pan....many black leaders, including Obama have said the same thing.
There must be more personal responsibility within the black community.
Amen to that. Absolutely!
Where many differ from Cosby is the fact that one doesnt diminish the other.
In the same speech, Cosby also said:
We have to begin to build in the neighborhood, have restaurants, have cleaners, have pharmacies, have real estate, have medical buildings instead of trying to rob them all.
Should we ignore the fact that discriminatory lending practices are a barrier to black business ownership and building in black neighborhoods......or that a black kid who robs a neighborhood store is likely to get a far stiffer sentence than a white kid committing the same crime.
Should we just say "try harder...take more personal responsibility" and accept the other wrongful act committed at an institutional level?
Sure its easier and a more convenient response.