ozo_emeka: You know what ret@rd.

Do your own research here, put in the city and find out for yourself
http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/city_result.jsp?country=United+States&city=New+York%2C+NY

Change it to Dakota I was using in my previous example. Damn you are stup1d

Originalsly: Bro...if you get your figures from internet research...say so. I don't need to consult your source. I expected a bell to go off in your head when I specified that Jamaica Ave, Brooklyn is hood. I am very familiar with New York...am in New York at the moment...Brooklyn to be precise...and personally bought a 3 liter bottle of Poland Spring(...one of the better and most popular brand...) two days ago for $1.50. Because of your statement how many have left with the wrong impression that a small bottle of water costs $8 in New York? You should be man enough to admit you were misled instead of this display of arrogance and childish name calling.

Originalsly: Bro...if you get your figures from internet research...say so. I don't need to consult your source. I expected a bell to go off in your head when I specified that Jamaica Ave, Brooklyn is hood. I am very familiar with New York...am in New York at the moment...Brooklyn to be precise...and personally bought a 3 liter bottle of Poland Spring(...one of the better and most popular brand...) two days ago for $1.50. Because of your statement how many have left with the wrong impression that a small bottle of water costs $8 in New York? You should be man enough to admit you were misled instead of this display of arrogance and childish name calling.

ozo_emeka: You know you are very stup1d.

Did I ever MENTION that he can't get a lease because of a SSN. Did I ever talk about a SSN?

I talked about renting AN APARTMENT. READ FUkKING ID1OT

B1tch I told him if he DOESN'T ... gat damn are you so FUCkkKING stup1d you can't read?

STOP BRINGING THINGS FROM NOWHERE I NEVER MENTIONED. person

Originalsly: Bro...if you get your figures from internet research...say so. I don't need to consult your source. I expected a bell to go off in your head when I specified that Jamaica Ave, Brooklyn is hood. I am very familiar with New York...am in New York at the moment...Brooklyn to be precise...and personally bought a 3 liter bottle of Poland Spring(...one of the better and most popular brand...) two days ago for $1.50. Because of your statement how many have left with the wrong impression that a small bottle of water costs $8 in New York? You should be man enough to admit you were misled instead of this display of arrogance and childish name calling.

manny4life:


Wow... Bitch, person, and what have you? Really

You will have heart attack o...

You're 21yo, and perhaps haven't signed a lease, so you talk about lease and don't even know what a lease is about let alone what it entails. If you did, you won't ignorantly state an international student is leasing a place.

Then again, this is coming from a frustrated 21yo who's life is about fancy furniture, fancy phones and what have you while his mates are saving up and getting their shitt together. I thought you were informed, but you're misinformed. More reason why I won't waste my time with you, STOP PEDDLING LIES.

It's ok to struggle and hustle, once upon a time, we ALL did it, I had my tough day in college, but your fanciness has earned you bitterness about the U.S., don't blame the U.S. for your woes, blame your fancy spending. I dislike the U.S. for the system not for the constant bickering you've put out there.

God bless you...PEACE

balotelli: Now am a strong advocate of immigrating to the US If the country was that Bad will the US govt start the diversity program to allow in Millions of immigrants , I have worked five years and can't afford to send my younger sister to a private UnIversity had to make sure she got admissiong to Unilorin while my pal same age who immigrated to the Yankee pays convenant University fees for his sister ,He might no be rich but at least he eats good food ,water. Enjoys constant power , and so on. He sent me an Iphone 4 last week and now Now am a strong advocate of immigrating to the US if the country was as bad as OP put it then the US government won't bother starting the visa lottery asking lotta people to Immigrate ,If u are doin bad there doesn't mean I will do bad .When u see poverty In naija u will develo chills ,I have worked five years and can't afford to pay a younger ones school fees in a private UNi but my pal in the states pays his sisters fees in the

ozo_emeka: Not misled. Numbeo is cited as the #1 source for Cost of living analysis.

AGAIN do your RESEARCh. BLS takes its numbers from Numbeo

Everybody knows the Ave is in the hood

manny4life:

I did not even know where to start from because of the information you put out there is blatantly false. For instance on the lease part, he won't be able to get a lease simply because he doesn't have a SSN to sign a new contract/lease contract. His option is to rent a room which is usually between $500-650 monthly everything included. There's nothing conservative about it, a girl friend of mine has rented a room out here in Springfield VA for $550. Go to Craigslist.com and get information, please STOP misinforming people.

As for the part of fancy phone, fancy furniture and fancy nonsense, I can see the reason why you hate America so much, I'm disliking it as well, but you and I tend to have different reasons. My friend, people like me have what we call budget, it's called financial discipline: spending less than you have. Why buy a Samsung Galaxy when other phones perform the same function? If I want clothes, I go to JCPenney for their sale, and few times at Macy's. What's with the rubbish of "fancy furniture"? It all makes sense why you hate America, YOU'RE BROKE.

Let me tell you something, in my house, the brown leather sectional I've had for 3years + is getting weak because friends and family sleep on it and and the leather on two part of seats are kinda breaking/chipping off.

Solution to the weakness of the spring: http://www.walmart.com/ip/As-Seen-on-TV-Furniture-Fix-Interlocking-Panels/16609877 The link is supporting panels I saw on As Seen on TV, it supports the couch, according to the ad, even a Sumo wrestler of 700lbs can bounce on your couch. I have no plans on replacing it, I said I will remove the leather covering and return it back to the store and see if my warranty covers a new leather, if not, I will buy a new leather covering or the slip-on cover. Total cost---> $150 or less. Do I plan on replacing my entire sectional that cost $1800 when I bought it on sale, HELL TO THE Bleep NO, and yes, after more than 3yrs, it's still looks decent. If I can take pictures, you will see for yourself.

You know when last I replaced my TV ? About 4 years ago, I still have flat screen from back then, 37inch to be precise. Have I been longing for the Samsung Internet TV with 3D, fvck yeah, do i really need it, hell no...Granted I augmented it with my xbox, blu-ray player, surround sound system, etc... That's it. Bros, according to all you have written, you seriously need financial discipline. I'd advice you get it. Anyone who can't live within their means and come here to write nonsense should please stay back.

9icegee: if there's sometin wrong wit some1 i tink its u. Did u even understand wot emeka wrote? U just wake up and start mentioning stuffs u own (which we cant even say 4sure u're telling de truth). Who asked u all those My! Some ppl's comprehension is awesome!!

ozo_emeka: bickering?

you know what..

"thanks"

manny4life:

I did not even know where to start from because of the information you put out there is blatantly false. For instance on the lease part, he won't be able to get a lease simply because he doesn't have a SSN to sign a new contract/lease contract. His option is to rent a room which is usually between $500-650 monthly everything included. There's nothing conservative about it, a girl friend of mine has rented a room out here in Springfield VA for $550. Go to Craigslist.com and get information, please STOP misinforming people.

As for the part of fancy phone, fancy furniture and fancy nonsense, I can see the reason why you hate America so much, I'm disliking it as well, but you and I tend to have different reasons. My friend, people like me have what we call budget, it's called financial discipline: spending less than you have. Why buy a Samsung Galaxy when other phones perform the same function? If I want clothes, I go to JCPenney for their sale, and few times at Macy's. What's with the rubbish of "fancy furniture"? It all makes sense why you hate America, YOU'RE BROKE.

Let me tell you something, in my house, the brown leather sectional I've had for 3years + is getting weak because friends and family sleep on it and and the leather on two part of seats are kinda breaking/chipping off.

Solution to the weakness of the spring: http://www.walmart.com/ip/As-Seen-on-TV-Furniture-Fix-Interlocking-Panels/16609877 The link is supporting panels I saw on As Seen on TV, it supports the couch, according to the ad, even a Sumo wrestler of 700lbs can bounce on your couch. I have no plans on replacing it, I said I will remove the leather covering and return it back to the store and see if my warranty covers a new leather, if not, I will buy a new leather covering or the slip-on cover. Total cost---> $150 or less. Do I plan on replacing my entire sectional that cost $1800 when I bought it on sale, HELL TO THE Bleep NO, and yes, after more than 3yrs, it's still looks decent. If I can take pictures, you will see for yourself.

You know when last I replaced my TV ? About 4 years ago, I still have flat screen from back then, 37inch to be precise. Have I been longing for the Samsung Internet TV with 3D, fvck yeah, do i really need it, hell no...Granted I augmented it with my xbox, blu-ray player, surround sound system, etc... That's it. Bros, according to all you have written, you seriously need financial discipline. I'd advice you get it. Anyone who can't live within their means and come here to write nonsense should please stay back.

Originalsly: Here you go again....EVERYBODY knows the Ave is in the hood. Now I know you really don't know what you are talking about. FYI...Jamaica Ave begins in Brooklyn and runs for a short distance only before it crosses the border and continues as a main artery through Queens. Its short distance in Brooklyn is in the hood. In Queens it cuts through all classes of neighborhoods so for you to say the ave is in the hood is another display of ignorance and arrogance. The initial purpose of your thread was to paint a true picture...give a reality check to those desirous of migrating....those who believed what is portrayed on TV to be the real deal. Isn't it ironic that here you are in the same shoes as those you were trying to enlighten?...believing what you see in your whatever top rated index to be true?...despite what somebody on ground is telling you? You need to chill or you will lose whatever little credibility you have left.

Reincarnated: Some Nigerians amaze me. With all the problems your country is facing, na so una carry another man's country problems on your head. WTF. Think about how to fix your damn 3rd world country before you start to criticize the problems of a country that is more than 50 years ahead your own gaddammit.
See some people saying they are proud of Nigeria abi wetin dem talk? WTF is there to be proud of? A country that embezzlement is the order of the day? No constant water or electricity? Bad roads? Horrific educational system? Don't even let me start with that nasty thing you call an aviation system? Overpopulation? The need for culture domination, tribalism and all that fucckery (as far as i'm concerned, there should be nothing like 3 main languages in that country)? In this day and age, look at the joke you call per capita income in the country. Children that are meant to be in good schools learning to be great future leaders of tomorrow are left on the streets begging for a daily meal and yet some people have the audacity to speak about a country that has one of the best educational systems in the world. Nobody is saying that America is all prim and proper but carrying its problems on your head when you are equally fighting for survival in that comedy you call Nigeria is plain stuppiid and pathetic. Get a fucckiing grip on your life and think about what you gonna do to help the situation in Nigeria so that when next you open your mouth and call yourself a proud Nigerian, you will actually mean it

Lucasbalo: . Whoa. That's all I can say. I will blame the leadership though not the people. The people are very hard working but the leadership sucks from the President all the way down.

Originalsly: Hmmm...maybe you should blame the people!...after all...they don't protest and despite all the fussing and cussing...the people for whatever reasons...would vote them right back in office!

cap28:

To make it out of the hood in today's America you need a lot of assistance from the white power structure because they control everything - the educational system, access to jobs, everything .

In order for a black person to make money in America they must be willing to not only keep their mouths shut about the exploitation and abuse that whites have perpetrated against their ancestors and are still perpetrating against them, they must also be willing to sell out their own people.

This fact is even more glaring in the case of rich black americans - this is why the likes of Oprah, Cosby, Jay Z, P Diddy and all other black americans who are in the $100million dollar net worth club NEVER EVER DO ANYTHING FOR BLACKS, NEVER SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE RACIST SYSTEM THAT STILL ABUSES AND EXPLOITS BLACKS AND NEVER EVER IDENTIFIES WITH ANY CAUSE WHICH ADVOCATES ECONOMIC OR POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT OF BLACK PEOPLE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

In my book such people are not role models but sell outs and pawns of the white power structure. we have them in Nigeria too, Okonjo Iweala, Badluck Jonathan, OBJ, IBB these are all gate keepers of white supremacy, guard dogs of a system which seeks to exploit and abuse black people while at the same time enriching and consolidating the power of whites. Therefore for you to see someone like Cosby as a role model shows me just how brainwashed and or ignorant you are. WHy would I look up to someone who praises someone who has done nothing but harm me and my people throughout history? Oh let me guess because he is a multi millionaire - got you.

The problem with Nigerians is that many of us have no self pride or dignity - it doesn't take much to get us excited, just throw a few crumbs in our direction and we start foaming at the mouth, this is why the white power structure know that they have nothing to fear as far as Nigerians are concerned - they know we are greedy, selfish and are addicted to materialism even though we are incapable of manufacturing any of the things we covet. YOu would have thought that we would have learned our lesson after they depleted our population during the trans atlantic slave trade and then came back for our crude oil but no its like no matter how bad we are treated we remain deaf, dumb and blind to the fact that we are mere victims within a brutal system of white supremacy.

Nigerians are very easy to work out - you can imagine a guy on this thread boasting about driving on an American freeway LMAO!!! doesn't he know that with Nigeria's wealth we could live just as well as the average American if we could get the right leadership.

If we had someone like the late Hugo Chavez leading Nigeria, overnight a lot of things would change, all those imperialist agents like Okonjo Iweala, OBJ, Goodluck, Deizani and other bandits would be rounded up clamped in jail and left there to rot.

.....but with the mentality of the average Nigerian this will remain a mere pipe dream.

Some people are on here boasting about how well they are doing in America - you boast about how good things are for you but you are living in another man's house, you are not recognised as an equal, you are disrespected everywhere you go simply because of the colour of your skin, when you go into a shop, the assistant follows you around as if you are a theif - so what is the point of life if no-one respects and you never have rest of mind?

If education is the way out of the labyrinth to quote you why do you have Nigerian men with phds driving cabs in America and England?
education is useless without a system in place that enables you to put that knowledge and skill to use, go and check the statistics of unemployed black graduates in the UK and US and you will then understand that having education as a black person in the western world does not protect you from a racist system that rewards people on the basis of race not merit.

cap28:

many hip hop artists started out as militant critics of the US govt but with time many of them were paid off and given lucrative sports endorsement deals with various corporations, others were given movie contracts and other lucrative deals this was done in order to buy their silence that's why none of these people speak out against the govt any more, the stubborn ones were simply eliminated (Tupac shakur).



Globalisation = world wide slavery of non white people - every non white country of the world where globalisation exists has consigned their populations to mass unemployment, mass poverty and mass misery. Globalisaton is all about allowing western corporations access to cheap raw materials and labour at the expense of the indigenous populations of those countries.

cap28:

To make it out of the hood in today's America you need a lot of assistance from the white power structure because they control everything - the educational system, access to jobs, everything .

In order for a black person to make money in America they must be willing to not only keep their mouths shut about the exploitation and abuse that whites have perpetrated against their ancestors and are still perpetrating against them, they must also be willing to sell out their own people.
....

In my book such people are not role models but sell outs and pawns of the white power structure. we have them in Nigeria too, Okonjo Iweala, Badluck Jonathan, OBJ, IBB these are all gate keepers of white supremacy, guard dogs of a system which seeks to exploit and abuse black people while at the same time enriching and consolidating the power of whites. Therefore for you to see someone like Cosby as a role model shows me just how brainwashed and or ignorant you are. WHy would I look up to someone who praises someone who has done nothing but harm me and my people throughout history? Oh let me guess because he is a multi millionaire - got you.

The problem with Nigerians is that many of us have no self pride or dignity - it doesn't take much to get us excited, just throw a few crumbs in our direction and we start foaming at the mouth, this is why the white power structure know that they have nothing to fear as far as Nigerians are concerned - they know we are greedy, selfish and are addicted to materialism even though we are incapable of manufacturing any of the things we covet. YOu would have thought that we would have learned our lesson after they depleted our population during the trans atlantic slave trade and then came back for our crude oil but no its like no matter how bad we are treated we remain deaf, dumb and blind to the fact that we are mere victims within a brutal system of white supremacy.

If education is the way out of the labyrinth to quote you why do you have Nigerian men with phds driving cabs in America and England?
education is useless without a system in place that enables you to put that knowledge and skill to use, go and check the statistics of unemployed black graduates in the UK and US and you will then understand that having education as a black person in the western world does not protect you from a racist system that rewards people on the basis of race not merit.

InvertedHammer:

Cap28:
You are phony!

I cannot follow your logic. You blame and excuse Nigeria at the same time in your epistle.

You are a victim of your conspiracy theory. As you opined, we live in a world dominated and controlled by the White Supremacists.
By your own assertion, Nigeria failed because of Caucasians. Are you serious or just being mischievous? I don't have much time to be
arguing with you because our audience are people who live in Nigeria and know the exact level of frustrations therein. I cannot believe
that the country you are trying so hard albeit vainly to defend is the same Nigeria a good number of NLers live in.

Ok. Let me shove the truth down your throat.

White Supremacists are not holding Nigeria down. Nigeria is her own problem. Why?

White Supremacists are not the ones owing people salaries in arrears. They did not force your leaders (OBJ,IBB, Abacha, Ibori, etc) to embezzle funds entrusted in their cares. It was not a white Supremacist judge that cleared Ibori of all the criminal charges in Delta State. They did not force your government to negate on the agreement they reached with ASUU. They are are not responsible for bad roads, lack of electricity, no clean water and other vices obtainable in Nigeria. They are not the ones snatching ballot boxes. They do not force Immigration officials at the airport to continue to embarrass themselves by turning into lowly beggars. Did you see the pictures of Ikeja Police College? Is a white supremacist in charge of that place too? Last time I checked, toothless EFCC is not being run by a white supremacist.

I guess in your world it is the white supremacists that are stoking the embers of tribal hatred on NL. Excuses! Excuses! Excuses!
Take it from me. The leaders do not believe in Nigeria. I may live in USA but I have more contact in Nigeria than you. I was in a senator's house in Abuja last year in one of their so-called "meeting-before-meeting" (if you are in the know, you will know what this means), I was appalled by
the level of deliberations these folks embarked on. It was more like a child's play. And I wondered if these are the exact same set of people we expect to deliver Nigeria from ending in abyss. Nothing discussed there showed any sign of people with some level of confidence in the so-called country. Unbelievable! I came out of there and my whole outlook about Nigeria changed. Aren't you surprised that the same problems Fela mentioned in his songs in the 1970s are still here with us thirty-something years later? Keep hoping!

Apparently, you live in a lala land. People like you are the problem with Nigeria. You refuse to acknowledge reality and worse, you refuse to take
full control and responsibility of your actions and/or inaction. In times of problems you blame satan and the white supremacists and call on Jesus to levitate down from heaven to come and solve your man-made problems. Perhaps, you forgot that God helps those who help themselves. You know your oppressors. They live in Banana Island, Asokoro, VI, and other choice areas in Nigeria. But being the cowards that you are, you are scared of taking on them head long rather you keep giving away the little you have to some pastors in anticipation of miracles to happen in your lives. IF Nigeria cannot find internal solutions to her problems; she is doomed.

I attended ABU-Zaria. That was 2 years of my life down the drain which would be attributed to the incessant strikes by ASUU in those years. USA has offered more to me in few years than Nigeria ever did or will ever do if the current trend is the yardstick.

I challenge you to take a walk to any Nigeria Embassy anywhere and see how much your country cares for your existence.

Ignorance is bliss.

thoth:
You misunderstood Cap28’s post and I blame your ignorant of African and especially Nigerian history for that, He is actually speaking to people who actually knew how things ACTUALLY WORKS and not people who THINKS they knew.
Before I go on to explain I think it is important to point out that your kind is what the Intelligence community refers to as “Good Kook” because you don’t know the origins of your problems, you are rather aware of the effects so the Imperialist love people like you because you will always act the “African way” you are predictable because they know you don’t even understand your problem and they know the problems you will tackling are not actually the real problem though in your all knowing mind you believe you are getting it right. That is why many African nations have tried to liberate themselves but just imploded within and found themselves I a worse mess than they are before.
Knowing the actual problem is the Key and the problem is what Cap28 is trying to elucidate.

Lets list it as problems and effects.

Problems:

We have very bad leadership that is a fact but we have to ask ourselves how did we end up with such people. It is clear to any enlightened individual that since the colonization of Nigeria and many African countries we have not chosen our leaders rather they were imposed on us. Great leaders whom has tried to develop the nation has either been assassinated by the West (Murtala Mohammed, Gen Sani Abacha, Tunde Idiagbon) and the others were overthrown (Buhari etc) then western puppet leaders and ministers were imposed on us(Headbanging,Obasanjo,Shagari). These leaders prioritize the western destructive interests above that of the nation(masses) the west gives them list of their minions to nominate to further and more precisely exploit the nations (Okonjo Iweala, many ex Shell/chevron staffs etc, World bank/IMF staffs) the result of that is the west has total control of almost every sector of the country. With those leaders in place they can further play the masses and divide them according to tribal, religious or economic lines. What those leaders stand to gain for their servitude to the west is that they can under the western/European protection loot the nation dry as long as they expose the resources the west wants, use their military to put pressure on non-aligned leaders both within or outside the country. They can murder and massacre the people and the west will turn a blind eye and rather extol them.(odi massacre, Zaki -ibiam massacre, Obasanjo’s list of political assassinations, Babangida’s list of assassinations etc)

Effects:

A very popular Russian saying goes “the fish rots from the head” and it is well known that a people or nation is a reflection of their leaders, Cap28 pointed out that Nigeria produces enough oil to give its citizens a very good life but as you can the from the effect of the White supremacist impositions those resources gets looted and what you have instead is poverty, all the foreign investments that should have been beneficial to Nigerians were not so because the sort of deal that backs these investments in this country is rather exploitative than developmental. In fact the whole situation came about from these impositions, those puppet tyrants have the support of the imperialists to kill and persecute any person that wants to effect a change since such changes does not benefit the puppet leaders and their western masters.
SO in all the rot can whole be attributed to the western interventions in Black man’s development.

There are many publications on this on the African Journal and I can offer you many if you don’t know where to find one.
People should first of all arm themselves with the knowledge of their history before trying to debate on issues which asks for proper understanding.

cap28:

This fact is even more glaring in the case of rich black americans - this is why the likes of Oprah, Cosby, Jay Z, P Diddy and all other black americans who are in the $100million dollar net worth club NEVER EVER DO ANYTHING FOR BLACKS, NEVER SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE RACIST SYSTEM THAT STILL ABUSES AND EXPLOITS BLACKS AND NEVER EVER IDENTIFIES WITH ANY CAUSE WHICH ADVOCATES ECONOMIC OR POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT OF BLACK PEOPLE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

anonimi:
Or that Serena Williams has built some three schools in Kenya?

Serena Williams Plans Third School in Kenya

Already involved in the building of two schools for underprivileged children in the poor country, the tennis ace wants another one erected next year

Tennis ace Serena Williams is stepping up her charitable efforts in Kenya - she is planning to build a third school for underprivileged children. The 28 year old tennis champion became involved in a school-building mission in Matooni, a three-hour drive from the capital of Nairobi, after she rose to fame - and now she calls the project "the best thing" she's ever done.

She has already built two schools in the area - where civilians don't have access to running water - and Williams has vowed to build another learning establishment by next year. She tells America's Hamptons magazine, "It was the best thing I've ever done. I always said winning all those Grand Slams was a dream, but when I opened my school in Kenya, that was the best feeling in the world because I was helping people who had almost nothing."

Read more: http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/w0005892.html#ixzz2h1QbF1PE

Serena Inaugurates Second Kenyan School

MAKUENI, Kenya - Just over a year after visiting Kenya to open the Serena Williams Secondary School in Matooni, Kenya, Serena Williams returned to the country to follow up on her humanitarian efforts. Williams arrived on February 22 for a three day charity mission where she will inaugurate the Wee Secondary School in Makueni, Eastern Province, Kenya.

The new school lies roughly 50 kilometers from the first one. While in the country, Williams will follow up on the progress of the Matooni school and will hold a tennis teaching session with the students at both schools.

More from:
www.wtatennis.com/page/OffCourtNews/Read/0">http://origin-www.wtatennis.com/page/OffCourtNews/Read/0,,12781~1974908,00.html

anonimi:
Bill Cosby has been promoting education and good parenting among blacks- the pillars for enduring individual and group success.

Socioeconomic views

In May 2004 after receiving an award at the celebration of the 50th Anniversary commemoration of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling - a ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court that outlawed school racial segregation in schools - Cosby made public remarks critical of African Americans who put higher priorities on sports, fashion, and "acting hard" than on education, self-respect, and self-improvement, pleading for African-American families to educate their children on the many different aspects of American culture.

In the "Pound Cake" speech, Cosby, who holds a doctorate in education, asked that African-American parents teach their children better morals at a younger age. Cosby told the Washington Times, "Parenting needs to come to the forefront. If you need help and you don't know how to parent, we want to be able to reach out and touch" (DeBose, Brian).[page needed] Richard Leiby of The Washington Post reported, "Bill Cosby was anything but politically correct in his remarks Monday night at a Constitution Hall bash commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision."[21]

Cosby again came under sharp criticism and was again largely unapologetic for his stance when he made similar remarks during a speech in a July 1 meeting commemorating the anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. During that speech, he admonished apathetic blacks for not assisting or concerning themselves with the individuals who are involved with crime or have counter-productive aspirations. He further described those who needed attention as blacks who “had forgotten the sacrifices of those in the Civil Rights Movement." [22] The speech was featured in the documentary 500 Years Later, which set the speech to cartoon visuals.[citation needed]

Georgetown University sociology professor Michael Eric Dyson wrote a book in 2005 entitled Is Bill Cosby Right or Is the Black Middle Class Out of Touch?[23] In the book, Dyson wrote that Cosby was overlooking larger social factors that reinforce poverty and associated crime; factors such as deteriorating schools, stagnating wages, dramatic shifts in the economy, offshoring and downsizing, chronic underemployment, and job and capital flight.[24] Dyson suggested Cosby's comments "betray classist, elitist viewpoints rooted in generational warfare."[23]

Cornel West defended Cosby and his remarks, saying, "he's speaking out of great compassion and trying to get folk to get on the right track, 'cause we've got some brothers and sisters who are not doing the right things, just like in times in our own lives, we don't do the right thing... He is trying to speak honestly and freely and lovingly, and I think that's a very positive thing."[25]

In a 2008 interview, Cosby mentioned Atlanta, Georgia; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Oakland, California; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Springfield, Massachusetts, among the cities where crime was high and young African-American men were being murdered and jailed in disproportionate numbers. Cosby stood his ground against criticism and affirmed that African-American parents were continuing to fail to inculcate proper standards of moral behavior.[26] Cosby still lectures to black communities (usually at churches) about his frustrations with certain problems prevalent in underprivileged urban communities, such as in illegal drugs; teenage pregnancy; Black Entertainment Television; high-school dropouts; anti-intellectualism; gangsta rap; vulgarity; thievery; offensive clothing; vanity; parental alienation; single-parenting; and failing to live up to the ideals of Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Jr., and African-Americans who preceded Generation X.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cosby#Humanitarian_causes

anonimi:

I wonder what your real problem is to make you spew out pure lies against others.
Was it not just a few days ago we read, right here on NL, about P.Diddy giving $250k to encourage teen entrepreneurs and a Nigerian-American was one of the two winners of the 25k prize

https://www.nairaland.com/1466549/p.diddy-donates-250k-nigerian-student

Are you unaware of the girls LEADERSHIP academy/school Oprah built in South Africa?

https://www.nairaland.com/1436498/oprah-winfrey-leadership-academy-girls#18071585

Or that Serena Williams has built two schools and is planning a third one in Kenya?

http://www.theswf.org/aboutus.htm


Bill Cosby has been promoting education and good parenting among blacks- the pillars for enduring individual and group success.

Most wealthy black Amerricans are now engaged in MEANINGFUL philantropic activities. This is different from the dash money that our Nigerian "philantropists" do only to get favours from their people in order to scam them even more.
Probably that is what you are whining about.That has not helped and will not help us.

It is always better to teach a man how to fish than to dahs him fish every now & then.

anonimi: ^^^
Do you know of any African nation forced to take aid
Why is the story of China, South Korea, India and other South East Asian countries who were also colonised so different?

The black entrepreneur will have a much greater chance to succeed if there is a critical mass of black people who are

* educated,
** have discipline and
*** good morals from effective parenting

to obtain and retain socio-economic success.
I hope that is something you can understand.

anonimi:

BTW, your signature says a lot about what you are writing- blame others but never ourselves.

thoth:

How Please ?

If we die then its Allahs will, i don't pray to live, we pray for Allahs mercy. Al Khalifa- Mogadishu Sept 2011. RIP.