Some years ago Cosby took it upon himself to embark on a hectoring tour to fulminate and condemn the black underclass for their immorality and bad attitudes. In light of what he himself is, that now looks particularly rich.
Of course the pathologies of the black underclass are really the result of systematic oppression and repression. Their psychological distortions arise from the environments of extreme stress they are born into and are trapped in. There has been a degeneration of the coherency of the black community over the last few generations. This is a complex phenomenon which I cannot adequately address here at the moment.
If a Bill Cosby, with all this career and social success, and the kudos and embrace of the white establishment, can't resist drugging and raping numerous women (over a dozen at least), what does he expect from people who have to deal with the despair of a dead-end existence without proper nurturance or social support?
Blaming the poor for their own problems has long been a tactic of the rich and the privileged. It blames the victims, and absolves both the social system and the privileged themselves (who benefit from the system and thus wish to preserve it unchanged) from responsibility for the poor. Thus freed of all obligation to those suffering under the socioeconomic structure, the well-off can eat their steaks and drink their fine wines with a free conscience, and guard every penny of their wealth.
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