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  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
ut

  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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