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Bill Cosby’s Pound Cake speech for 2004 is an oldie. But every time I read it, I have a different reaction. Sometimes I’m in total agreement with Dr. Cosby, at other times I think the rant is hilarious. Sometimes I read it and I feel that Cosby is oversimplifying the issue. Here’s the part of the speech/rant that’s most often quoted.

Does this look like a black man to you?
I can’t take it anymore. If one more person complains about Autobot Jazz being the so-called “black” Transformer, I’m going to scream. Then I’m going on a rampage. A screaming rampage.
Listen people. Robots don’t have race. They don’t even have skin. If Jazz is the “black” Transformer, then it is because YOU have made him so. Let me reiterate. If you saw the Transformers film and you think that Autobot Jazz is “black”, then you are a racist. Let that sink in for a minute…
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