Bill Cosby's Far From Finished Comedy Special
Bill Cosby is a career comedian who is in his late 70s. It is difficult to say how much his age affects his performance, because, from what I understand and remember, Cosby always seemed to be "older" or more mature in his comedy even before he was elderly. For one thing, he has always been a comedian who has worked "clean" and he has never cursed on stage. I remember that even Eddie Murphy incorporated that into one of his comedy specials more than 20 years ago when he did a routine about Bill Cosby supposedly calling him to criticize him for using too much foul language in his act. So, it is not a function of Cosby's age that he works a clean style, since that has always been his style. The only part of that that might be a function of his…...

In his opinion striving for success, not using Ebonics, and other methods employed by successful African-Americans are no different than what are being used by successful people of many races in America today.
In the same way that people educate their children not to say "aint" or "don't gotta" in their speech so that they will appear to be educated and intelligence, it is time for African-Americans to stop demanding favors and begin reaching for success. If people use the word ain't in their everyday speech they will not find themselves working in the boardroom of large companies. The use of such poor grammar conjures an image of substandard intellect and ability. The world at large accepts this mindset and therefore people who want to be financially successful pride themselves on speaking standard English. It is no different than African-Americans and Ebonics. It is not fair for African-Americans to insist…...

ichard Pryor was one of the most influential comedians of the 1970s and 80s. He rose to prominence in the early1970s, bringing a style that echoed elements of Dick Gregory and edd Foxx, while serving as a counterpoint to Bill Cosby. Pryor's use of harsh language was heavily influential on the trade, and his style fit well with the social attitudes of the 70s.
Pryor grew up in the 1940 and 1950s in Illinois and had a troubled childhood in a racially-segregated part of the country. This influenced Pryor significantly, and by the time the civil rights movement gained steam he was in New York working on his standup. An early influence was Dick Gregory, who approached social issues in his comedy, and sough to change stereotypes of black people that existed in white America. A further influence during the 1960s was Bill Cosby, whose approach was more inclusive than confrontational,…...

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References

Haggins, B. (2007). Laughing Mad: The Black Comic Persona in Post-Soul America Pescataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press.

Pryor, R. (2013). Richard Pryor -- comedic influences. YouTube. Retrieved November 18, 2013 from  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX5KB5yNcRU

Cliff likes to challenge people to games, sometimes making bets. Yet when he loses, he does not take the situation too seriously. Cliff does not avoid conflict or argument, and yet he also tries to create win-win situations. Cliff is frequently portrayed as the voice of reason in the show, such as when he tries to talk his wife out of having another baby. He points out where his children are acting on their impulses, and proves to be a good disciplinarian. A psychoanalytic personality perspective suggests that Cliff Huxtable is an ideal person with a healthy, well-developed ego.
In the Cosby Show, the Huxtable children are developing their superegos based on what they learn from their parents and Cliff serves as an excellent role model for them. Cliff Huxtable is a well-adjusted man who does not demonstrate any apparent neuroses. Difficult emotions such as anger, fear, and embarrassment are…...

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Reference

Stevenson, D.B. (1998). Freud's division of the mind. The Victorian Web. retrieved April 30, 2010 from  http://www.victorianweb.org/science/freud/division.html

Costand v. Cosby
The case against Bill Cosby has been brought on behalf of Andrea Costand who has accused Cosby of molesting her in 2004 by using drugs to induce her to have sex with him. Cosby, for his part, has denied the allegations of rape, saying that the sexual intercourse was consensual and that he told Costand what he was giving her and she accepted (Conti, 2015).

If I were prosecuting Bill Cosby, I would want a younger jury, whose conception of the comedian is informed more by the stories purported by modern media than the image of Cosby from his days of television success as good, family man on The Cosby Show back in the 1980s. So in terms of age, I would want younger jurors (even though jurors are supposed to be impartial and have no knowledge of the defendant, in this case that is likely to be very…...

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References

Conti, A. (2015). We asked a lawyer how Bill Cosby is going to fight his sexual assault charges. VICE. Retrieved from  http://www.vice.com/read/we-asked-a-lawyer-how-bill-cosby-is-going-to-fight-his-sexual-assault-charges

He reminds the black community the case of Brown vs. The Board of Education and what the blacks back then fought for. He considers the basic elements in terms of family and community values, like mutual respect, the awareness than only a better education can get one of the misery and denounces their loss among other values the working classes of the black community adopted to its own disadvantage. Bill osby blames exclusively the way of living adopted by the working black people for their poor situation and oppression.
Such ideas like those expressed in the above mentioned book are destined to raise controversies and even violent attacks. One such reaction is that expressed by Michael Erik Dyson in his book Is Bill osby Right? (or Has the Black Middle lass Lost its Mind?) Dyson takes every argument osby used to denounce the passive behavior of the lower black classes…...

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Cosby, Bill. Poussaint, Alvin F. Come on People. On the Path from Victims to Victors. Thomas Nelson 2007.

Dyson, Michael Eric. Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind? Basic Civitas Books, 2005.

Statement from the Brokaw Company: Bill Cosby Responds to Media Criticism. SOURCE the Brokaw Company. PR Newswire Association LLC. 1996-2008. Retrieved: Dec. 19, 2008. Available at  http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/05-22-2004/0002179697&EDATE

Table of Contents I.  Opening
II.  Titles
III.  Related Topics
IV.  Outline
V.  Introduction
VI.  Essay Hook
VII.  Thesis Statement
VIII. Body
A.  Background
B.  Harvey Weinstein
C.  Other Accusations
IX.  Conclusion
X.  Works Cited
XI.  Closing

Opening
In this essay about Sexual Misconduct and the Fall of Hollywood, we examine how the allegations of sexual impropriety by some of Hollywood’s power players has led to a major shake-up in the entertainment industry.  This essay will contain a list of some of the Hollywood players accused of sexual harassment or sexual assault, the allegations against them, and at least partial lists of their known accusers.  The essay will also delve into an examination of the casting couch phenomenon.  Although these sexual misconduct allegations may have come as a surprise to much of middle America, there is substantial evidence that many of Hollywood’s rich and powerful were well aware of the sexual abuse and failed to use their positions to protect the vulnerable.  This example essay will…...

The city has provided designated bright red bicycles for public use in the city in order to promote public transportation instead of driving. The rules are that they are not to go outside of certain street limits but can be picked up at any time, anywhere (means that if you leave it outside the barbershop, it may be gone when you return!). This direct support by government is not only a message but an action that can provide true results for the Healthy People 2010 goals.
Other local, public expectations of the program would be with a plethora of printed, visual, and audio messages. People need to be constantly reminded about something in order for it to be meaningful, especially if it requires such a drastic change of lifestyle. However, this also requires a serious effort at public and private industry to reach out to patients to show their dedication…...

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Sources Used

Bill Cosby Public Service Announcements. 2010 Healthy People Website. United States Department of Health and Human Services. Accessed from the World Wide Web at   On December 12, 2006.http://www.healthypeople.gov/Implementation/billcosby.htm .

Healthy People 2010 and Steps to a Healthier U.S.: Leading Prevention. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. United States Department of Health and Human Services Website. Accessed from the World Wide Web at   On December 12, 2006.http://www.healthypeople.gov/Implementation/slides/HP_Steps_03262004_files/frame.htm .

Healthy People 2010 Homepage. United States Department of Health and Human Services Website. Accessed from the World Wide Web at   On December 12, 2006.http://www.healthypeople.gov/default.htm .

Taylor, Henry G. "Message from the Commissioner of the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health," West Virginia Healthy People 2010 Objectives, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services Website. Accessed from the World Wide Web at   On December 12, 2006.http://www.wvdhhr.org/bph/hp2010/objective/i.htm .

But Martin Lawrence bugs out his eyes a little and he's a coon. It makes no sense.'7
The defense seems somewhat warranted. After all, if all characters in the sitcom Martin were white, and acted the same way, such behavior would be attributed to the standard stupidity showcased on television. Much like the quote earlier about sitcoms and stereotypes leveling things, television in general fails to showcase the brightest and most sublime of human endeavors.

Lawrence is not alone in criticisms aimed at contemporary black actors. In her essay, "Stereotypes of History: Reconstructing Truth and the Black Mammy," Jennifer Kowalski claims, "actors such as Martin Lawrence, Eddie Murphy, and Tyler Perry, have once again recycled the first existence of the Mammy/Aunt Jemima character." The "mammy" stereotype is "represented as full-figured women with strong and defensive attitudes, especially toward men who may bring harm to their loved ones." Lawrence recently starred in…...

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Works Cited

Aristotle. "Poetics." The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. Ed. Vincent B.

Leitch. New York. W.W. Norton and Company, 2001, 90-117.

"Blackboard Jungle Fever." Martin. By John Bowman. Martin Lawrence, Tisha

Campbell-Martin, Carl Anthony Payne II, Thomas Mikal Ford. The WB. January

Extended families and the support they provide is essential to the continuation of African-American culture, customs, and heritage, and the mothers, grandmothers, aunts, and nieces of the family, (as the previous article indicated) are often the messengers of these elements of their family's history and preparation for the future.
While many Black parents discuss race with their children, and believe that is an important life lesson for the future, many families do not, as they feel their children will learn this hard lesson on their own, and do not need to make their children feel inferior or lesser than their White counterparts. Others believe if their children do not know about the concept of race and racial inequity, it will not harm them in the future.

Of course, these are all personal parenting choices, and they indicate, that just as in any ethnic group, there are differences in how parents choose…...

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References

McAdoo, Harriette Pipes. "The Village Talks: Racial Socialization of Our Children." 47-54.

Harriette Pipes McAdoo. "The Village Talks: Racial Socialization of Our Children." 47.

One of the arguments that all the writers make is that despite the issue of merit, some employers are inherently racist. This may be true in that people always have an internal bias in them, about different things. ut what becomes the best corrector against race-based hiring is that not having the best employees for a job will cut into profit margins and cause employers to gladly hire African-Americans if they are most qualified for a position. The alternative is to go out of business. What the authors also do not realize is that the market forces are the best forces to ensure equity and employment and not outside artificial interference. The next paragraph will show this.

One of the difficulties in arguing against affirmative action is that any such analysis comes across as racist. ut one of the best examples of why affirmative action should be eschewed is professional sports…...

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Bibliography

Badgett, Mary Virginia Lee, et al. "The Economic Cost of Affirmative Action." Economic Perspectives on Affirmative Action. Eds. Mary Virginia Lee Badgett and Margaret C. Simms. Washington, DC

Lanham, MD: Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies;

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Cornell. Grutter V. Bollinger Et Al. 2003. Cornell University Law School. Available:

However, the media continues to take women with those features and portray them as less educated than their white counterparts, and now even less educated than their "white" looking Black sisters.
In the ad below one can see that the model is Black but her nose, eyes and lips do not feature typically Black characteristics. She looks like a European woman who has Black skin. This is the media's answer to the demand to provide a more fair portrayal of Black southern women in the media.

The image below at first glance might prompt one to applaud the media for finally recognizing the beauty in the Black female population but when one takes a closer look the same thing can be noted as in the previous ad. This woman is beautiful by standards attributed to white women.

The media has done the Black Southern woman another injustice with the attempt to provide…...

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References

New Piece to the Puzzle: Examining Effects of Television Portrayals of African-Americans.(Abstract)

From: Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media | Date: September 22, 2000 | Author: Rada, James A. | More results for: portrayal of African-Americans media

The nightly news blues. (portrayal of African-Americans) (Column)

From: Essence | Date: January 1, 1993 | Author: Walker, Kenneth | More results for: portrayal of African-Americans media

Marketing
Summary of wo Marketing Research Papers

Consumers and heir Brands: Developing Relationship heory in Consumer Research

he article by Fournier (1998) examined the way in which a relationship may exist between consumers and brands. he author argues that the concept of relationships have been underutilized in marketing research, with a lack of new research and most ideas focusing on the concept of loyalty; a concept which does not necessarily embody the idea of a relationship between the consumer and the brand. he aim of the research is to create framework from which the presence of a relationship may be assessed.

Fournier (1998) argues that the relationship concept is viable for assessing the way consumers perceive brands. he literature looks at the way firms have sought to humanize their brands, animating or endowing them with characteristics which may include a total anthropomorphization (such as the Pillsbury Dough boy) or creating association, or developing this…...

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The findings indicated that brands were able to created deeply rooted identified that would have strong, ongoing associations with the brand. The quality of the brand relationship was found to depend on 6 associated characteristics; love/passion, self connection, commitment, interdependence, intimacy and brand partner quality (Fournier, 1998). The relationship which emerges is subsequently mediated by five factors; accommodation, tolerance and forgiveness, brand perceptions, devaluation of alternatives and attribution bases (Fournier, 1998). It is also noted that the brand relationships are best understood when considered in the broad brand environment (Fournier, 1998). Overall, the result indicates that concept of consumer relationships with brands may be leveraged highly effectively by marketers.

Contributions

The research adds to marketing knowledge, it builds on loyalty theory with an alignment between loyalty and brand relationship quality. The work indicates the degree of strength and emotion that can be developed for a brand, and that if a brand is able to develop a significant relationship

For example, the popular sitcoms Good Times and Sanford and Son showed working class neighborhoods and the problems of violence, crime, and social oppression, and yet how humor always finds its way into these character's lives.
The 1970s also brought about a new late night live comedy show, called Saturday Night Live. This show had its first run from 1975 to 1980, and made political humor the centerpiece of Saturday night television. The original cast consisted of Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, George Coe, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, Michael O'Donoghue and Gilda Radner, a diverse mix of young comedians from around New York City. Saturday Night Live is famous for its portrayals of U.S. Presidents, from Gerald Ford to Barack Obama, and has helped to shape Americans impressions of how these presidents have reacted to events in the world. (Boskin, 46) Saturday Night Live created a demanding…...

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Works Cited

Boskin, J. (1997). Rebellious laughter: People's humor in american culture. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press.

Dudden, a. (1989). American humor. (p. 184). New York: Oxford University Press.

Perhaps by thinking of the responsibility of influence as a right and a privilege, it is easier to sometimes tell the truth.
The responsibility of influence is ongoing. Our children learn by repeatedly seeing action, and this in turn helps them to form character. When our children see us being honest, then they learn that honesty and truthfulness are the norm. We are helping our children when we do so, since we help them to form a fine character.

How do we explain to children about white lies? When we make our children aware of the fact that they are responsible for what they say and do, then they will understand that they must be careful in what they say and do. We can also use this opportunity to teach our children about compassion and empathy. When a child is able to reconcile the truth with the ability to identify other's…...

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Reference:

Kids Say the Darndest Things" (1998) DVD, Columbia Home Video.

U.S. Department of Education. Helping your child become a responsible citizen. U.S. Government Printing. Accessed via the internet on 18 September 2006 at www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/citizen/citizen.pdf