and utter bullshit. I'd love to see/hear what Tavis Smiley, Dr. Cornell West, Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Micheal Eric Dyson has to say about all this. __________________ "Freedom is not given. It is our right at birth. But there are some moments when it must be taken." ~Tagline from the movie "Amistad"~ "The Akan concept of Sankofa: In order to move forward we first have to take a step back. In other words, before we can be prepared for the future, we must comprehend the past." From "We Did It, They Hid It"