Found in a recent newspaper column: Study partly funded by $16,500 grant from Bill Cosby reveals his long-running "Cosby Show" desensitized whites to racial inequality because it featured a well-to-do black family. "If black people fail, white people can look at the successful black people on 'The Cosby Show' and say they have only themselves to blame," reports Sut Jhally of the University of Massachusetts, who helped write a 200-page study on the social effects of the just- concluded show. I have often wondered about this question, particularly in the light of recent events which indicate that misinformation and misunderstanding between Black and White cultures in the U.S. is quite high. Some within the Black community have criticized the show for similar reasons, as with Ice-T's canny remark that "For me, life wasn't nothing like the Cosby Show" in his cut "Body Count." Does anyone know more about this study? Are copies available? Who worked on it, and by what criteria did they reach their conclusions? "Enquiring Minds Want to Know" -- Russell A. Potter -- English Dept. -- Colby College -- Waterville, Maine 04901 --<[log in to unmask]>