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Article: Cosby says famous Rudyard Kipling poem, 'If,' helps him cope with son's death. (murdered son Ennis Cosby)(Brief Article)
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- Jet
- Article date:
- January 12, 1998
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TV superstar Bill Cosby says he found comfort after the death of his son, Ennis, by reading the famous poem, If, by English author Rudyard Kipling.
Cosby adds, however that he does not like Kipling's views on race found in his other poems, White Man's Burden and Gunga Din.
"Because of Ennis' murder, I found myself dealing with a man I had often argued with," Cosby recently told the Associated Press. "I had many, many arguments with him. That was Rudyard Kipling."
Kipling, who was born in Bombay in 1865, was inspired by his life in colonial India. His poem, White Man's Burden, glorifies the colonization of foreign lands. Another poem, Gunga ...