I told you guys months about Spelman College suspending professorship endowment money donated from Bill Cosby and his charities. (
Here's the Blog Post). I told you guys I would be paying close attention. Well this week, they made it official and discontinued the Cosby endowment. You can read the
New York Times &
USA Today and get news coverage.
I'm not shocked. When the 2005 court disposition documents were unsealed and it revealed he had obtained Quaaludes "with the intent of giving them to young women he wanted to have sex with," I knew then that should be the nail in his coffin for who ever was trying to give him some benefit of the doubt. Spelman at that point had just "suspended" the money so they were still giving him a little hope of belief. Then the admission of having the drugs to give to ladies he wanted to sleep with had to have been the point where they said enough is enough.
Now, we shouting "Black Lives Matter" & "Say Her Name" because of police brutality running rampant in the country. And we should. But we also need to stand up to folks that are harming us in other ways.
Sorry, but what Bill Cosby admitted to is dangerous. Even if the women knew they were taking the drugs. Even if he gave them the drug but didn't get to have sex with the women. Even if he never gave anyone any pills. Just the his mindset of what he wanted to do with the drugs is menacing. Quaaludes were prescription drugs that were legally used as a sedative for relaxation. But folks started misusing them because of their possible side effects that can include drowsiness, dizziness, increased sexual arousal (aphrodisia), and paresthesias (the numbness of the fingers and toes). I don't care if everybody was doing it. Bill Cosby knew that was wrong in the 1970's, just like he knows that it was wrong now
Who wants money from somebody who thinks/thought that was okay to do? . Well, Spelman College does not. I can't imagine what the board went through making that decision. If you think funding for public, private, & charter schools is baffling, think about funding for universities & college . Faculty see a mere fraction of the tuition & fees that paid. I think I read when tuition was increased by an average of 72%, faculty salaries only increased by 2.1%. That's what many of the endowments granted pay for. I've seen professor fight to be able to be the one to teach both summer sessions because of the pay. Oh and I went to & graduated from state funded schools. Spelman is a historically black, liberal arts women’s college that is privately funded. I hope no one lost their job. I hope a course or courses was/were not cut because this controversy. But right is right. I pray that they are blessed with funding from sources that match their mission & moral standings. Spelman like its motto had to make "a choice to change the world". Trust me somebody in the world is impacted by this. Spelman, A Historically Black, Liberal Arts Women’s College decided not to take money from a man who at least had plans to give a women drugs so he could have sex with her. *slow clap*
Oh yeah a side note. Just because Bill Cosby obtain Quaaludes in order to screw women he liked doesn't mean Sagging pants is okay. Pull Your Pants Up!!1
As Always, Talking to You in Adult Terms
