“Bill Cosby wore the city on his chest.
“He grew up in here in the Richard Allen Homes projects, he went to Temple University.
TheFat Albertcharacters are all based on the folks and kids he grew up with.”
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“The podcast is going to add another dimension to our coverage.”
“What we haven’t heard is from some of the people that really aren’t famous.
What do the people from the Richard Allen Homes projects feel about it?
What do they think about what’s going on?
He was deeply involved with the Philadelphia jazz community.
What do some of those folks think about it?”
“Some people have said they think he’s being set up.
That this is a case of another African-American man who’s flown too high and is being pulled down.
A lot of people feel that this is terrible.
Why was he not held accountable?
It was an open secret and nobody took it on.”
If that sounds like an uncomfortable discussion, Woods says it’s meant to be.
