Well in this instance Cosby should be given a lot of credit for saying exactly what any concerned citizen should say to any group of people who have not taken responsibility for their own actions.
If you don't speek english, don't expect a fortune 500 company to hire you. If you don't get up in the morning, shower, shave and get your house in order, don't expect to be successful.
In some respect Shaw was right by mentioning that not all problem people are black. In every other respect he was a chump for saying what he did. Blacks make up roughly 11% of the U.S. population, whites aroung 65-70%. Of course there are going to be more whites on welfare. Proportionately, there are far more blacks on welfare than whites.
Blacks, hispanics, whites... you name it, people who wish to be successful and work for it, generally do become successful in this nation.
Blacks have been failed by two entities in this nation, their leadership, and themselves.
Actually, per federal statistics, whites make up 35.6% of recipients, Blacks 37.2%, Hispanics 20.7% (Asian and other the rest).
There are more Blacks on Welfare than Whites. It's the Hispanic percentage that's used to skew the percentages.