Central State University Removes Bill Cosby's Name From Building

[avaistheone1]

Source: BET

The sexual assault scandal continues to actively affect Bill Cosby's brand.

Most recently, Central State University in southwest Ohio has announced that it has removed the former TV dad's name from one of its university buildings.

The historically Black college in Wilberforce says that the Camille O. & William H. Cosby Communications....SNIP

Central's decision comes after Cosby's brand has been tarnished by an onslaught of sexual assault allegations made by dozens of women. He admitted to obtaining quaaludes with the intent of giving them to women prior to sex.

Read more: http://www.bet.com/news/celebrities/2015/09/12/central-state-university-removes-bill-cosby-name-from-building.html

[Little Tich]

1. Good call, it might not be a good idea to have a building named after an unrepentant rapist.

[oberliner]

4. Thomas Jefferson Building

The oldest of the three United States Library of Congress buildings, the Thomas Jefferson Building was built between 1890 and 1897. It was originally known as the Library of Congress Building and is located on First Street SE, between Independence Avenue and East Capitol Street in Washington, D.C. The Beaux-Arts style building is known for its classicizing facade and elaborately decorated interior. Its design and construction has a tortuous history; the building's main architect was Paul J. Pelz, initially in partnership with John L. Smithmeyer, and succeeded by Edward Pearce Casey during the last few years of construction.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Building

We have lots of buildings named after rapists all over the USA.

[Little Tich]

6. It's always good to learn new things about the American Presidents... n/t

[oberliner]

10. I'm surprised you didn't know that

Most people are well aware of Jefferson's history of rape.

Edit to Add: Are you not from the US?

[Little Tich]

13. I thought you already knew that.

I'm originally from a Scandinavian country, and currently I live in Australia, so Thomas Jefferson was never my dead president.

[oberliner]

14. Maybe I did

Apologies.

[Little Tich]

15. No worries...

[bonniebgood]

2. have the removed all the confederates names yet? NT

[seabeckind]

3. They going to give back the money he donated?

Being tarnished and all.

[Demeter]

5. They could have left Camille's name on the building!

Half of that money was hers. She deserves the recognition, especially now.

[oberliner]

7. Why does she deserve the recognition?

Was she not complicit in what her husband was doing?

[Demeter]

8. Do you have ANY evidence of such an accusation? a link? A witness?

why would anyone think a wife has any input into a man's extra-marital affairs?

[oberliner]

9. Camille Cosby and America's Culture of Rape

There hasn't been a more notorious and unexpected assailant than America's dad, who has been accused of drugging and sexually abusing over 40 women. In a 2005 deposition, he admitted to giving Quaaludes to women he hoped to sleep with. What makes this more egregious is the fact that Cosby's wife, Camille, a seemingly erudite and cultivated philanthropist, has not only stood sentry at his side, but sources say she believes that each and every woman engaged in consensual sex even though report after report argued otherwise. And it's her staunch and fantastically odd support that has single-handedly contributed and advanced our tradition of rape. Shame on her.

It is a vicious crime and Mrs. Cosby is as complicit as her husband. By reducing these purported instances to mere philandering, she enabled Cosby's alleged run as one of our nation's most prolific sex offenders when she chose not to notify authorities nor take any of the accusations seriously. I'm not implying that this would have been an easy decision, but it should have been a necessary one. She can love her husband without cosigning his perversions and hiding his offenses. And if Mr. Cosby can no longer claim innocence or ignorance, neither should his wife who for years has acted as his business manager. In doing so, Mrs. Cosby is re-victimizing all the women who summoned the courage to come forward and share their stories. Perhaps had she spoken out earlier, the number of victims would be smaller. Further, what can be said of a woman who allows for the abuse of other women in an attempt to preserve her husband's legacy and consequently great wealth?

There is a vast difference between being a loyal wife and a witting participant in a series of wrongdoings. And contrary to public opinion, rape is not a punishment for one's provocative dress, a permissible practice in U.S. jails, or for that matter, an acceptable tactical war crime. As the Cosby fiasco has unfolded with frank recriminations, I've wondered if Mrs. Cosby would have acted differently had her husband been accused of murder or robbery? Certainly, one would hope that she would view these as acts worthy of punishment. How often has the media interrogated the families of serial criminals, curious if they witnessed concerning signs, eager for them to make sense of the senseless? The lack of action on the part of Mrs. Cosby typifies a philosophy that reduces a violent crime to a victimless sex act, the rapist's denial against the accountability of the injured.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kim-lute/camille-cosby-and-america_b_7789430.html

[Demeter]

11. You have a very strange notion of evidence and marriage

That a rape victim chooses to accuse the wife of a philanderer/rapist of complicity (in the absence of any proof written, photographed, witnessed) is not evidence of anything about Camille Crosby.

You don't get to notify the police if your husband strays. It's not a crime.

You have the option of notifying a divorce attorney. That Camille chose not to is not a sign of anything regarding his actions. It only speaks to hers: to endure. Other women might not have chosen that path. But that is not a crime, nor is it complicity in his crime.

"There is a vast difference between being a loyal wife and a witting participant in a series of wrongdoings." WHERE IS THE PROOF OF COMPLICITY, OR EVEN KNOWLEDGE?

This ranting of a woman with PSTD does not constitute anything except a smear attack on Camille.

[oberliner]

12. Just sharing what I thought was an interesting piece on the subject

I obviously have no proof of anything. It seems like Camille knew what was going on from what I read, but who knows.