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Words are powerful - Thoughts shape - Ideas have consequences

Marc Morano

CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer
Posted July 26, 2004

Bill Cosby to Blacks: Stop Blaming 'The White Man'
Jesse Jackson's Annual Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Conference

(CNSNews.com) - Bill Cosby pleaded with blacks to stop blaming the "white man" for their problems, and he reiterated his harsh critique of the current state of African-American culture. "It is almost analgesic to talk about what the white man is doing against us, and it keeps a person frozen in their seat. It keeps you frozen in your hole that you are sitting in to point up and say, 'That's the reason why I am here.' We need to stop this," Cosby said in an address before Jesse Jackson's 33rd Annual Rainbow/PUSH Coalition conference in Chicago.

The 66-year-old Cosby struck an introspective tone. "There is a time, ladies and gentlemen, when we have to turn the mirror around," he told the crowd of 500 people at the Sheraton hotel.

Cosby bristled at any notion that he should tone down his views so they will not be taken out of context and exploited.

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