An Open Letter From Bill Cosby
You have perhaps heard me talk on issues concerning the African American community such as a lack of focus on education, crime, and the hip hop music. Today I’d like to address one more concern regarding a growing problem with today’s black youth. More and more young men, through laziness and a general lack of education, are wearing away the hard earned sexual reputation men of color have worked so long and hard to earn.
Earlier this century a black man wasn’t able to touch a white woman without being lynched, let alone caress the most tender parts of her body. It’s still said that “once you go black, you never go back”, but I believe this to be out of sheer momentum that this belief persists. Young African American men are spending their nights running from the police and smoking the pot when they should be spending their nights reminding their special woman why they picked the darkest skinned man in the bar.
The problem as I see it is a lack of solid role models. Parents, teachers, and leaders in the community need to make it clear that a young man needs to work hard to continue carrying the torch passed down by forefathers of lust like Shaft, Jimi Hendrix, and James Brown. If not there could be a tragic downturn in tail for future generations of African Americans.
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