Does Pigment Make The Black Man Incapable?

What is your first thought when you hear or see the name “Bill Cosby?” Do you think of infamy or fame? Do you think of loving father or a sexual harasser? Do you think of hero or man with amnesia? Ta-Nehisi Coates addresses most specifically the “audacity of Bill Cosby’s black conservatism” in his article entitled “’This is how we lost to the white man.’” Throughout Coates’ piece, he gave somewhat of a history and created a sort of “backdrop” to place Cosby’s most recent activity in front of and in comparison to. However, I feel that Coates’ attack toward the end of his article was based on opinion rather than fact. Not only did I feel that Cosby was underrepresented, but I also felt that Coates’ logic was just as ridiculous as he said Cosby’s was.