I can see this, but I can also see how he was a highly-educated, highly-successful, highly-respected black man in an era when all of that was much harder to achieve than it is today. I can see plenty of legitimate reasons why the black community looked up to him.
His “pull up your pants and act more white” shtick was never endearing, always patronizing and it wasn’t really a surprise to figure out he’s a sick controlling rapist
Joe Biden singlehandedly massacring MeToo is probably the best example of a reverse milkshake duck we will ever see.
It's got to be hard to beat Bill Cosby. I've only seen the edges of what he represented to black Americans, and it still hurts to see.
Bill Cosby's paternalist scolding of black respectability is a reflection of his fascist rape culture not a contradiction.
I can see this, but I can also see how he was a highly-educated, highly-successful, highly-respected black man in an era when all of that was much harder to achieve than it is today. I can see plenty of legitimate reasons why the black community looked up to him.
The “black community” isn’t some monolith. I’m black and Cosby was the butt of jokes, not a respected elder, in my circle as a kid.
Absolutely. I didn't mean to imply that all black people universally loved the guy, but he certainly was popular among many black people.
I think it’s more a generational/class thing. Older, more respectable and richer black people liked him.
His “pull up your pants and act more white” shtick was never endearing, always patronizing and it wasn’t really a surprise to figure out he’s a sick controlling rapist
Cant say I was surprised by it but even now that one gets an oof from me (Biden not Cosby)