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Why Not a "Dazzling Offense"?

It has been a while since I've published anything in an actual newspaper. I'll call the Chicago Defender to see if I can get a copy of my rant about Michael Eric Dyson's book. Maybe next I'll be in the Detroit Upside Your Head paper. The article has also been linked by BlackAmericaToday and Politopics . Here's the version published in Black America Today on Christmas Day, 2005, and reposted now because of an Internet discussion. CASEY LARTIGUE: Black youth must think bigger By Casey Lartigue December 25, 2005 Known for his outspoken tough love, Bill Cosby once publicly admonished a young black student from the University of the District of Columbia.  The young man hoped for a promotion at his Drug Enforcement Administration job after he got his degree, but he was worried.  He told Cosby, "It just gets scary sometimes.  But if I'm put on a pedestal... I'm afraid I'll fail.  It's scary." "What is so scary is that you