the local barbershop. well, there s a good reason your uncle isn t on television offing analysis and sharp arguments. while your local barbershop may be entertaining, it isn t the training ground for progressive gender views. recently his world has come crashing in on him. the ultra aurter of respectability politics has been alleged as a serial rapist. a man who allegedly dropped drugs in women s drinks over the last 40 years and sexually abused them or otherwise assaulted them against their wills and often while they were in varying states of consciousness or unconsciousness. i think beverly johnson has added heft and believability to the accusations against cosby because she has nothing to gain by coming forward, but surely a lot to lose. in vanity fair she writes a voice in my head kept whispering black men have enough enemies out there already, they certainly don t need someone like you, an african-american