by Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?
criticism of poor blacks and
Erinn’s problems
image/celebrity and
overview
Cosby’s speech at Brown v. Board of Education celebration
on black consumerism
on black crime
on black education
on black language
on black names
on black parenting
on black youth fashion
excerpts from
on family values
Covington, Lachele
Crime
author as victim of
black-on-black crime
Cosby’s criticisms on
Criminal justice system inequalities
black youth
black youth letters
Cosby’s comments on
education vs.
overview/social forces
prison industry and
Reagan’s “War on Drugs,”
statistics on
Crosby, Bing
Culp, Robert
Damerell, Reginald
Darity, William, Jr.
Darling-Hammond, Linda
Davis, Ossie, Jr.
Davis, Sammy, Jr.
comparison to Cosby
defense of Cosby
race and
Day, Dorothy
Deacons
Defender
Dershowitz, Alan
Dill, Augustus Granville
Dobbs of Atlanta
Donahue
Drug use
incarceration and
statistics on
Du Bois, W.E.B.
black identity
on helping the poor
Morals and Manners Among Negro Americans
personal responsibility and
Ebonics
coining of term
Cosby’s criticism of
Cosby’s use of
Oakland School Board and
See also Black English
Ebony
Economic inequalities
black males and
black median household income
black middle class
blacks/whites (1954)
educational inequalities and
employment opportunities
health care
poverty rate
public transportation and
well-to-do-blacks
Education
anti-intellectualism and
blacks desire for
black vs. white dropout rates
criminal justice system vs.
Educational inequalities
“American Dream” and
blacks/whites (1954)
computer technology and
Cosby’s early beliefs/writings on
courses presented
curriculum material
economic inequalities and
illiteracy rates
infrastructure
institutional racism and
overview
private schools and
resegregation of blacks
SAT coaching seminars
self-esteem and
solutions for
suburban vs. urban schools
teacher quality
textbooks
Ehrenreich, Barbara
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Electric Company, The
“Elements of Igno-Ebonics Style” (Cosby)
“Empathy deficit” concept
External self-explanations
Family values
black criticism of poor blacks
comments on black parenting (early 1900s)
Cosby’s speech at Brown v. Board of Education celebration
generational divide and
universal difficulties with
See also Cosby’s moral standing
Farley, Christopher John
Farrakhan, Louis
as Gospeler
personal responsibility and
press attacks on
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
Black English/Ebonics and
Cosby’s dissertation on
as groundbreaking series
Fatalistic explanation of poverty
Fatherhood (Cosby)
Feagin, Joe
Female circumcision
Fordham, Signithia
Formal empathy
Franklin.L.
Franklin, Kirk
Fryer, Roland G.
Gaines, Kevin
Gamers
Gangstas
Garvey, Marcus
as Griot
personal responsibility and
systemic racism and
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
anti-intellectualism and
on Cosby’s criticisms
on The Cosby Show
Gayz
Generational divide
Cosby’s criticism of poor blacks and
criticism of poor blacks and
on family values
on hip-hop culture
on racism
Gentries
Ghettocentrists
“Ghetto chic”/”ghetto couture,” See also Black fashion
Goines, Donald
Goldberg, Jonah
Gospelers
Graham, Lawrence Otis
Great Migration
Great Neck schools
Gregory, Dick
comic style of
Cosby on
Cosby’s career beginnings and
self view of
Griffith.W.
Griots
Guinier, Lani
Hannity & Colmes
Harris, E. Lynn
Haynes, Freddie
Height, Dorothy
“Hello Friend” foundation
Herbert, Bob
Higginbotham, Evelyn Brooks
Himes, Chester
Hines, Earl
Hip-hop culture
authenticity and
black fashion and
consumerism and
criticism of
misogynistic lyrics of
as positive
Hofstadter, Richard
Homosexuals
black views on
Gayz
Hooked on Phonics
Hunt, Matthew
Immediate responsibility
description
ultimate responsibility and
Incidental blackness strategy
Individualistic explanation of poverty
In Living Color
Integration of the Visual Media Via Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids into the Elementary School Curriculum as a Teaching Aid and Vehicle to Achieve Increased Learning (Cosby)
Intellectual responsibility
description
irresponsibility toward the poor
moral responsibility and
Intentional blackness strategy
comics of color
Cosby and
description/examples
Internal self-explanations
I Spy
critics on
race and
Iverson, Allen
Jackson, Autumn
claims of
Cosby’s gifts to
extortion and
paternity testing and
prison sentence of
The Cosby Show and
Jackson, Cathy
Jackson, Jesse
criticism of Clinton’s budget
as Gospeler
intentional blackness strategy of
personal responsibility and
press attacks on
Jackson, Mahalia
Jakes, T.D.
James, LeBron
Jay-Z
Jazz
black fashion and
despisers of
Jesus
compassion for the poor
Cosby and
Jet magazine
Jhally, S
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Johnson, Ellsworth “Bumpy,”
Johnson Publishing Company
Jones, Barbara S.
Jones, Leroi (Amiri Baraka)
Jordan, Michael
Justice Policy Institute (JPI)
Kael, Pauline
on California Suite
Cosby’s retort to
Karenga, Ron/Maulana
Katz, Michael
Kelley, Robin D.G.
Kenan, Randall
Kincaid, Chet
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
assassination impacts
civil rights role of
complexity of
concentration camp comparison
as Gospeler
intentional blackness strategy of
personal responsibility and
poor blacks and
racism discussions and
reputation of
Kirby, George
Knight, Carolyn
Kozol, Jonathan
KRS-ONE
Kweli, Talib
Language
Cosby on Southern black speech
power/domination and See also Black English; Ebonics
Levitt, Steven D.
Lewis, Justin
Lieberson, Stanley
Limbaugh, Rush
Linderman, Lawrence
London Times
Lorde, Audre
Los Angeles Times
Ludwig, Jens
Madhubuti, Haki
Malcolm X
intentional blackness strategy of
plantation blacks’ dichotomy
on poverty
squeaky hinge adage
Manhasset schools
Markhasev, Mikhail
Maternal mortality rates
McCarthyism
McDaniel, Gene
McKissick, Rudolph
McNabb, Donovan
McWhorter, John
Medina, Jose
Mikelson, Kelly S.
Moral responsibility
description
intellectual responsibility and
Morals and Manners Among Negro Americans (Du Bois and Dill)
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Morrison, Toni
archetypal/antitypical work of
black identity and
Mortality rates (blacks/whites 1954)
Moynihan, Pat
Mullainathan, Sendhil
Mushmouth
Muslims
Names. See Black names/naming
Names from Africa
Nas
Nation, The
National Endowment for the Arts
National Enquirer
Covington’s allegations
Erinn’s addiction problems
Mike Tyson/Erinn
National Review
black responsibility and
I Spy
Ndegeocello, Meshell
Neoapartheid
in education See also Educational inequalities
Neonatal mortality rates
New Bill Cosby Show, The
Newman, Katherine
Newsweek
Cosby’s accidental strategy
I Spy
New York City schools
New York Post, The
New York Times
“acting white,”
on Autumn Jackson
on Cosby’s early career
criticism of Cosby
Nickel and Dimed (Ehrenreich)
“Nigga” term
Cosby’s criticism of use
Cosby’s use of
Malcolm X and
in rap music
Niles Township High School
“Nobel Cos, The” (Sorel)
Notorious B.I.G.
NPR’s Talk of the Nation
NWA
Oakland School Board and Ebonics
Obama, Barack
“acting white” concept
“empathy deficit” concept
incidental blackness strategy of
Ogbu, John
Operation PUSH
Oprah
O’Reilly Factor
Our Kind of People (Graham)
Parker, Star
Parks, Rosa
Personal responsibility
Cosby and
description
social responsibility and
Personal responsibility/blacks
black leaders on
black press and
conservatives and
Cosby and
“Philanthocracy,”
Philanthropy
Phil Donahue Show
Cosby on
Erinn Cosby on
Phillips, Walter M., Jr.
Piercings
blacks and
homosexuals and
Pitts, Leonard
Playboy interview of Cosby
Poitier, Sidney
Poor blacks
irresponsibility toward
literature on
mainstream values of
“policing” by black elite
poor child vs. poor parent
press attacks on (early 1900’s)
racial uplift philosophy
religion/understanding their poverty
responsibility to help
self-help philosophy and
statistics on
white responsibility and See also Cosby’s criticism of poor blacks; Poverty
Positive-negative framework of black identity
Cosby and
description/examples
as simple view
Poussaint, Alvin
Poverty
black explanations for
explanations of
external self-explanations and
fatalistic explanation of
formal empathy and
gender/understanding
income/understanding
individualistic explanations of
internal self-explanations and
structural explanations of
white explanations for See also Cosby’s criticism of poor blacks; Economic inequalities; Poor blacks
Powell, Colin
Pryor, Richard
black identity and
California Suite
career beginnings
comic style of
Purchasing Power: Black Kids and American Consumer Culture (Chin)
Push for Excellence (EXCEL) program
Racism
black inferiority myth
Camille Cosby on
class divide and
generational divide and
racial uplift and
summary of problems
universality and
white superiority myth See also Cosby’s criticism of racism/whites; Criminal justice system inequalities; Economic inequalities; Educational inequalities; Social inequalities
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
Rap music
black fashion and
Cosby’s views on
as negative
as positive
Raspberry, William
Reagan, Ronald
Reagan’s “War on Drugs,”
Redbook
Reed, Rex
Responsibility
interrelated types of
irresponsibility toward the poor See also Self-help philosophy; specific responsibility types
Rice, Condoleezza
Robinson, Jackie
Rock, Chris
Rogers, J.A.
Rogers, Timmie
Russell, Nipsey
Ryan, William
Sahl, Mort
Saturday Evening Post
Savage Inequalities (Kozol)
Scarface
Scarification
Schmitt, Jack
Self-help philosophy
Cosby and
economics and See also Personal responsibility /blacks
Sesame Street
; Shakur, Tupac
Sharpton, Al
Shipler, David
Silent Night (Jackson)
Silver, Roy
Simmons, Russell
Single black mothers
60 Minutes
Smith, Barbara
Snoop Dogg
Social inequalities
for black males
overview See also Criminal justice system inequalities; Economic inequalities; Educational inequalities
Social responsibility
description
irresponsibility toward the poor
personal responsibility and
Sorel, Edward
Sowell, Thomas
Stages of black identity
Status of black identity
Stepin Fetchit
Stereotype stage of black identity
Cosby and
description/examples
as negative
Stevenson, Adlai
Stewart, Martha
Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Strategies of black identity
accidental blackness
incidental blackness
intentional blackness
overview
Structural explanation of poverty
Styles of black identity
black authenticity and
Cosby’s early embarrassment over
Suburban vs. urban schools
Sykes, Wanda
Talk of the Nation
Tattooing
Thomas, Clarence
Thompson, Shawn
claims of
Cosby’s gifts to
daughter’s imprisonment and
Thurman, Howard
Tupac Shakur
Turner, Nat
“TV’s Black World Turns-But Stays Unreal” (Gates)
2Pac
Tyson, Karolyn
Tyson, Mike
Ultimate responsibility
description
immediate responsibility and
irresponsibility toward poor
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Stowe)
Universal ideals
blacks and
civil rights movement and
Cosby and
Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)
Uptown Saturday Night
Urban vs. suburban schools
Variety
Voting Rights Act (1965)
Walker, Alice
Walker, Kara
archetypal/antitypical work of
black identity and
Walker, Madame C.J.
Walkers of Memphis
Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Project
Ward, Clara
“War on Drugs,”
Washington, Booker T.
Washington, Desiree
Washington Post
Watson, Lance
Wayans, Keenan Ivory
White, Graham
White, Shane
White, Slappy
White Christmas (Crosby)
White superiority myth
Williams, Antonay
Williams, Bert
Williams, Michael K.
Williams, Walter
Wilson, Flip
Wilson, William Julius
Wire, The
Woods, Tiger
Working Poor, The (Shipler)
Wright, Jeremiah
Wright, Richard
Zahn, Paula
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