marion: Unlike Obama and Bill Cosby, Jackson has avoided confronting Black America about the issues of accountability and responsibility, especially when it comes to fatherhood and parental responsibilities. Further, he has stood in defense of gangsta rap as being socially acceptable in spite of the violent, misogynistic and, yes, racist elements, as well as the histories of the performers themselves.

Instead of arguing for individual responsibility, Jackson has insisted that the problems in the black communities are largely due to whites and that it is the responsibility of whites and government to fix the problems.

In the linked story, Jackson made the comment about Obama talking down to black folks, which, to my ear, sounds an awful lot like Jackson saying black folks feel that responsibility is beneath them. Where does Jackson get off speaking for an entire population?