Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Bill Cosby Cracks Down On Young Black Men


"The men as young boys are dropping out of high school, but they've memorized the lyrics of very difficult rap songs," Comedian Bill Cosby says. Stern criticism from Bill Cosby as he addresses the 2006 graduating class of Spelman College in Atlanta. But his message isn't going over so well with these young men at the Boys & Girls Club here in Memphis. "It doesn't make me feel good as a young black male at all. Not everyone is trying to do bad in their life," High School Senior Nick Smith says.

Nick Smith and Jeremy Lawson are just two young men who are doing good. Both will graduate high school next week and head to college. "I refuse to be a statistic. It just gives me fuel to my fire," Lawson says. Cosby also cracks down on young black men who he says leave women to fend for themselves. "They know how to send their sperm cells out then walk away from something called the responsibility of father," Cosby says.
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