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Blogs Liberty and Power Bill Cosby: Part III (Hopeful Signs)

May 28, 2004

Bill Cosby: Part III (Hopeful Signs)

by Liberty and Power

Jon Bean stresses the negative black response to Bill Cosby's comments. Earlier, I predicted that Cosby might be "Clarenced."

Perhaps, as King Banaian's post also indicates, it is not quite as bad as it seems. Articles by Stanley Crouch , Hugh Pearson and others show that Cosby have drawn surprising, though sometimes highly qualified, support from leading black intellectuals. Is the tide turning?