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Toure: Bill Cosby "Rather Misguided About The Black Community"
MSNBC race analyst Toure (one word) once again came on the channel to lecture viewers on how race has everything to do with the Trayvon Martin shooting case and why Bill Cosby is hurting the black community by not playing the race card.
While reprimanding Cosby for not taking advantage of the situation, Toure groups himself with Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.
"We must be respectful to him, important person in the community, in America for a long time," Toure said of Bill Cosby before he trashed him for letting a situation like this go to waste.
"Respectful of our elders. But this is a very dangerous sentiment and it's not at all true. Yes, it is a gun situation but it is absolutely a racial situation in that Trayvon Martin was clearly profiled as a criminal black man, as if those two things are synonymous in America by George Zimmerman. That's why he pulled his gun and used it on Trayvon. And when a person of Bill Cosby's stature comes out publicly and says it's not a racial issue, it's a gun issue, it gives fuel to all those who misunderstand the situation. It is not about race and I and Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are making it about race when it's not. He's giving fuel to those people who say, 'See, look. Even Bill Cosby agrees with us' and that's not correct."
Toure later added that Bill Cosby's opinion is "dangerous," unlike his.
"I can't speak for Bill Cosby, but I can say, what if he looks at you and says you're dangerous because you have now said that George Zimmerman profiled Trayvon Martin, which is to be determined in a court of law now that he's been arrested and charged. And according to prosecutors, they say he did profile Trayvon Martin, but this is all to be determined by a jury of his peers and we're going to watch this play out. So, Bill Cosby, he could say the same thing about you," Toure said.
"Bill Cosby is an extraordinary American. He's extraordinarily talented. He's had an amazing effect on my life, on many lives. But in terms of nuanced political thinking, he has not shown himself to be a big fan of that. And he has quite often said things that put him into the category of, with friends like these, who needs enemies? I mean, like, he's repeatedly talked about a lack of morality in the black community, as if we don't teach our children morality, as if we want to go to prison, as if that's some badge of honor. That is not the way things are in the black community," Toure also said.
Tamron Hall, the MSNBC anchor conducting the interview, then asked Toure if he viewed Bill Cosby as "anti-black."
"I'm saying that he has on several occasions said things that are extremely negative, paternalistic and rather misguided about the black community," Toure retorted.
Re: Toure: Bill Cosby "Rather Misguided About The Black Community"
And that's why 1 black person can't speak for all blacks, 1 gay person can't speak for all gays, 1 woman can't speak for all women, 1 clergy member can't speak for all clergy members...
different thoughts, different ideas, different people
everyone is entitled to an opinion and shouldn't always have to vote with the majority of their minority.
though I tend to think in this case it was a racially motivated incident, at least the stalking, if not the killing. and guns don't kill people...ect
It's funny because I was talking about this topic with my friends at work ( I am the only black person) and a few of them thought that Cosby was a bit removed based in his experiences and his age. I tend to agree. And I love me some Cosby.
I listened to the interview and thought that he had it wrong by minimizing the racial aspect, solely based on the notion that Zimmerman had the prejudices that he did he followed Trayvon and we know the rest. Yes, if he had a machete things would have been different. BUT it would still be an attack based on race.
Guns are why Trayvon Martin was shot. Race is the reason Zimmerman got out of his car and followed Trayvon.
Dear Bill Cosby, this doesn't have to be an either or conversation.
Click me, click me!
ITA.
Two wrongs, making a right, and all that.
I am the 99%.
Yes, especially the bolded text!
Uh. That's the problem.
I haven't read Bill Cosby's comments on the events, but this is the first time I have read anything that reminds the public that it is at least ALSO a gun problem.
Zimmerman was armed with a gun. Martin is dead because of a gunshot.