‘This is how we lost to the white man’

~The Atlantic

This is an overview and analysis of Bill Cosby’s current crusade for African-American self-reliance as the cure for racism. The article expands on the notion that instead of striving towards Dr King’s dream of a “melting pot” where everyone is equal, Cosby is taking a very Malcolm X like stance of pushing for a black America that pulls itself up to become the equal of white America.

…preaching from the book of black self-reliance, a gospel that he has spent the past four years carrying across the country in a series of events that he bills as “call-outs.” “My problem,” Cosby told the audience, “is I’m tired of losing to white people. When I say I don’t care about white people, I mean let them say what they want to say. What can they say to me that’s worse than what their grandfather said?”