We read from Cosby's book 'Come on People', and discussed his 'concept of Cool'. How the detachment of emotions was and is necessary to avoid the negative consequences of conflict when dealing with a discriminatory world. But, when that detachment causes a suppression of all emotions the situation becomes dangerous to that person and those around them. When you cool becomes hot and all of those bottled emotions are unleashed, hot becomes unmanageable.
It questions what the Black community considers 'manhood'?
That being said, what happens when young people within our community realise that they've been fooled and manipulated for the sake of a dollar; when they figure out that many of their artists are unwilling, or worse, willing puppets for people, from outside the community, to slowly destroy and exploit it.
Are our youth willing to give up the comfort of ignorance to embrace the discomfort of truth?
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