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Is Bill Cosby's personal responsibility message unfair to poor Blacks? Yes. Self-help doesn't negate society's obligation to all people.

Publication: Ebony
Publication Date: 01-DEC-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Is Bill Cosby's personal responsibility message unfair to poor Blacks? Yes. Self-help doesn't negate society's obligation to all people.(TWO SIDES)

Article Excerpt
Let's get this out of the way from the start: Only a fool or a dishonest person would deny that everybody, including the poor, ought to be responsible for themselves and for how they act in the world. But we must not only demand responsibility of the poor; we must also discuss our responsibility to the poor.

Bill Cosby thinks that if only the poor were willing to work harder, act better, get educated, stay out of jail and parent more effectively, their problems would go away. It's hard to argue with any of that, but one could do all of this and still be in bad shape at home, work or school.

For instance, in our economy, where low-skilled work is all but gone, all...

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