Bill Cosby is breaking his silence - temporarily, at least. He spoke with New York Post reporter Stacy Brown over the phone and had a few things to say about the media:
Let me say this….I only expect the black media to uphold the standards of excellence in journalism. You have to go in with a neutral mind.
What exactly did Cosby mean by this? It sounds like he is attempting to use the race card to distract attention away from his rape accusers. Does he mean to presume that the white media is incapable of reporting on the news fairly? He is most likely frustrated about his name constantly appearing in the headlines, and must be looking for a scapegoat.
Cosby has caused a stir about race in the past, but in a different way, with members in the black community. In his famous “pound cake speech” he says:
Why do people go around saying the cop shouldn’t have shot him (the black kid)? Well, I say, what was he doing with the pound cake in his hand?
Some people have taken his words out of context before in a speech 8 years ago on C-SPAN:
Mr. Cosby, despite making these comments, did not have anything to say about the sexual abuse and rape allegations being made against him by an increasing number of women, including most recently, Supermodel Beverly Johnson.
This isn’t the first awkward interview where Cosby has lashed out at the media, either. In November, he told Florida Today that people need to “fact check.”
He went on to say:
When you go to a civil rights march or something like that, at least there are meetings and some organization to it and people understand how to behave. There may be people coming to the show that don’t know exactly what to do; there is no organization to it all.
He abruptly ended his brief talk Friday by saying:
I cant talk anymore. They don’t want me to talk to you, so I am not commenting further.
That’s probably a good idea, Mr. Cosby.
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as a liberal, I’m the last person to accuse someone of playing the race card, but when you have 12+ women accusing you of rape, and you hide behind your color, especially in this delicate time of racism between real victims Brown, Tamir and Gardner, Cosby is taking advantage of his race. He’s playing the race card. Shame on you Bill for taking advantage of your dead brethren to dodge justice. If you think you’re truly innocent of rape, then face your accuser. Something these three never had the opportunity to do.
22 and counting!
Dodge justice? Oooh, the hyperbole runs strong with you.
12+, 22, 30, whatever. An accusation is not a fact. In fact the only thing factual is what I just said, an accusation is not a fact. I have yet to hear any solid evidence BEYOND the accusation. So until we get PROOF OF OCCURRENCE then I will not proclaim someone is a “rapist”.
Race Card? Why not Rape Card? Where one can accuse you of sexual impropriety and then never ever have to proof it with a fact or something? Just a bunch of silliness about what may have happened in the past.
33 and counting.
If it were one or two gold-diggers it’d be one thing. But when you’re closing in on three dozen it’s not so easily shrugged off.
aNYTHING which has not been proven can be shrugged off.