And of course this is why people don’t come forward — immediately or at all.
P.S.
This is coming from someone who loves the Cosby show and saw it as an example of healthy love. The moment Cliff shared the apple with Claire on the couch and then she shared it with him was the moment I thought to my 12-year-old self “that’s it; that’s what I want.”
And my first real crush had a smile just like Phylicia Rashad.
And of course this is why people don’t come forward — immediately or at all.
P.S.
This is coming from someone who loves the Cosby show and saw it as an example of healthy love. The moment Cliff shared the apple with Claire on the couch and then she shared it with him was the moment I thought to my 12-year-old self “that’s it; that’s what I want.”
And my first real crush had a smile just like Phylicia Rashad.
(TW: Police brutality)
Compliance to enslavement.
Compliance to Jim Crowe.
Compliance to voting bills with rights to be curtailed.
Compliance to legal disparity.
In drugs.
In crime.
Compliance to moral disparity.
Between when the jersey is on or off.
Between when the mic is put down or raised.
Between dances or marches.
Compliance to increments.
Compliance to a gamble.
To rolling the dice for 9,1,1.
For routine stops by your friendly uniformed cops.
To a game of Russian roulette.
Blanks or a bullet, not knowing which is next.
Because “he should have complied”
Really means “and if he doesn’t, anything is justified.”
