When the allegations first came to light regarding Bill Cosby, folks lost their collective minds. How dare folks accuse America's favorite tv dad of raping women. He can get any woman he wants! (Like rape has ever been about getting women or sex!). You called the women golddiggers (At this time, only one has received monetary compensation, and only after she brought a 2005 civil suit against him, after a 2004 attack).
Over 47 women have come forward and still, you'll caped for him, acted just like he was your granddaddy, uncle, or someone you knew personally. The majority of the women were white, and there was no way a black man would get away with raping a white woman in 1960 America at the height of the Civil Rights Movement (insert eyeroll here).
When black victims starting coming to light, you still didn't believe it. Even though Bill Cosby hasn't done anything for the black community in ages. He tried to shame you into submission during his 2004 campaign of "pull up your pants and speak correct English" (Ironically, this is the same year that he raped his last known victim).
In fact, it was this moralizing campaign that prompted a judge to unseal the contents of the 2005 civil trial. Ironic isn't? Bill was telling us how to live, while raping women, and this moralizing is what is now the cause of his downfall.
Jill Scott was a true person of character as she took to her Twitter, and publicly apologized for supporting Cosby in his lewd behavior. I want to see apologies from Camille Cosby, Phylicia Rasha, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Keisha Knight Pulliam, and comedian, Faizon Love. Each took to social media and regular media and publicly ridiculed and slut shamed the women who they felt were out to destroy Cosby's legacy.
Some of the rest of you regular every day folks did the same. Where are your apologies with these latest revelations? Will you be as aggressive with your apologies, as you were your support of Cosby and in slut shaming these women? I think that I know my answer to this question!
If this Cosby saga teaches us anything, is that we hero worship people too much. Black folks look for heroes in the most undeserving areas, men don't really care about the very women who support, open their legs to, and take care of, and the need to be right is more important than humility.
Until next time....
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