Bill Cosby is sounding (almost) calm and reasonable, these days, under the influence of Dr. Alvin Poussaint, respected Harvard psychiatrist and co-author with Cosby in a new book. Despite his improved demeanor, Cosby s blame-the-victim worldview remains compatible with the most rightwing foes of African Americans.
The no-longer-funny comedian s hectoring and burnished anecdotes of times past are near-useless as a guide to either personal behavior in the present, or organized community action. But the corporate media gorges itself on the red-meat of Cosby s Black-bashing - and that s all that matters for book sales. Dr.
Poussaint can only do so much to fix a 70-year meanness.
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