About this title: The well-regarded social critic Michael Eric Dyson takes on the near-iconic entertainer Bill Cosby for comments in public forums in which Cosby critiqued the clothing styles, speech patterns, and behavior of black youth. These comments, which made newspaper headlines, were seen by some as overly harsh and unfair, while others welcomed them, praising Cosby's directness. Dyson acknowledges Cosby's achievements and contributions, and indeed specifically cites a famous 1969 Playboy interview in which Cosby forthrightly addressed race; but, in Dyson's view, Cosby has changed, and has joined what ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Basic Civitas Books
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780465017195ISBN:0465017193
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Basic Civitas Books
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780465017201ISBN:0465017207
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"I liked it but I was disappointed. Instead of using Cosby's "pound cake" speach as a microcosm representative of a certain segment of black society, he largely limits his arguments to every part and parcell of Cosby's rant. This does us much of a disservice because Cosby's words that night were obviously off the cuff and not thought out; and, more importantly, this method of examination give much too much credance to one indiviudual (influential though he may be). It was interesting, however, to learn more of the details (or at least a version of them) on Cosby's "other" life, that has been mostly publicised in tabloids. The comparisons to relations between the classes among black people around the turn of the 19h-20th century was also very interesting but it often felt very much out of place as it was juxtaposed to Cosby comments as rebuttal. All in all some very interesting and new arguments were put forth but i really did not like the presentation and placement of much of it."
"An excellent response to Bill Cosby's "speech" at the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision. Michael Eric Dyson goes into great detail to explain the disparity among blacks."
"Once it became clear that the author was going to spend most of the book trashing on Cosby, I lost interest. Yes, Cosby is not perfect. He has his flaws; we get it already, move on with the argument. And the thing is, Dyson does make some important points about how social issues do have to be taken into account in regards to the poor. However, and I think he may not be totally clear or misses this, those social issues are not an excuse to not be personally responsible. The example he uses of the kid shot by the police for stealing. Sure, you can say poverty drove him to it, but he still had the choice to actually commit the crime. There is always another choice, and one can choose to do the right thing. So, may not sound PC, but if said kid got shot in said robbery, it is fair to ask what was he doing stealing in the first place when we all know it is illegal to do so? To excuse it is simply a way to abdicate responsibility. Are there other issues, yes? But as usual, the truth is somewhere in the middle. Cosby seems to represent one extreme, but Dyson then represents the other extreme.
A pity in my case since I liked Dyson's later book on Katrina. I guess once a while a writer comes up with a book that is not so good."
"saw it in the airport bookstore and couldn't resist...this was a lot longer than it should have been. the thoughts were interesting, but i felt like this could have been done in 100 pages rather than over 200. i found myself groaning at times...strangely, the second to last chapter was the best one. too bad it didn't come at the beginning of the book. i could have read it and then, put the book down and saved myself the agony of having to get through the whole thing!"
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